Contents Of The License File; Prerequisites To License Troubleshooting - Cisco Nexus 1000V Troubleshooting Manual

Prerequisites to License Troubleshooting

Contents of the License File

The contents of the Cisco Nexus 1000V license file indicates the number of licenses purchased and the
host ID. To display the contents of a license file, use the show license file license_name command.
switch# show license file sample.lic
sample.lic:
SERVER this_host ANY
VENDOR cisco
INCREMENT NEXUS1000V_LAN_SERVICES_PKG cisco 1.0 permanent 16 \
The host ID that appears in the license file must match that shown on the VSM. To verify the match, use
the show license host-id command. See
Do not edit the contents of the license file. The license is invalidated if its contents are altered. If you
Caution
have already done so, contact your Cisco Customer Support Account Team.
Prerequisites to License Troubleshooting
Before you begin troubleshooting licenses, verify the information in this checklist:
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HOSTID=VDH=8449368321243879080 \
NOTICE="<LicFileID>sample.lic</LicFileID><LicLineID>0</LicLineID> \
<PAK>dummyPak</PAK>" SIGN=34FCB2B24AE8
Make sure that the name of the license file has fewer than 32 characters by using the show license
usage command. See Example 4-1 on page
Make sure that no other license file with the same name is installed on the VSM by using the show
license usage command. See
rename your new license file to something else.
Do not edit the contents of the license file. If you have already done so, contact your Cisco Customer
Support Account Team.
Make sure that the host ID in the license file is the same as the host ID on the switch by using the
show license host-id command and the show license file command. See
and Example 4-4 on page
Example 4-3 on page
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Example 4-1 on page 4-5. If there is a license file with the same name,
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Example 4-3 on page 4-6
Licenses
OL-31593-01