Cisco Smart Licensing is a default licensing model offered by Cisco Systems Inc. for a wide variety of Cisco networking products. The purpose of Smart Licensing is to provide cloud-based management of software licenses to ensure validation of license entitlements and to ensure continued functionality. [1]
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- ↑ Cisco Systems, Inc. (n.d.). Smart Licensing. In Cisco Prime Access Registrar Installation Guide, 9.1/9.2 (Chapter 6). Retrieved June 10, 2025, from https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/net_mgmt/prime/access_registrar/9-1/installation/guide/incfg/smartlicensing.pdf
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