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Chapter 5 Obtaining and Installing Licenses
Start the License Wizard by clicking on the License Wizard icon in the Fabric Manager toolbar (see
Step 2
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Choose Switches > License Manager from the Physical pane. The license information is displayed in
the Information pane, one line per feature. Click the License Keys tab, and then click the License Install
Wizard button in the toolbar.
You see the initial screen of the License Wizard.
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Select the vendor from which you purchased your switch.
Step 3
The License Server URL changes depending on the vendor you select. If your URL is different, or if you
select Other as the vendor, enter the correct license server URL.
If you have already obtained the license key files, click that radio button. Otherwise, click "I have the
Step 4
Product Authorization Key (PAK)" if you have the authorization key.
Click Next to continue to the next screen.
Step 5
Step 6 Choose the switches for which you have PAKs.
When you check the check box for a switch, the PAK field for that switch becomes editable. The
VDH=<serial number> for each switch is shown in the HostId column.
Step 7 Enter the PAK for each switch you have selected.
Step 8 Click Finish to transfer the licenses from the host to the switches.
Fabric Manager accesses the appropriate license site and installs the licenses onto each switch. The
status of each installation is displayed in the Status column, as follows:
success— Install/uninstall operation completed successfully
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inProgress—License install/uninstall operation is in progress
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corruptedLicenseFile—License file content is Invalid/Corrupted
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targetLicenseFileAlreadyExist—Target license file name already exists
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invalidLicenseFileName—License file does not exist
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duplicateLicense—License file is already installed
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• generalLicensingFailure—General error from license Manager
none—No install operation is performed
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licenseExpiryConflict—License exist with a different expiration date for the feature
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invalidLicenseCount—License count is invalid for the feature
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Click Close to close the wizard. To install more licenses at this point, you must close the wizard and
Step 9
launch it again.
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