Data Sheet Cisc Smart Sftware Manager satellite Last Updated: May 12, 2017 Overview Cisc Smart Sftware Manager satellite is a cmpnent f Cisc Smart Licensing. It wrks in cnjunctin with Cisc Smart Sftware Manager t intelligently manage custmer prduct licenses, prviding near-real-time visibility and reprting f Cisc licenses custmers purchase and cnsume. In a typical scenari, custmers are able t view their installed base frm the clud-based Cisc Smart Sftware Manager using a highly secure Internet cnnectin, prtected by varius levels f user authrizatin and encrypted passwrds. Hwever, fr security-sensitive custmers wh d nt want t manage their installed base with a direct Internet cnnectin, Smart Licensing prvides Smart Sftware Manager satellite sftware, which resides n custmer premises. Devices r sftware prducts self-register and reprt license cnsumptin t the Smart Sftware Manager satellite as thugh it were a replicate f the Cisc Smart Sftware Manager. The satellite versin f Smart Licensing cntains a subset f Cisc Smart Sftware Manager functinality and must cmmunicate with the latter peridically t perate. Custmers need t synchrnize their lcal databases with the Cisc prtal t make sure that the mst recent purchases are reflected in their lcal cpies. This can be autmatically r manually initiated. The autmatically scheduled synchrnizatins can be daily, weekly, r mnthly, and, depending n the frequency, the data n the satellite can be as current as the prtal n a daily basis. On the ther hand, the manual synchrnizatin invlves a file transfer at least nce a mnth and represents an air gap fr high-security custmers. Figure 1 depicts the Smart Sftware Manager satellite deplyment. 2015 Cisc and/r its affiliates. All rights reserved. This dcument is Cisc Public Infrmatin. Page 1 f 5
Figure 1. Smart Sftware Manager satellite Deplyment Cisc Smart Sftware Manager satellite Cisc Smart Sftware Manager (2) Mnthly License State Respnse Ruter Cisc Smart Sftware Manager satellite Air Gap Switch Firewall Unified Cmmunicatins Vide (Cents 7) Receiver LCS (1) Mnthly Inventry Update Surce-f- Truth Database On-Premises Trust Anchr Cisc Clud Smart Sftware Manager satellite is packaged as an ISO with CentOS 7 and requires the fllwing cnfiguratin: 200-GB hard disk 8 GB memry 4 vcpus After installatin, Smart Sftware Manager satellite must be registered with Cisc Smart Sftware Manager prtal t cmmunicate with it. During nrmal peratins, the smart-enabled prducts register with Smart Sftware Manager satellite and reprt license cnsumptin. Peridic synchrnizatins with Cisc Smart Sftware Manager, enables Smart Sftware Manager satellite t reflect the mst recent license entitlement and usage. Smart Sftware Manager satellite is supprted with Chrme 32.0 and later versins, Firefx 25.0 and later versins, and Safari 6.0.5 and later versins. Smart Licensing requires prducts t be assciated with Smart Accunts, which can be created n Cisc Sftware Central. A Smart Accunt is assciated with a unique cmpany ID and is like an nline banking accunt cntaining Cisc entitlements and devices fr that custmer. Frm the Cisc Smart Sftware Manager, subaccunts (als called virtual accunts) can be created t represent varius subdivisins r buying centers f the cmpany. Benefits Highly secure, highly available, n-premises, single surce f truth f license cnsumptin Near-real-time license entitlement based n synchrnizatin schedules with the Smart Sftware Manager installed base Immediate satellite registratin t Smart Sftware Manager 2015 Cisc and/r its affiliates. All rights reserved. This dcument is Cisc Public Infrmatin. Page 2 f 5
Smart Licensing benefits: Licenses are nt nde-lcked t devices, which can enable licenses t be n cmpatible devices withut rehsting prduct activatin keys (PAKs). Licenses can be pled within the entire cmpany, allwing them t be reused acrss rganizatinal bundaries. Mney can be saved by knwing what is being used cmpared t entitlement. Time can be saved since licenses can be transferred acrss the cmpany withut pening supprt cases, therefre simplifying the return merchandise apprval (RMA) prcess. Features Multiple satellites can cnnect t the Smart Sftware Manager: Each satellite can scale up t 4,000 prduct instances. ISO Packaging - satellite is packaged as a universal ISO which allws it t be exprted t varius image types as shwn belw: OVA image. An Open Virtualizatin Archive that cntains a cmpressed, "installable" versin f a virtual machine. Hyper-V image. Allws custmers t install n a Hyper-V virtualized hst f Micrsft Windws Server 2012. KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) image. Allws custmers t install n a virtualized Linux envirnment supprting Ubuntu and CentOS. IPV6 Supprt - satellite supprts IPv4, dual stack IPv4 and IPv6, and IPv6 addressing schemes. System Security Enhancements