tp-link Omada License Cloud Based Controller

Specifications

Feature	Description
Cloud-Based Controller	Centralized management of devices via cloud services.
MSP Mode	Allows Managed Service Providers to assign licenses to customers.
Auto-Active	Automatically applies device licenses when adopted by the organization.
Auto-Rollover	Automates license renewals to prevent service expiration

Omada License Configuration Guide

TP-Link Omada controller provides centralized management of gateways, switches, and access points from the Software Defined Networking (SDN) platform. Licenses are required to manage devices centrally with the Omada Cloud-Based Controller. This guide will introduce how to obtain and assign licenses to your devices.

Assign and Manage Licenses for Cloud-Based Organization

For management and configurations on the Cloud-Based Organization, each device should be bound with an activated license. Before binding licenses to devices, you need to purchase licenses and assign them to your organization.

 Purchase Licenses
Contact the sales staff to purchase licenses for cloud services. The licenses will be assigned to your TP-Link account.

Assign Licenses to the Cloud-Based Organization

1. Visit https://omada.tplinkcloud.com and log in with your TP-Link ID.
   Note:
   If you don’t have a TP-Link ID, sign up for one and activate it.
2.  Choose Omada Cloud Standard Licenses and click your profile picture on the upper right corner and click Licenses.
3. Click Assign Licenses to Organization at the upper right corner
4. Select the organization and specify the quantity of licenses to assign.
5. Click Apply. The licenses will be assigned to the organization

Revoke Licenses from the Cloud-Based Organization
After license assignment, you can revoke licenses if the organization no longer needs them.

1.  Visit https://omada.tplinkcloud.com and log in with your TP-Link ID.
   Note
   If you don’t have a TP-Link ID, sign up for one and activate it.
2. Choose Omada Cloud Standard Licenses and click your profile picture on the upper right corner and click Licenses.
3. Click Revoke Licenses at the upper right corner.
4.  Select an organization.
5. Click Apply The licenses will be revoked and can be assign to another organization if needed.

Assign and Manage Licenses for MSP Customers

If you have enabled MSP (Managed Service Provider) mode, follow the steps below to assign license to your customers:

 Assign Licenses to Customers

1. Launch your organization.
2. In MSP View, go to Licenses > License Assignment. Click Assign Licenses at the upper right corner.
3.  Check your remaining licenses, select the customer, and specify the quantity of licenses to assign.
4. Click Confirm. The licenses will be assigned to the customer.

Revoke Licenses from Customers
After license assignment, you can revoke licenses if the customer no longer needs them.

1. Launch your organization.
2. In MSP View, go to Licenses > License Assignment. Click Revoke Licenses at the upper right corner.
3. Select the customer and specify the quantity of licenses to revoke
4. Click Confirm. The licenses will be revoked and can be assign to another customer if needed.

Assign and Manage Licenses for Devices

Note

• One license can be bound with only one device at a time.
• If a device with license bound is removed from the organization, the license will be unbound automatically and can be bound to another device if needed.

Automatic Binding/Unbinding
For the Organization in Global View

1. Launch your organization.
2. Go to the Licenses page. Enable Auto-Active for sites (Auto-Rollover is on by default

Auto-Active
Auto-Active will automatically apply device license to a device as soon as it is adopted by your organization.

Auto-Rollover
Auto-Rollover automates license renewals for active devices to prevent service expiration. When enabled, choose whether to apply this automation to “All sites (including newly created sites)” or to “Specific sites” selected

For the Organization in MSP View

1. Launch your organization.
2. Go to the Licenses page. Enable Auto-Active and enable Auto-Rollover for customers.

Manual Binding/Unbinding
If you don’t want the organization to automatically assign device licenses, you can manually bind and unbind device licenses.

1.  Launch your organization.
2. Go to the Devices page.
3. Bind or unbind device licenses according to your needs.

To bind a device license:
Locate an unactuated device and click Activate. In the License Status section, choose an appropriate license to bind. You can bind a new license or a used license (such as the one last bound). If you have many used licenses, you can search by license key or MAC.

To bind a device license
Locate an un activated device and click Activate. In the License Status section, choose an appropriate license to bind. You can bind a new license or a used license (such as the one last bound). If you have many used licenses, you can search by license key or MAC.

When the reassignment times remaining is 0, the license will be unable to be bound to other devices except the current device.

FAQs

How do I purchase licenses?

Contact the sales staff to purchase licenses for cloud services.

Documents / Resources

tp-link Omada License Cloud Based Controller [pdf] User Guide Omada License Cloud Based Controller, License Cloud Based Controller, Cloud Based Controller, Based Controller

References

• User Manual