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User Guide for Cisco Security Manager 4.4
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Chapter 11 Configuring Security Manager Administrative Settings
Licensing Page
Redeploy Selected Licenses
button
Click this button to redeploy licenses to the selected devices.
Redeploying licenses might be necessary when you have obtained an
updated license file and it was not applied to the device successfully
during an automatic update.
When you click this button, a dialog box opens listing devices whose
licenses you are redeploying. Click OK to perform the update. For
successful updates, the updated file is automatically applied to the
device.
Update from License File
button
Click this button to update licenses by selecting a license file from the
Security Manager server. When you click this button, a dialog box
opens where you can specify the license files. Click Browse to select
the files, which must be on a local drive on the Security Manager server.
When you click OK, the updated files are automatically applied to the
devices.
Export button Click this button to export the license list to a comma-separated values
(CSV) file. You are prompted to select the folder on the Security
Manager server and to specify a file name.
Refresh License button Click this button to refresh the data in the IPS license table for the
selected devices. The updated information is retrieved from the device.
If you do not select any devices, all devices are refreshed; this can take
a long time depending on the number of devices listed.
Download and apply licenses
Days before the expiration
date.
Whether to automatically download IPS licenses from Cisco.com and
apply them to the devices. To successfully configure automatic updates,
you must have a Cisco.com support contract that includes the serial
numbers of your IPS devices.
If you select this option, also specify the number of days before the
license expiration date for downloading and applying licenses. Security
Manager evaluates only those devices that do not have licenses, have
expired licenses, or have valid licenses within this number of days of
expiration. Licenses are applied only if they are valid and either have
an expiration date farther out than the current one, or that have different
license information.
Discover devices daily at If you select automatic license updates, the time of day when Security
Manager should contact devices for current licenses status and evaluate
whether there are devices that have licenses that will expire within the
specified number of days. Cisco.com is contacted only if one or more
device meets the expiration requirements.
Email License Update
Results
Email Notification
Whether to send email notifications of expiration alerts and license
update job results. If you select this option, also enter one or more email
addresses (comma separated).
Save button Saves your changes to the automatic license update and e-mail
notification settings.
Table 11-24 IPS Tab, Licensing Page (Continued)
Element Description