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Pay As You Grow
The Pay As You Grow (PAYG) software feature allows you to purchase a Z9500 switch with 36 40G ports (144 10G ports) and
upgrade to a larger number of ports as your networking needs grow.
Topics:
• install license
• show license
install license
Install the license for a Z9500 port configuration from local flash, a remote server using a file transfer method, or an external
flash device.
Z9500
Syntax
install license {flash://filepath | ftp://userid:password@host-ip/filepath
| scp://userid:password@hostip/filepath | tftp://host-ip/filepath |
usbflash://filepath}
Parameters
flash:// filepath Enter flash://filepath to install a license from a local flash directory on the
switch.
ftp://
userid:password
@host-ip/
filepath
Enter ftp://userid:password@host-ip/filepath to install a license from
a remote file server using FTP.
scp://
userid:password
@hostip/filepath
Enter scp://userid:password@hostip/filepath to install a license from a
remote file server using secure copy.
tftp:// host-ip/
filepath
Enter tftp://host-ip/filepath to install a license from a remote file server
using TFTP.
usbflash://
filepath
Enter usbflash://filepath to install a license from an external flash device.
Defaults None
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version 9.5(0.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
Usage
Information
If your Z9500 switch has a 36 40G-port license, all 40G ports (144 10G ports) enabled on line card 0. You
can purchase a license for additional Z9500 port configurations:
● 84 40G ports on line cards 0 and 1 (336 10G ports)
● 132 40G ports on line cards 0, 1, and 2 (528 10G ports)
You can upgrade from a 36 40G-port to either an 84 40G-port or 132 40G-port configuration.
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