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Dell PowerFlex Rack with PowerFlex 3.x Administration Guide

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Registering and configuring Cisco Nexus switches on the Cisco Smart Account portal

Cisco requires customers to register their switches on the Cisco Smart Account portal to monitor the licensing.

The following Cisco Smart Account changes are required:
  • Registration - Cisco Nexus switches must be registered on the Cisco Smart Account portal. The registration must be completed by the customer or the customer's Smart Account administrator. Customer or customer licensing administrator must register for a Cisco Smart Account if not already registered for an account. See Cisco Software Licensing Guide and Cisco Create a new Smart Account for more information.
  • Licensing - Switches using routing protocols (Layer-3) require either a term based or perpetual based license. Layer-2 switches do not require a license.
Registering and configuring Cisco Nexus switches on the Cisco Smart Account portal is applicable for all switches except management and access switches.
The following Cisco Smart Account communication methods are supported on Cisco NX-OS 10.x or higher. To upgrade Cisco Nexus switches from NX-OS 9.3.x to NX-OS 10.x, see Dell PowerFlex Rack with PowerFlex 3.x Upgrade Guide. These communication methods are available to register the Cisco Nexus switches and configure the Cisco Smart Account communication on the Cisco Smart Account portal:
Cisco Smart Account communication method Purpose
Offline Use this method to register the Cisco Nexus switches with no direct connectivity to the Cisco Smart Account portal. Commands are run at the factory to generate a report per switch. The report is manually transferred to the customer.

The customer uploads these reports to the Cisco Smart Account portal and receives a corresponding ACK file. The customer provides these ACK files to the Dell Technologies Services to import these ACK files into the switch configuration.

Internet After Dell Technologies Services completes the offline switch registration with customer Cisco Smart Account, the customer can modify the Smart Account communication in the Logical Configuration Survey.

Use this method when the customer has no security issues with using Internet for future communication between the switch and Smart Account portal. This type of connectivity can only be configured at the customer location. This method enables communication with the Cisco Smart Account without any type of intervention by Dell Technologies Services.

Internet with proxy server After Dell Technologies Services completes the offline switch registration with customer Cisco Smart Account, the customer can modify the Smart Account communication in the Logical Configuration Survey.

Use this method for customer switches to use the customer proxy server to communicate with the Cisco Smart Account portal through the Internet. This type of connectivity can only be configured at the customer location.

On-premises Cisco Smart License Utility After Dell Technologies Services completes the offline switch registration with customer Cisco Smart Account, the customer can modify the Smart Account communication in the Logical Configuration Survey.

Use this method to configure the Cisco Smart Account using Cisco Smart License Utility. After the customer has deployed the Cisco Smart License Utility, the customer must use the Cisco Smart License Utility to co-ordinate the communication from the switch to the Cisco Smart Account. The Cisco Smart License Utility can be either connected to Internet or used offline.

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