The evaluation period has ended, and you have not yet registered your license.
You should update your license agreements if: However, you do have to reconfigure any settings that you had already configured.įor example, if you currently use an Essentials license and later add an Advantage license, the features that are alreadyĬonfigured using the Essentials license will not change. When upgrading from one licensing package to another, Cisco ISE continues to offer all the features that were available in You purchase and activate the required licenses. If your license consumption is out of compliance for 45 days, you will lose all administrative control of Cisco ISE until Notifications about noncompliant license consumption are also displayed in Cisco ISE. įor all active Cisco ISE licenses, notifications about license expiration are displayed in Cisco ISE, 90, 60, and 30 daysīefore the expiration. To convert Cisco ISE 2.x licenses to the new license types, open a case online through the Support Case ManagerĪt, or use the contact information that is provided at. If you own traditional Cisco ISE licenses, you must convert them to smart licenses to enable license consumption in Cisco However, you must register the new license types in CSSM to activate the licenses in Cisco ISE Release If you are upgrading to Cisco ISE Release 3.0 with existing smart licenses, your smart licenses are upgraded to the new license During the evaluation period, license consumption is not reported
Licenses that give you access to all the Cisco ISE features.
The Evaluation license is enabled by default when you first install Cisco ISE Release 3.0. However, Cisco ISE services are not interrupted. Of noncompliant license consumption until you procure and install a VM license. If a virtual appliance is used but your Cisco ISE does not have an active VM license, you will receive warnings and notifications The ISE VM License covers the Cisco ISE VM nodes in both on-prem and cloud deployments. This license replaces the VM Small, VM Medium, and VM Large licenses that were supported in releasesĮarlier than 3.1. Policy Service nodes (PSN) that have the TACACS+ persona enabled on them use Device Administration licenses.Ĭisco ISE Release 3.1 supports the ISE VM License.
If you currently have Base, Apex, or Plus licenses, use the CSSM to convert them into the new license types. Tier Licenses include three licenses-Essentials, Advantage, and Premier. Used in releases earlier than Release 3.0. To maximize economy for customers, licensing in Cisco ISE is supplied in the following packages:įrom Cisco ISE Release 3.0, a new set of licenses that are called Tier Licenses replace the Base, Apex, and Plus licenses You can register, activate, and manage all your licenses easily and efficiently
Cisco ISE Release 3.x licenses are managed entirely through a centralized database that isĬalled the Cisco Smart Software Manager (CSSM).
Personal computers, laptops, IP phones, smartphones, gaming consoles, printers, fax machines, or other types of network devices.Ĭisco ISE Release 3.0 and later releases do not support legacy licenses, such as Base, Plus, and Apex licenses, that were Must have RADIUS services enabled on the network devices.Ĭoncurrent active endpoints refer to the total number of supported users and devices. Cisco ISE licensing relies on RADIUS accounting, so you The count value refers to the number of active endpoints across the entireĭeployment that are using specific Cisco ISE services at any time.
Each tier license supportsĪ specific number of active endpoints at any time. In aĭistributed deployment that has primary and secondary PANs, the primary PAN automatically shares the licensing informationĬoncurrent Active Endpoint Count: Cisco ISE licenses include a count value for each Tier License.
You can use the Evaluation license which provides full CiscoĬentral Management of Licenses: The Cisco ISE Primary Administration node (PAN) centrally manages Cisco ISE licenses. You do not need to installĪ Cisco ISE license immediately after you install Cisco ISE. Cisco ISE featuresĪre mapped to specific licenses and you can enable the licenses that provide the Cisco ISE capabilities you need to meet yourĬisco ISE is bundled with a licensing mechanism with the following salient features:īuilt-in License: Cisco ISE comes with a built-in evaluation license that is valid for 90 days.