CISCO-LICENSE-MGR-MIB

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Organization: Cisco Systems Inc.

Last Updated: 2019-04-15

Category: Cisco Devices, Device Management

Description: Manages Cisco software license acquisition, storage, and feature activation via the license manager.

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What Is CISCO-LICENSE-MGR-MIB?

CISCO-LICENSE-MGR-MIB manages Cisco software licensing -- installing, requesting, and tracking feature license files that unlock specific software capabilities on a device. It exposes the device's host ID (used to bind a license to a specific chassis), objects for installing a license file from a URI via a command/status pair, and objects for requesting a new license for a named feature and application with its own command/status tracking. This is fundamentally a software-status MIB: it lets an administrator confirm whether a license install or request command succeeded or failed and check which software feature entitlements are active, rather than reporting hardware environmental data. It does not show a strong dependency on an external standard MIB beyond Cisco's own SNMP conventions. It is deployed on Cisco routers, switches, and appliances that use file-based feature licensing to gate advanced software functionality. Engineers can download the CISCO-LICENSE-MGR-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in CISCO-LICENSE-MGR-MIB. Use the built-in SNMP Monitoring Browser to explore available variables, view their current values and descriptions, and select the objects you want to monitor. You can then create SNMP monitors, configure thresholds, and receive alerts when monitored values change.

Supported Devices

  • Cisco routers, switches, and appliances using file-based software licensing

Monitoring Examples

An admin pushing a new license sets clmLicenseFileURI/clmLicenseFileTargetName and clmLicenseConfigCommand, then polls clmLicenseConfigCommandStatus to confirm the install succeeded rather than failed. Submitting clmLicenseRequestFeatureName/clmLicenseRequestAppName via clmLicenseRequestCommand and then checking clmLicenseRequestCommandStatus reveals whether a license request for that feature completed, and clmHostId can be read to verify the license is bound to the correct device.

What Can Be Monitored

  • license install command status
  • license request command status
  • device host ID
  • requested feature/application name
  • license file location and target
Imported Objects

From CISCO-SMI

ciscoMgmtOBJECT-IDENTITY

From IF-MIB

ifIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Gauge32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TestAndIncr
TruthValue

How to Use in IPNetwork Monitor

Example using clmPortLicCountUsed OID:

Select a Cisco router, switch, or appliance (file-based licensing) as the target host to create a monitor — the SNMP service should be up and running on it. Click New Monitor, then check SNMP Custom on the Favorites tab, click Next, and confirm the host. On the next page, click Select... to open the built-in SNMP MIB Browser and type clmPortLicCountUsed into the Find box to locate it in the OID tree, selecting the specific row/instance you want to monitor since this is a table column, then select it and click OK. This object gives the number of port licenses that are currently acquired for the given clmPortLicensingType. On the monitor's Main parameters page you can set the target's SNMP port (default 161), credentials, polling interval, and other settings — see the SNMP Monitor help for details. On the State conditions and Alerting tabs, configure when the monitor should change state and trigger an alert; since this is a Gauge32-type OID, Value bounds is the most useful condition here — trigger an alert if the counter increases sharply between polls relative to its normal baseline (in licenses), since an unexpected spike often reflects a real change in traffic or activity. Click Finish to create the monitor; you can adjust any parameter later.
OIDs

RFC description

License file management for Cisco systems including feature licensing and license usage monitoring.

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