License Expiration Behavior - Cisco ASR 5000 Series Administration Manual

License Expiration Behavior

License Expiration Behavior
When a license expires, there is a built-in grace period of 30 days that allows normal use of the licensed session
use and feature use licenses. This allows you to obtain a new license without any interruption of service.
The following Exec mode command lists the license information including the date the grace period is set to
expire:
show license information
Requesting License Keys
License keys for the system can be obtained through your Cisco account representative. Specific information
is required before a license key may be generated:
• Sales Order or Purchase Order information
• Desired session capacity
• Desired functionality
• Midplane (chassis) serial number
To obtain the ASR 5500 chassis serial number, at the Exec mode prompt enter the show card hardware 5
command. Look under the "MEC" heading for the "UDI Serial Number" as shown in the example below:
MEC:
Description
Cisco Part Number
UDI Serial Number
UDI Product ID
UDI Version ID
The ICSR license key for Active and Standby chassis are uniquely coded to each chassis. Two separate license
keys are required.
Viewing License Information
To see the license detail, enter the following command from the Exec mode:
[local]
Deleting a License Key
Use the procedure below to delete the session and feature use license key from a configuration. You must be
a security administrator or administrator.
configure
no license key
exit
show license key
The output of this command should display: "No license key installed".
ASR 5500 System Administration Guide, StarOS Release 21.4
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: MEC
: 73-14501-01 A0
: FLM154300D8
: ASR55-MEC
: V01
host_name show license information [ full | key [ full ] ]
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