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- Table of Contents
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- 01-Fundamentals Configuration Guide
- 00-Preface
- 01-CLI configuration
- 02-RBAC configuration
- 03-Login management configuration
- 04-FTP and TFTP configuration
- 05-File system management configuration
- 06-Configuration file management configuration
- 07-Software upgrade configuration
- 08-ISSU configuration
- 09-Emergency shell configuration
- 10-Automatic configuration
- 11-Device management configuration
- 12-MDC configuration
- 13-TCL configuration
- 14-License management
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Registering and activating a license·
Compressing the license storage
Displaying and maintaining licenses
Some features require a license to run on your device. To use a license-based feature, you must purchase a license or obtain a free trial license.
This chapter describes how to license a feature, transfer a license between MPUs, remove a license, and manage the license storage space.
License types
The following types of licenses are available depending on validity period:
· Permanent—A permanent license is always valid and never expires.
· Date restricted—A license valid for an absolute date range, for example, 2012-05-01 to 2012-05-30.
· Days restricted—A license valid for a limited period in days, for example, 30 days.
Trial licenses are typically date or days restricted.
Licensing procedure summary
To use a license-based feature:
1. Use the display license feature command to identify license-based features and their licensing information.
2. Obtain a license for the desired feature.
3. Identify hardware serial number (SN) and device ID (DID) information.
This information is MPU specific. If the device has two MPUs, you must have one license for each MPU and register the licenses separately.
4. Register the license with H3C.
If the registration succeeds, the licensing system creates an activation file. This activation file is locked to the MPU with the specific DID and cannot be used on any other MPU.
5. Install the activation file on the MPU.
For more information, see "Registering and activating a license."
Guidelines and restrictions
· Use the display license feature command to identify license-based features and their licensing information.
· License registration requires a license key, hardware SN, and DID. This information is MPU specific. If the registration succeeds, the licensing system returns an activation file.
· The activation file is MPU locked rather than device locked. The activation file can be installed only on the DID-specific MPU, and it takes effect on the MPU even after the MPU is moved to a different device.
· After a license is activated, it takes 5 minutes for fiber ports that are bound to an IRF port to function normally.
Registering and activating a license
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Command |
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1. Check your license certificate for the license key. |
N/A |
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2. Identify the number of idle license storage entries. |
display license feature |
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3. (Optional.) Compress the license storage if the idle license storage entries are not enough for licenses to be activated. |
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4. Display SN and DID information on the MPU. |
display license device-id |
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5. Visit www.h3c.com and select Technical Support & Documents > Product Licensing. |
N/A |
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6. Use the license key, SN, and DID to register the license. |
N/A |
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7. Download the activation file to the MPU. |
N/A |
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8. Enter system view. |
system-view |
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9. Install the activation file. |
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In IRF mode: |
Transferring a license
You can transfer a license from one MPU to another if its activation file has not been expired. If the activation file has expired, the license is not transferrable.
Transferring a license typically includes uninstalling its activation file on the source MPU, registering the license with H3C for the target MPU, and activating the license on the target MPU.
When an activation file is uninstalled, the system creates an Uninstall key. You must provide this key when registering the license for the target MPU.
To transfer a license:
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Step |
Command |
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1. Enter system view on the source MPU. |
system-view |
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2. Uninstall the activation file. |
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In standalone mode: ·
In IRF mode: |
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3. Access the target MPU and display SN and DID information. |
display license device-id |
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4. Use the Uninstall key and target MPU's SN and DID to register the license at the product licensing center at www.h3c.com. |
N/A |
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5. Download the new activation file to the target MPU. |
N/A |
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6. Install the activation file on the target MPU. |
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NOTE: The uninstall action does not delete the activation file related license data from the license storage area. To delete the data, see "Compressing the license storage." |
Compressing the license storage
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CAUTION: The DID changes each time the license storage is compressed. Before performing a compression, make sure all activation files generated based on the old DID have been installed. They cannot be installed after the compression. |
If the license storage area is not enough for installing new licenses, compress the license storage. This action deletes expired licenses and uninstalled licenses.
To compress the license storage:
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Step |
Command |
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1. Enter system view. |
system-view |
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2. Compress the license storage. |
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In standalone mode: ·
In IRF mode: |
Displaying and maintaining licenses
Execute display commands in any view.
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Task |
Command |
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Display the SN and DID of an MPU in standalone mode. |
display license device-id slot slot-number |
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Display the SN and DID of an MPU in IRF mode. |
display license device-id chassis chassis-number slot slot-number |
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Display detailed license information in standalone mode. |
display license [ activation-file ] [ slot slot-number ] |
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Display detailed license information in IRF mode. |
display license [ activation-file ] [ chassis chassis-number slot slot-number ] |
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Display brief feature license information. |
display license feature |
