Registering the Appliance with Cisco Smart Software Manager

You must enable the Smart Software Licensing feature under System Administration menu in order to register your appliance with the Cisco Smart Software Manager.

Procedure

Step 1	Go to Managed Appliance > System Administration > Smart Software Licensing.
Step 2	Select the Smart License Registration option.
Step 3	Click Confirm.
Step 4	Click Edit, if you want to change the Transport Settings. The available options are: Direct: Connects the appliance directly to the Cisco Smart Software Manager through HTTPs. This option is selected by default. Transport Gateway: Connects the appliance to the Cisco Smart Software Manager through a Transport Gateway or Smart Software Manager Satellite. When you choose this option, you must enter the URL of the Transport Gateway or the Smart Software Manager Satellite and click OK. This option supports HTTP and HTTPS. In FIPS mode, Transport Gateway supports only HTTPS. See https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/technology/mesh/8-2/b_Smart_Licensing_ Deployment_Guide.html to know about Transport Gateway. Access the Cisco Smart Software Manager portal (https://software.cisco.com/#module/SmartLicensing using your login credentials. Navigate to the Virtual Account page of the portal and access the General tab to generate a new token. Copy the Product Instance Registration Token for your appliance. See https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/wireless/technology/mesh/8-2/b_Smart_Licensing_ Deployment_Guide.html to know about Product Instance Registration Token creation.
Step 5	Switch back to your appliance and paste the Product Instance Registration Token.
Step 6	Click Register.
Step 7	On the Smart Software Licensing page, you can check the Reregister this product instance if it is already registered check box to reregister your appliance. See Reregistering the Appliance with Smart Cisco Software Manager.

What to do next

The product registration process takes a few minutes and you can view the registration status on the Smart Software Licensing page.

Note	After you enabled smart software licensing and registered your content security gateway with the Cisco Smart Software Manager, the Cisco Cloud Services portal is automatically enabled and registered on your content security gateway.