CentOS Nessus vulnerability scan issues addressed FIPS-140-2 cmpliance All system ciphers updated with SHA-256 Cmmn Services Platfrm Cllectr (CSPC) supprt - c-reside with CSPC virtual machine in a Multi Service Delivery Appliance (MSDA) s that Smart-License enabled prducts can register with satellite in this envirnment. Third Party Sftware Smart Licensing Supprt - supprt 3 rd party sftware (such as Speech View in Unity Cnnectin and Apple Push Ntificatin (APNs) in Unified Cmmunicatin Manager) t authrize Smart License enabled Cisc prducts t use their services. High Availability redundancy and reliable fail-ver with an active-standby cnfiguratin that can detect the failure f the active satellite and recver with n lss f cntinuus peratins and system usability Default secure HTTPS access t satellite user interface (UI): User lgin t the n-premises satellite is defaulted t HTTPS. Autmatic HTTPS cmmunicatin frm prduct instances t satellite: Devices r prducts wishing t cmmunicate with the satellite thrugh HTTPS d nt need t dwnlad a self-sign certificate frm the transprt gateway and cnfigure it individually. Immediate registratin f satellite t Smart Sftware Manager: The registratin f the satellite t Cisc Smart Sftware Manager prtal nw cmpletes immediately withut a 48-hur wait fr the Cisc signed certificate. 2015 Cisc and/r its affiliates. All rights reserved. This dcument is Cisc Public Infrmatin. Page 3 f 5
Exprt Cntrl: Allws Smart License enabled prducts that cnnect t satellite t generate restricted tkens and activate restricted functinality accrding t Exprt Cntrl Laws (ECLs). Multiple Netwrk Interfaces: Enables multiple interfaces fr traffic separatin between netwrk management and prduct instance registratins. Netwrk Utility: Netwrk setup and trubleshting thrugh a user-friendly graphical interface. Cnfigurable Headers and Fters: Enable headers and fters n satellite UI and reprts t be cnfigurable fr security classificatin. Lgin Failure Message Remval: Disable lgin failure errr message fr security reasns. Restart/Shutdwn: Restart r shutdwn nw initiated frm the satellite GUI. In-place upgrade: Upgrade satellite sftware with an autmatic rllback while the system is running and restart with the upgraded versin. Netwrk utility: Netwrk setup and trubleshting are prvided thrugh a new, user-friendly GUI. Cnfigurable headers and fters: Headers and fters n the satellite GUI and reprts are nw user cnfigurable, enabling them t align with federal security classificatin r t label satellites with meaningful infrmatin. Register prduct instances: Yu can create a registratin tken (restricted r nn-restricted) frm the Cisc Smart Sftware Manager satellite and use it in the prduct registratin cmmand r user interface. View the list f virtual accunts: Yu can nly view (nt create r remve) virtual accunts n the Cisc Smart Sftware Manager satellite. Virtual accunts can be created and managed nly in the Smart Accunt Management n Cisc Sftware Central. Set up synchrnizatin schedules: After the satellite has been registered with the backend prtal, yu can synchrnize what licenses are being used via HTTPS, cmpared t what has been purchased with Smart Sftware Manager. Use the fllwing ptins: Netwrk synchrnizatin: Data is synchrnized and updated n demand r at a scheduled time, such as daily, weekly, r mnthly. Yu can chse this mde if yu are able t cnnect t Cisc.cm. Manual synchrnizatin: Data is transferred thrugh a file dwnlad and uplad prcess in this discnnected mde. Yu can chse this ptin if yu prefer an air-gapped methd t cmmunicate with the Cisc Smart Sftware Manager. Run reprts against yur virtual accunts: Yu can run a reprt t shw what is in the virtual accunts (license usage cmpared t entitlement) and exprt the reprt t a CSV r an Excel file. Manage users: As an administratr, yu can create r delete users wh have access t the Smart Sftware Manager satellite. This functin des nt affect users created in the Smart Accunt n the Smart Accunt Management f Cisc Sftware Central. Custmers can dwnlad the Smart Sftware Manager satellite at n charge t manage their assets and licenses lcally in their enterprises. Fr mre infrmatin, see the Smart Sftware Manager satellite Installatin Guide and Smart Sftware Manager satellite User Guide. Fr Mre Infrmatin Fr Smart Licensing, visit www.cisc.cm/c/en/us/prducts/abt_sw.html. Fr Smart Sftware Manager, visit www.cisc.cm/web/rdering/smart-sftware-manager/index.html. 2015 Cisc and/r its affiliates. All rights reserved. This dcument is Cisc Public Infrmatin. Page 4 f 5
Fr Smart Accunts, visit www.cisc.cm/web/rdering/smart-sftware-manager/smart-accunts.html. Fr Cisc Sftware Central, visit https://sftware.cisc.cm/swcentral/hme.html. Printed in USA C78-734539-01 11/15 2015 Cisc and/r its affiliates. All rights reserved. This dcument is Cisc Public Infrmatin. Page 5 f 5