Grace Period Alerts - Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual

Chapter 10 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
To update a license, follow these steps:
Obtain the updated license file using the procedure described in the
Step 1
section on page
Save your running configuration to a remote server using the copy command (see the
Step 2
section on page
Verify the name of the file to be updated.
Step 3
Follow the procedure for updating a license described in the
Step 4
page

Grace Period Alerts

Cisco NX-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.
There is no grace period for licenses purchased for the On-Demand Port Activation license feature.
Note
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.The
Cisco NX-OS license counter keeps track of all licenses on a switch. If you are evaluating a feature and
the grace period has started, you will receive console messages, SNMP traps, system messages, and Call
Home messages on a daily basis. 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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On May 31st, the grace period ends, and the FICON feature is automatically disabled. You will not be
allowed to use FICON until you purchase a valid license.
You cannot modify the frequency of the grace period messages.
Note
Caution After the final seven days of the grace period, the feature is turned off and your network traffic may be
disrupted. Any future upgrade will enforce license requirements and the 120-day grace period.
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Daily alerts from January 30th to May 21st.
Hourly alerts from May 22nd to May 30th.
"Obtaining the License Key File"
"Uninstalling Licenses" section on
Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
Grace Period Alerts
"Copying Files"
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