Viewing Information About Software Licenses; Viewing The License Id (Lid) - Dell PowerConnect B-FCXs Configuration Manual

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Message level
Warning
Notification

Viewing information about software licenses

This section describes the show commands associated with software licensing. These commands
are issued on the Dell PowerConnect device, at any level of the CLI.
NOTE
You can also view information about software licenses from the Brocade software portal. Refer to
"Viewing software license information"

Viewing the License ID (LID)

Dell PowerConnect devices that ship during and after the release of software licensing will have the
LID imprinted on the label affixed to the device. You also can use the CLI command show version to
view the LID on these devices, and on devices that shipped before the release of software
licensing.
Use the show version command to display the serial number, license, and LID of the device. The
following is example output from an PowerConnect B-Series FCX unit with the license
FCX-ADV-LIC-SW installed.
PowerConnect#show version
Copyright (c) 1996-2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Boot-Monitor Image size = 369286, Version:07.0.01T7f5 (grz07001)
HW: Stackable FCX624SF
==========================================================================
UNIT 1: SL 1: FCX-24GS 24-port Management Module
==========================================================================
UNIT 1: SL 2: FCX-2XGC 2-port 16G Module (2-CX4)
==========================================================================
800 MHz Power PC processor 8544E (version 33/0022) 400 MHz bus
65536 KB flash memory
256 MB DRAM
Monitor Option is on
STACKID 1
The system : started=warm start
PowerConnect B-Series FCX Configuration Guide
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Syslog messages
Message
License: Package <package_name> with LID
<LID_number> expires in <number> days
License: Package <package_name> with LID
<LID_number> has expired
UNIT 1: compiled on Mar 30 2010 at 18:39:20 labeled as FCXR07000b1
(5245400 bytes) from Secondary FCXR07000b1.bin
SW: Version 07.0.00b1T7f3
Serial #: PR320400289
license: FCX_adv_router_soft_package
P-ENGINE 0: type DB10, rev 01
system uptime is 16 hours 35 minutes 25 seconds
Viewing information about software licenses
Explanation
The trial license is about to expire. This
message will begin to display 3 days before
the expiration date, and every 2 hours on
the last day that the license will expire.
The trial license has expired.
on page 89.
(lid: rtihfjffhno)
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