Moving Licenses Among Ports - Cisco AP776A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5020 Configuration Manual

Configuring Port Activation Licenses
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Moving Licenses Among Ports

On the Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem and the Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM
Note
BladeCenter, you can only move the license for internal ports among internal ports. Licenses from an
internal port cannot be moved to an external port and vice versa. Licenses for external ports can only be
moved among external ports.
You can move a license from a port (or range of ports) at any time. If you attempt to move a license to a
port and no license is available, then the switch returns the message "port activation license not
available."
Note Once internal ports are licensed on the Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem or the Cisco
Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter, if the user enters the copy running-config startup-config
command, then on the next reload, these ports will retain the licenses.
To move a license from one port to another (in this example, from fc1/1 to fc1/24), follow these steps:
Command
Step 1
switch# config t
switch(config)#
Step 2
switch(config)# interface fc1/1
switch(config-if)#
Step 3
switch(config-if)# no port-license
Step 4
switch(config-if)# exit
switch(config)#
Step 5
switch(config)# interface fc1/24
switch(config-if)#
Step 6
switch(config-if)# port-license acquire
Step 7
switch(config-if)# end
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Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Specifies the port interface from which you want
to move a license.
The name of the port depends on the
Note
switch you are using. See the
"Port-Naming Conventions" section on
page 4-2 for information on port names.
Removes the license from port fc1/1 and makes
the port ineligible to acquire a license.
Note The port needs to be shut down for this
command to take effect.
Exits interface mode for fc1/1.
Specifies the port interface to which you want to
move the license.
The name of the port depends on the
Note
switch you are using. See
Conventions" section on page 4-2
information on port names.
Grants a license to port fc1/24.
The port needs to be shut down for this
Note
command to take effect.
Returns to EXEC mode.
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