Licensing Terminology - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Cisco mds 9000 family fabric manager configuration guide, release 3.x (ol-8222-10, april 2008)
Hide thumbs Also See for Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch:
Table of Contents

Advertisement

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
Obtaining and Installing Licenses
Licenses are available in all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family. Licensing allows you to access
specified premium features on the switch after you install the appropriate license for that feature.
This chapter contains information related to licensing types, options, procedures, installation, and
management for the Cisco MDS SAN-OS software.
This chapter includes the following sections:

Licensing Terminology

The following terms are used in this chapter:
OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Licensing Terminology, page 10-1
Licensing Model, page 10-2
Licensing High Availability, page 10-8
Options to Install a License, page 10-8
Obtaining a Factory-Installed License, page 10-9
Performing a Manual Installation, page 10-9
Obtaining the License Key File, page 10-9
Installing the License Key File, page 10-10
Installing Licenses Using Fabric Manager License Wizard, page 10-11
Installing or Updating Licenses Using Device Manager, page 10-12
Identifying License Features in Use, page 10-13
Uninstalling Licenses, page 10-14
Updating Licenses, page 10-14
Grace Period Alerts, page 10-15
License Transfers Between Switches, page 10-16
Displaying License Information, page 10-16
Fabric Manager Server Licensing, page 10-17
Licensed feature—Permission to use a particular feature through a license file, a hardware object,
or a legal contract. This permission is limited to the number of users, number of instances, time span,
and the implemented switch.
10
C H A P T E R
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
10-1

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

Table of Contents