Deactivate and Return a Universal Permanent License

Universal License

Supported Devices

Supported Domains

Access

Any

Secure Firewall Management Center

Global only

Admin

If you no longer need a permanent license, you must return it to your Smart Account.

Important

If you do not follow all of the steps in this procedure, the license remains in an in-use state in Cisco Smart Software Manager and cannot be re-used.

Procedure

Step 1

In the Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center web interface, choose Administration > Licenses > Smart Licenses > Universal Licenses.

Step 2

Make a note of the Product Instance identifier for this Secure Firewall Management Center.

Important

You cannot complete this procedure without this identifier.

Step 3

Generate a return code from Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center:

  1. Click the Return PLR button.

    Firewall Threat Defense becomes unlicensed and Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center moves to the de-registered state.

  2. Make a note of the Return Code.

Step 4

In Cisco Smart Software Manager, identify the Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center appliance to deregister:

  1. Go to the Cisco Smart Software Manager:

    https://software.cisco.com/#SmartLicensing-Inventory

  2. If necessary, click Inventory.

    (This page may display automatically.)

  3. Click Product Instances.

  4. Look for a product instance that has FP in the Type column and a generic SKU (not a hostname) in the Name column. You may also be able to use the values in other table columns to help determine which Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center is the correct Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center. Click the name.

  5. Look at the UUID and see if it is the UUID of the Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center that you are trying to modify.

    If not, you must repeat these steps until you find the correct Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center.

Step 5

When you have identified the correct Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center, return the license to your Smart Account:

  1. On the device page, choose Actions > Remove.

  2. Enter the reservation return code that you generated from Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center into the Remove Product Instance dialog box.

  3. Click Remove Product Instance.

    The Permanent License is returned to the pool of available licenses in the Smart Account.

What to do next

(Optional) If you wish to use the system with standard, connected Smart Licensing, refer to information about Smart Licensing in the Cloud-Delivered Firewall Management Center online help.