Register the Firewall Management Center with the Smart Software Manager

Before you begin

Make sure your Smart Licensing account contains the available licenses you need.

When you bought your device from Cisco or a reseller, your licenses should have been linked to your Smart Account. However, if you need to add licenses yourself, see Cisco Commerce Workspace. For license PIDs, see License PIDs.
Ensure that the Firewall Management Center can reach the Smart Software Manager at smartreceiver.cisco.com.
Configure NTP. During registration, a key exchange occurs between the Smart Agent and the Smart Software Manager, so time must be in sync for proper registration.

For the Firepower 4100/9300, configure NTP on the chassis using the same NTP server as the Firewall Management Center.
If your organization has multiple Firewall Management Centers, make sure each one has a unique name that clearly identifies and distinguishes it from others that may be registered to the same virtual account. This name is critical for managing your Smart License entitlements and ambiguous names will lead to problems later.

Step 1	In the Smart Software Manager, request and copy a registration token for the virtual account to which you want to add this device. Click Inventory. On the General tab, click New Token. On the Create Registration Token dialog box enter the following settings, and then click Create Token: Description Expire After—Cisco recommends 30 days. Max. Number of Uses Allow export-controlled functionality on the products registered with this token—Enables the export-compliance flag if you are in a country that allows for strong encryption. You must select this option now if you plan to use this functionality. If you enable this functionality later, you will need to re-register your device with a new product key and reload the device. If you do not see this option, your account does not support export-controlled functionality. The token is added to your inventory. Click the arrow icon to the right of the token to open the Token dialog box so you can copy the token ID to your clipboard. Keep this token ready for later in the procedure when you need to register the Firewall Threat Defense. View Token Copy Token
Step 2	In the Firewall Management Center, choose System () > Licenses > Smart Licenses.
Step 3	Click Register.
Step 4	Paste the token you generated from Smart Software Manager into the Product Instance Registration Token field. Make sure there are no empty spaces or blank lines at the beginning or end of the text.
Step 5	Click Apply Changes.