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Onboard Devices and Services Onboard FDM-Managed Device FDM-Managed Device Licensing Types Viewing Smart-Licenses for a Device

Last updated: Jun 09, 2025

Viewing Smart-Licenses for a Device

Procedure

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In the left pane, click Security Devices.
2

Click the Devices tab to locate your device.
3

Click the FTD tab.
4

Select an FDM-managed device to view its current license status.
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In the Device Actions pane on the right, click Manage Licenses. The Manage Licenses screen provides the following information:

  • Smart License Agent status: Shows whether you're using a 90-day evaluation license, or if you have registered with the Cisco Smart Software Manager. The Smart License Agent status can be the following:

    • "Connected," "Sufficient Licenses" - The device has contacted and registered successfully with the License Authority, which has authorized the license entitlements for the appliance. The device is now In-Compliance.

    • Out-of-Compliance - There's no available license entitlement for the device. Licensed features continue to work. However, you can either purchase or free up extra entitlements to become In-Compliance.

    • Authorization Expired - The device hasn't communicated with the Licensing Authority in 90 or more days. Licensed features continue to work. In this state, the Smart License Agent retries its authorization requests. If a retry succeeds, the agent enters either an Out-of-Compliance or Authorized state and begins a new Authorization Period. Try manually synchronizing the device.

  • License Registration: Allows you to apply smart-license to an already onboarded FDM-managed device. Once registered, you can see the status of the connection to the Cisco Smart Software Manager and the status for each type of license.

  • License Status: Shows the status of the optional licenses available for your FDM-managed device. You can enable a license to use the features controlled by the license.
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