You can manage the licenses that you have purchased for Cloud or APs managed by SmartZone controllers.

On the Navigation bar, click Administration > Account Management > Licenses. The Licenses page is displayed.

The Licenses page displays the count of Total Licenses, Licenses Used, and Licenses Left under the Licenses page title, and all the allocated licenses are displayed in the licenses table. To manage and allocate licenses, refer to Managing and Assigning the licenses to the APs section.

The licenses table has the following attributes:

• ID: Displays the serial numbers for the allocated licenses.
• Accounts: Displays the licenses of all the partner accounts.
• Type: Displays the type of license package as described in the preceding table.
• Total Count: Displays the total number of licenses assigned.
• Count Used: Displays the number of licenses used from the total number assigned.
• Start Date/Time: Displays the date and time when the license is activated.
• Expiration Date/Time: Displays the date and time when the license expires or deactivates.
• Days to Expiration: Displays the number of days available to use the license.
• Description: Displays a short description about the license type.

You can select the number of licenses displayed in the table from the Show rows drop down at the bottom of the table. The range is from five licenses per table to 100 licenses per table.

To create a resource group, refer to Creating a Resource Group section in the Resource Groups. All the created resource groups are displayed in the resource groups table.

The Refresh License option refreshes this page to display the latest license information.

The Claim your free 90-day trial option allows you to use the new built-in 90-day free trial license for 100 APs or ICX switches. Select this option to claim the license immediately. It can only be claimed once. The license is available to all accounts which do not have any paid licenses.

1. On the Navigation bar, click Administration > Account Management > Licenses to manage and assign the licenses to the desired access points (APs).

   A RUCKUS AI license is required for each device, either a switch or an AP. The RUCKUS AI license is assigned to the switches automatically. In a switch-only deployment, you must configure an AP MAC address in the SZ staging zone. It does not need to be a physical AP; configuration in the staging zone is sufficient.

   

2. Click the icon to assign licenses to the APs.
   The Link Licenses and APs dialog box is displayed.

   Note: After the controller is onboarded and connected successfully, you may need to wait up to 30 minutes for the details of your network to be available and display the AP hierarchy for license allocation.

   

3. From the Explore Network column on the left, select the controller from which you want to link the APs and license.

   You can select APs from different levels of SmartZone hierarchy. Based on your selection, the Select APs column on the right is populated with individual APs within the selected hierarchy level.

   To choose all the APs listed in the column, select the check box on top of the column. You can also choose the APs individually by selecting the check box next to each AP. The number of APs selected from the total APs associated with the network is displayed on top of the column, and also within brackets in the network tree structure.

   Note: If new APs are added to a system, licenses are not automatically assigned to them. You must manually assign licenses to new APs that are added to a system.

   If an AP is already assigned a license, it will be unavailable and you will not be able to select it. A message is also displayed next to the AP stating the license to which it is assigned.

   You can use the search bar to find an AP by the AP name or the AP MAC address. You can also see the number of APs matching the search string (name or MAC address) specified in the search bar.

   The Orphaned APs column displays the APs that are no longer connected to the network. For example, the AP location may have changed or the AP may have lost network connectivity, and therefore there is no account for the AP in the network.

   You cannot find or search for an orphaned AP within the network. Pause the pointer over the Orphaned APs section for more information about scenarios in which an AP can become orphaned. The MAC address of the orphaned AP is displayed. The license associated with the orphaned AP is no longer valid, so you can release the license to be assigned to another AP within the network.

4. Select the APs and click Save to assign the license.
   Note: After the RUCKUS AI licenses are allocated, data is populated across all dashboards and reports only after 45 minutes.

   Note: The SmartZone controller name is retrieved from the controller at the time of onboarding. However, if the name is changed after onboarding the controller, RUCKUS AI will not display the updated controller name.