Grace Period Alerts - Cisco DS-X9530-SF1-K9 - Supervisor-1 Module - Control Processor Configuration Manual

Chapter 3 Obtaining and Installing Licenses
S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m .
switch# show license brief
sanextn1.lic:
Step 4 Update the license file using the update license url command, where url specifies the bootflash:, slot0:,
or volatile: location of the updated license file.
switch# update license bootflash:sanextn2.lic sanextn1.lic
Updating sanextn1.lic:
SERVER this_host ANY
VENDOR cisco
# An example fcports license
INCREMENT SAN_EXTN_OVER_IP cisco 1.000 permanent 1 HOSTID=VDH=ABCD \
with bootflash:/sanextn2.lic:
SERVER this_host ANY
VENDOR cisco
# An example fcports license
INCREMENT SAN_EXTN_OVER_IP cisco 1.000 permanent 1 HOSTID=VDH=ABCD \
Enter yes (yes is the default), to continue with the license update.
Step 5
Do you want to continue? (y/n) y
Updating license ..done
switch#
The sanextn1.lic license key file is now updated.

Grace Period Alerts

Cisco SAN-OS gives you a 120 day grace period. This grace period starts or continues when you are
evaluating a feature for which you have not installed a license.
The grace period stops if you disable a feature you are evaluating, but if you enable that feature again
without a valid license, the grace period countdown continues where it left off.
The grace period operates across all features in a license package. License packages can contain several
features. If you disable a feature during the grace period and there are other features in that license
package that are still enabled, the countdown does not stop for that license package. To suspend the grace
period countdown for a license package, you must disable every feature in that license package. Use the
show license usage license-name command to determine which applications to disable.
switch# show license usage MAINFRAME_PKG
Application
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Ficon
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The Cisco SAN-OS license counter keeps track of all licenses on a switch. If you are evaluating a f
feature and the grace period has started, you will receive console messages, SNMP traps, system
messages, and Call Home messages on a daily basis.
Beyond that, the frequency of these messages become hourly during the last seven days of the grace
period. The following example uses the FICON feature. On January 30th, you enabled the FICON
feature, using the 120 day grace period. You will receive grace period ending messages as:
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OL-6973-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x
NOTICE=<LicFileID>san_extn1.lic</LicFileID><LicLineID>0</LicLineID> \
SIGN=33088E76F668
NOTICE=<LicFileID>san_extn2.lic</LicFileID><LicLineID>1</LicLineID> \
SIGN=67CB2A8CCAC2
Daily alerts from January 30th to May 21st.
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