Licenseadd - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Command Reference Manual

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licenseAdd

licenseAdd
Adds a license key to a switch.
Synopsis licenseadd license
Description Use this command to add a license key to a switch.
Some features of the switch and the fabric to which it is connected are optional, licensed products.
Without a valid license installed for such products, their services are not available.
A license key is a string of any length consisting of upper- and lowercase letters and numbers.
License keys are case-sensitive. The license must be entered exactly as issued. The system may
accept an incorrectly entered license, but the licensed products will not function. After entering the
license, use the licenseShow command to validate the product associated with the license. If no
licensed products are shown, the license is invalid.
After you enter a license, the licensed product is generally available immediately without requiring
a system reboot. The following exceptions apply:
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Note The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may
be in place. Refer to chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command
Availability" for details.
Operands This command has the following operand:
license
Examples To add a license key to the switch:
See Also licesnseHelp, licenseRemove, licenseShow
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When adding a fabric license to a switch that lacks a fabric license, you must reboot the switch
to activate the license.
When adding a trunking license is added to the switch, you must refresh the trunk ports to
activate the trunking license. Depending on your system, use portDisable/portEnable,
switchDisable/switchEnable or chassisDisable/chassisEnable to refresh the trunk ports.
Specifies the license key to be installed. This operand is required.
switch:admin> licenseadd DXXtN3LmRSMWCSW3XmfSBPfrWKLZ3HMTN73rP9GANJMA
adding license-key [DXXtN3LmRSMWCSW3XmfSBPfrWKLZ3HMTN73rP9GANJMA]
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