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

Prerequisites to License Troubleshooting

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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.
n1000v# 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 this, 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
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have already done so, please 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 the name of the license file is less than 32 characters.
Use the show license usage command. See
Make sure no other license file with the same name is installed on the VSM. If there is a license file
with the same name, rename your new license file to something else.
Use the show license usage command. See
Do not edit the contents of the license file. If you have already done so, please contact your Cisco
Customer Support Account Team.
Make sure the host-ID in the license file is the same as the host-ID on the switch, using the following
commands:
show license host-id See
show license file See Example 4-7 on page 4-6
Example 4-6 on page
Example 4-3 on page
Example 4-3 on page
Example 4-6 on page 4-6.
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Licenses
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