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CONTENTS
VERSION 8 RELEASE 202006 ............................................................................................................ 1
PREFACE ................................................................................................................................................ 5
Objectives ................................................................................................................................ 5
Related Documentation ............................................................................................................ 5
Document Conventions ............................................................................................................ 5
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request .................................................... 7
INTRODUCTION TO SMART SOFTWARE MANAGER ON-PREM .......................................................... 8
DOWNLOADING THE SOFTWARE .......................................................................................................... 8
Software Packaging ................................................................................................................. 8
System Limits and Scalability ................................................................................................... 9
Supported Web Browsers ........................................................................................................ 9
System Requirements ............................................................................................................. 10
Cisco Smart Account Access ................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Hardware Based Deployment Requirements ............................................................................................................................... 10
Virtual Machine Based Deployment Requirements .................................................................................................................. 10
Supported VMware Features and Operations ............................................................................................................................. 11
Increasing Performance on VMware ESXi Configurations .......................................................................................................... 11
INSTALLING AND DEPLOYING CISCO SMART SOFTWARE MANAGER ON-PREM .......................... 12
OVERVIEW OF DEPLOYMENT SEQUENCE .............................................................................................. 12
Before Your Start ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
MEDIA INSTALLATION ...................................................................................................................... 14
Manually Installing on Hardware Using the .iso File (USB) ....................................................... 14
Manually Installing on a VM Using the .iso File (VMware ESXi) ................................................ 14
DEPLOYING CISCO SOFTWARE MANAGER ON-PREM ............................................................................ 16
Selecting a System Profile ...................................................................................................... 17
REGISTERING A LOCAL ACCOUNT IN SSM ON-PREM...................................................................... 19
CONFIGURING YOUR COMMON NAME ................................................................................................ 19
CONFIGURING THE NTP SERVER ....................................................................................................... 20
REQUESTING A NEW LOCAL ACCOUNT ............................................................................................... 21
APPROVING A NEW LOCAL ACCOUNT .............................................................................................. 23
LOCAL ACCOUNT REQUEST APPROVAL (NETWORK MODE) .................................................................... 23
LOCAL ACCOUNT APPROVAL (MANUAL MODE) ................................................................................... 24
SYNCHRONIZING SMART SOFTWARE MANAGER ON-PREM ........................................................... 26