Licenseadd - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade 8/12c Command Reference Manual

licenseAdd

Adds a license key to a switch.
SYNOPSIS
licenseadd license
DESCRIPTION
Use this command to add a license key to a switch.
Some features of the switch and the fabric to which it is connected are optional, licensed products.
Without a valid license installed for such products, their services are not available.
A license key is a string of any length consisting of upper- and lowercase letters and numbers. License
keys are case-sensitive. The license must be entered exactly as issued. The system may accept an
incorrectly entered license, but the licensed products will not function. After entering the license, use the
licenseShow command to validate the product associated with the license. If no licensed products are
shown, the license is invalid.
After you enter a license, the licensed product is generally available immediately without requiring a
system reboot. The following exceptions apply:
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NOTES
The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may be in
place. Refer to Chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command Availability" for
details.
OPERANDS
This command has the following operand:
license
EXAMPLES
To add a license key to the switch:
SEE ALSO
licenseHelp, licenseRemove,
Fabric OS Command Reference
53-1001764-01
When adding a fabric license to a switch that lacks a fabric license, you must reboot the switch to
activate the license.
When adding a trunking license to the switch, you must refresh the trunk ports to activate the
trunking license. Depending on your system, use the portDisable/portEnable,
switchDisable/switchEnable or chassisDisable/chassisEnable commands to refresh the trunk
ports.
Specifies the license key to be installed. This operand is required.
switch:admin> licenseadd DXXtN3LmRSMWCSW3XmfSBPfrWKLZ3HMTN73rP9GANJMA
adding license-key [DXXtN3LmRSMWCSW3XmfSBPfrWKLZ3HMTN73rP9GANJMA]
licenseShow
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licenseAdd
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