Cisco Systems 5.2.x Understand Licenses, Obtain License Keys, What to Do Next, Before You Begin

Chapter 3 Licenses

Procedures

Understand Licenses

Features of Cisco DMS are licensed and activated separately. Until you obtain and install license keys, their corresponding features are hidden from all users — including you, the administrator.

Note Even then, some features remain hidden from users whose privilege levels are low.

What to Do Next

•OPTIONAL — Would you like to learn which feature licenses we sell? See http://www.cisco.com/go/dms.

•MANDATORY — Would you like to obtain license keys? Proceed to the “Obtain License Keys” section on page 3-2.

•MANDATORY — Would you like to install feature licenses? Proceed to the “Install License Keys” section on page 3-3.

Procedures

•Obtain License Keys, page 3-2

•Install License Keys, page 3-3

•View Installed Licenses, page 3-4

•Check the Dashboard Gauge for Licenses, page 3-4

Obtain License Keys

Before You Begin

•Obtain the serial number for your DMM appliance.

Procedure

Step 1 Compose an email message that includes or identifies all of the following.

•All Cisco sales order numbers that were associated with your Cisco DMS purchase (such as, appliances, software modules for DMM, and DMPs), including even the sales order numbers for all purchased products and services that are not components of Cisco DMS.

•Your DMM appliance serial number.

•Your email address.

•The name of your organization.

•The department name within your organization.

•The DMM software feature module (or modules) that you purchased.

•Did you purchase DMM software feature modules for Cisco Digital Signs or Cisco Cast? If so, include the number of DMPs that you will manage centrally.

Step 2 Send the email message to dms-softwarekeys@cisco.com.

User Guide for Cisco Digital Media Manager 5.2.x

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