Device Led Conversion

After you register Secure Email and Web Manager with smart licensing, all existing, valid classical licenses are automatically converted to smart licenses using the Device Led Conversion (DLC) process. These converted licenses are updated in the virtual account of the CSSM portal.

Note	The DLC process is initiated if Secure Email and Web Manager contains valid feature licenses.

Note	After the DLC process is complete, you will not be able to convert the smart licenses to classical licenses. Contact Cisco TAC for assistance.

Note	The DLC process takes approximately an hour to complete.

You can view the status of the DLC process – ‘success’ or ‘failed’ in any one of the following ways:

Device Led Conversion status field under the 'Smart Software Licensing Status' section in the System Administration > Smart Software Licensing page of the web interface.
Conversion Status entry in the license_smart > status sub command in the CLI.

Note	When the DLC process fails, the system sends a system alert that details the reason for the failure. You need to fix the issue and then use the `license_smart` > `conversion_start` sub command in the CLI to manually convert the classical licenses to smart licenses.

Note	The DLC process is applicable only for classical licenses and not for the SLR or PLR modes of license reservation.