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AppendixB Licensing
Licensing Overview
Licensing Process
For information on when it is appropriate to use this process, see Licensing Scenarios, page B-2. To
license Service Monitor, do the following:
1. Obtain a Product Authorization Key (PAK)—You need a PAK, along with the MAC address of the
server where you will install Service Monitor, to obtain a license file. See Obtaining a PAK, page
B-3.
2. Obtain a license file—You need a license file to register your product or upgrade on the server where
Service Monitor is installed. See Obtaining a License File, page B-3.
3. Copy the license file to the server where Service Monitor is installed and register the license file.
See Registering a License File, page B-3.
Obtaining a PAK Obtaining a License File
Step 1 Ente r the PAK and the MAC address of the system where Service Monitor is installed at the following
URL
http://www.cisco.com/go/license.
The license file will be e-mailed to you.
After you obtain a license file, register the license on the server where Service Monitor is installed.
Registering a License File
Step 1 Copy the license file to the Service Monitor server with read permission for casuser.
Note Service Monitor uses casuser to perform tasks that require Administrator privilege.
Obtain a PAK for… By
Service Monitor
included with Operations
Manager
Purchasing Service Monitor software.
Service Monitor
installed standalone
Locating it on the software claim certificate that is shipped with the
Service Monitor product CD.
Service Monitor
support for additional
Cisco 1040s
Purchasing one or more licenses to add support to Service Monitor
for additional Cisco 1040s up to a maximum of 50.
Note Licenses for additional device support are sold in
increments of 10. See the Cisco ordering tool for
information.