Chapter 4: Activating Licensed Features; License Key Field Descriptions; Licensing Procedure In A Stack Environment - Enterasys C3G124-24 Configuration Manual

In order to enable the C3 advanced features, such as Advanced Routing, you must purchase and
activate a license key. If you have purchased a license, you can proceed to activate your license as
described in this section. If you wish to obtain a permanent or evaluation license, use the
Enterasys Customer Portal or contact the Enterasys Networks Sales Department.

License Key Field Descriptions

When Enterasys supplies a license, it will be sent to you as a character string similar to the
following:
INCREMENT advrouter 2006.0127 27-jan-2011 0123456789AB 0123456789AB
The contents of the six fields, from the left, indicate:
• Type—the type of license. For the Enterasys C3, the value in this field is always
"INCREMENT."
• Feature—description of the feature being licensed. For example, "advrouter" as shown in the
character string above.
• Date-based version (DBV)—a date-related string. For the Enterasys C3, the value in this field
is not significant.
• Expiration type—indicates whether the license is a permanent or an evaluation license. If the
license is an evaluation license, this field will contain the expiration date of the license. If the
license is a permanent license, this field will contain the word "permanent."
• Key—the license key.
• Host ID—the serial number of the switch to which this license applies.
When activating licenses on stackable devices, we recommend that you copy and paste the license
character string, rather than entering the text manually.

Licensing Procedure in a Stack Environment

The licenses for all members of an operating stack can be activated during a single CLI session, by
following these steps:
1. Obtain valid licenses for all members of the stack from the Enterasys Customer Portal.
Activating Licensed Features
Note: All members of a stack must be licensed in order to support licensed features in a stack
environment. If the master unit in a stack has an activated license, all member units also must have
an activated license in order to operate. If the master unit in a stack does not have an activated
license, then the licensed functionality will not be available to member units, even if they have
licenses installed.
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