Chapter 4 Licenses; Information About Licenses - Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Manual

Licenses
This chapter describes how to identify and resolve problems related to licenses and includes the
following sections:
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Information About Licenses

The name for the Cisco Nexus 1000V license package is NEXUS1000V_LAN_SERVICES_PKG and
the version is 3.0. By default, 1024 licenses are installed with the Virtual Supervisor Module (VSM).
These default licenses are valid for 60 days. You can purchase permanent licenses that do not expire.
Licensing is based on the number of CPU sockets on the ESX servers attached as Virtual Ethernet
Modules (VEM) to the VSM.
A module is either licensed or unlicensed:
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The server administrator has no information about VEM licenses. The VEM licensed state must be
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communicated to server administrators so they are aware that vEthernet interfaces on unlicensed
modules cannot pass traffic.
For additional information about licensing, including how to purchase, install, or remove an installed
license, see the Cisco Nexus 1000V License Configuration Guide.
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Information About Licenses, page 4-1
Prerequisites to License Troubleshooting, page 4-2
Problems with Licenses, page 4-3
License Troubleshooting Commands, page 4-4
Licensed module—A VEM is licensed if it acquires licenses for all of its CPU sockets from the pool
of available licenses installed on the VSM.
Unlicensed module—A VEM is unlicensed if it does not acquire licenses for all of its CPU sockets
from the pool of available licenses installed on the VSM.
If a VEM is unlicensed, the virtual Ethernet ports correspond to the virtual machines (VMs) that are
kept down and are shown as unlicensed.
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