General Procedure - HP ProCurve 6120G/XG Configuration Manual

Switch Licensing
A Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) License is required to enable Priority
Flow Control and Data Center Bridging Exchange for the HP 6120XG
switch.This allows the switch to interact with other CEE devices to run
applications such as FCoE. The product number for this license is J9570A.

General Procedure

The general procedure for installing a software license involves several
different numbers:
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registration ID — This number comes with the license you purchase, and
represents your right to install the particular type of license on a particular
type of switch.
hardware ID — This number is provided by the switch that you are
licensing, and includes the switch's serial number and an identifier for the
feature that you are licensing.
license key — This number is generated by the My ProCurve portal, based
on the registration ID and the hardware ID that you provide. When you
install this number into the switch, it enables the feature that you are
licensing.
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