Periodic communications with the Smart Software Manager

You use a Product Instance Registration Token to register the Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center with the Smart Software Manager. The Smart Software Manager issues an ID certificate for communication between the Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center and the Smart Software Manager. This certificate is valid for one year, although it will be renewed every six months. If an ID certificate expires (after a year with no communication), the Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center may be removed from your account.

The Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center communicates with the Smart Software Manager on a periodic basis. If you make changes in the Smart Software Manager, you can refresh the authorization on the Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center so the changes immediately take effect. You also can wait for the Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center to communicate as scheduled. Your Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center must either have direct internet access to the Smart Software Manager.

In non-airgapped deployments, normal license communication occurs every 30 days. With the grace period, your Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center will operate for up to 90 days without contacting the Smart Software Manager. Ensure that the Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center contacts the Smart Software Manager within 90 days, or the Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center will revert to an unregistered state.

If your device is unable to communicate due to network issues, it continues working for up to 90 days. Once communication resumes and the ID certificate is validated, license entitlement is restored.