Users Guide

Install OS10 license
If OS10 is factory-loaded on your switch, you do not need to install an OS10 license. If you download OS10 on a trial basis, OS10 comes
with a 120-day trial license. To continue with uninterrupted use, purchase and install a perpetual license to avoid the OS10 device rebooting
every 72 hours after 120 days.
After you install OS10 and log in, install the perpetual license to run OS10 Enterprise Edition beyond the trial period. The OS10 license is
installed in the
/mnt/license directory.
1.
Download the License.zip file from DDL as described in Download OS10 image.
2. Open the zip file and locate the license file in the Dell folder. Copy the license file to a local or remote workstation.
3. Install the license file from the workstation in EXEC mode.
license install {ftp: | http: | localfs: | scp: | sftp: | tftp: | usb:} filepath/filename
• ftp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath — Copy from a remote FTP server.
• http://hostip/filepath — Copy from a remote HTTP server.
• http://hostip — Send a request to a remote HTTP server.
• localfs://filepath — Install from a local file directory.
• scp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath — Copy from a remote SCP server.
• sftp://userid:passwd@hostip/filepath — Copy from a remote SFTP server.
• tftp://hostip/filepath — Copy from a remote TFTP server.
• usb://filepath — Install from a file directory on a storage device connected to the USB storage port on the switch.
• filepath/filename — Enter the directory path where the license file is stored.
NOTE:
When installing a license through a VRF instance, OS10 supports only some file transfer methods. Refer to the
following table for the file transfer methods supported in the default, management, and non-default VRF instances.
Table 5. Install license using VRF
File transfer method Default VRF Management VRF¹ Non-default VRF
FTP Yes Yes No
HTTP Yes Yes No
localfs Yes Yes Yes
SCP Yes Yes No
SFTP Yes Yes No
TFTP Yes Yes No
USB Yes Yes Yes
¹ Before you configure the management VRF for use in OS10 license installation, remove all IP addresses on the management interface.
Install license — SCP
OS10# license install scp://user:userpwd@10.1.1.10/0A900Q2-NOSEnterprise-License.xml
License installation success.
Install license — localfs
Follow these steps to install a license from a local file directory:
1. Copy the license file from the FTP server location to the home directory on the system.
OS10# copy ftp://admin:admin@10.11.95.101//home/admin/LADF/0A900Q2-NOSEnterprise-
License.XML home://7B900Q2-NOSEnterprise-License.XML
2. (optional) Check the status of the file copy using the show copy-file status command.
OS10# show copy-file status
File Transfer State: idle
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State Detail: idle
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