- Table of Contents
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- 06-System
- 01-High availability group
- 02-VRRP
- 03-Track
- 04-BFD
- 05-NQA
- 06-Basic log settings
- 07-Session log settings
- 08-NAT log settings
- 09-AFT log settings
- 10-Threat log settings
- 11-Application audit log settings
- 12-URL filtering log settings
- 13-Bandwidth alarm logs
- 14-Attack defense log settings
- 15-NetShare log settings
- 16-Report settings
- 17-Session settings
- 18-Signature upgrade
- 19-Software upgrade
- 20-License management
- 21-Administrators
- 22-Date and time
- 23-Configuration management
- 24-Packet capture
- 25-Webpage Diagnosis
- 26-Packet trace
- 27-Fast Internet Access
- 28-SNMP
- 29-IRF
- 30-IRF advanced settings
- 30-IRF advanced settings(only for F50X0-D and F5000-AK5X5 firewalls)
- 31-Contexts
- 31-Contexts(only for F50X0-D and F5000-AK5X5 firewalls)
- 32-About
- 33-MAC address learning through a Layer 3 device
- 34-Bandwidth management logs
- 35-Configuration log settings
- 36-Context rate limit logging
- 37-Heartbeat log settings
- 38-Diagnostic Info
- 39-IP access logs
- 40-IP reputation log settings
- 41-IPsec diagnosis
- 42-Load balancing logging
- 43-Load balancing test
- 44-MAC authentication online users
- 45-Packet capture
- 45-Packet capture(only for F50X0-D and F5000-AK5X5 firewalls)
- 46-Ping
- 47-Reboot
- 48-Security policy log
- 49-Tracert
- 50-WAF log settings
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This help contains the following topics:
¡ General restrictions and guidelines
¡ Restrictions and guidelines: File safety
· Configure license management
¡ Compress the license storage area
Introduction
To use a license-based feature, you must purchase a formal license or obtain a trial license and install the license for the feature.
License validity period
The following types of validity period are available:
· Permanent—A permanent license is always valid and never expires.
· Date restricted—A license valid for an absolute date range, for example, 2015-05-01 to 2015-05-30.
Trial and formal licenses
Restrictions and guidelines
General restrictions and guidelines
· Make sure no one else is performing license management tasks on the device you are working with.
· Expired formal licenses cannot be uninstalled. Expired licenses remain in the license storage area unless you compress the license storage area. The exhaustion of the license storage area will cause installation failures of new licenses.
· Before registering licenses, view the available number and installed number on the Compress License Storage page. Make sure the number of registered licenses and installed licenses are no more than the available number.
· Compressing the license storage area changes DID and deletes expired licenses and uninstalled license information. Before you compress the license storage area, back up Uninstall keys, and make sure all activation files generated based on the old DID have been installed. These activation files cannot be installed after the compression.
· When installing a license, the system also searches the storage media for a matching feature package. When it finds a matching package, it stops searching and installs the package.
· When uninstalling a license, the system checks whether the feature package for the license is running. If it is running, the system uninstalls the package automatically.
· If you cannot obtain or re-register the activation file due to issues such as operating system and browser errors of the HTTP client, contact the technical support.
Restrictions and guidelines: File safety
· Save and back up the obtained activation file in case of loss.
· Do not open the DID file or activation file to avoid file corruption.
· Do not modify the name of the DID file or activation file to avoid licensing error.
· Do not delete activation files in the In use or Usable state on the device. If you delete an activation file that is usable or in use, the related feature will not function correctly. If a file is missing or corrupted, copy the backup file to the license folder to recover the license. If the state of the recovered license is In use, but not all licensed features can function, reboot the device.
Configure license management
Install licenses
You must purchase a license key for the hardware of each location. To license the hardware, use the license key, SN, and DID of the hardware to register an activation file, and install the activation file on the specified location. A hardware is licensed even if it is installed on another device.
Procedure
1. Go to System > License Config.
2. Identify features to be licensed.
3. Purchase a license key.
4. Obtain the SN and DID.
5. Use the product category, license key, SN, and DID to register an activation file.
6. Click Install to install the activation file.
Transfer licenses
If a license on a device is left unused and its activation file has not expired, you can transfer the license to another unlicensed device that you want to work with.
Procedure
1. Log in to the source device, and go to System > License Config.
2. Select the target activation file and uninstall it.
3. View and save the Uninstall key of the source device.
4. Log in to the target device, and go to System > License Config.
5. Obtain the SN and DID information of the target device.
6. Use the target device's SN and DID information and the source device's Uninstall key to register a new activation file.
7. Install the new activation file on the target device.
Compress the license storage area
Before registering an activation file, make sure the license storage area has sufficient space for installing the new activation file. If the license storage space is not sufficient, compress the license storage area. The compression deletes expired licenses and uninstalled license information.