Managing Software Activation with Cisco License Manager
Cisco customers can purchase the features when ordering the router or add them later. If purchased when ordering the router, Cisco adds the licenses to the router at the factory, and the customer has no additional work to add licenses. Alternatively, the customer can later purchase a license for a feature set and then follow the software activation process to enable that feature set on the router.
Most larger companies will likely manage Cisco licenses using an application called the Cisco License Manager (CLM). This free software package can be installed on many Windows client and server operating systems, as well as on Sun Solaris and Red Hat Linux. The CLM:
Communicates with Cisco’s ...
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