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Chapter 4 Configuring Controller Settings
Installing and Configuring Licenses
The licensing change can affect features on your wireless LAN when you upgrade or downgrade
software releases, so you should be aware of these guidelines:
• If you have a WPlus license and you upgrade from 6.0.x.x to 7.0.98.0, your license file contains both
Basic and WPlus license features. You won’t see any disruption in feature availability and operation.
• If you have a WPlus license and you downgrade from 7.0.98.0 to 6.0.196.0 or 6.0.188 or 6.0.182,
your license file contains only base license, and you will lose all WPlus features.
• If you have a base license and you downgrade from 6.0.196.0 to 6.0.188 or 6.0.182, when you
downgrade, you lose all WPlus features.
To view the controller trap log, choose Monitor and click View All under “Most Recent Traps” on the
controller GUI (see Figure 4-1).
Note You can also view traps by using SNMP-based management tools.
Figure 4-1 Trap Logs Page
The ap-count licenses and their corresponding image-based licenses are installed together. The
controller keeps track of the licensed access point count and does not allow more than the number of
access points to associate to it.
The Cisco 5500 Series Controller is shipped with both permanent and evaluation base and base-ap-count
licenses. If desired, you can activate the evaluation licenses, which are designed for temporary use and
set to expire after 60 days.
Note See the “Activating an AP-Count Evaluation License” section on page 4-14 for instructions on activating
an image-based evaluation license and the “Activating an AP-Count Evaluation License” section on
page 4-14 for instructions on activating an ap-count evaluation license.
No licensing steps are required after you receive your Cisco 5500 Series Controller because the licenses
you ordered are installed at the factory. In addition, licenses and product authorization keys (PAKs) are
preregistered to serial numbers. However, as your wireless network evolves, you might want to add
support for additional access points or upgrade from the standard software set to the base software set.
To do so, you need to obtain and install an upgrade license.
Obtaining an Upgrade or Capacity Adder License
A certificate with a product authorization key (PAK) is required before you can obtain an upgrade
license.