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Use the show license command to verify the location of a Z9500 license before you install it, and
whether the licensed port configuration is valid for the switch.
In the show license command syntax, host-ip is either an IPv4 dotted decimal address or an IPv6
[x:x:x:x::x] format address.
The following examples show sample output.
Example
If no license is installed, information about the factory-installed 36 40G-port or 132 40G-port
configuration is displayed.
??? Dell# show license
LICENSE INFORMATION
Feature(s) : 36 Ports 84 Ports 132 Ports
[enabled] [disabled] [disabled]
State : no license installed
If a 132 40G-port license is installed, the following information is displayed.
??? Dell# show license
LICENSE INFORMATION
Vendor : Dell
Service Tag : XDF-5YU
Product : Dell Networking Z9500
Feature(s) : 36 Ports 84 Ports 132 Ports
[enabled] [enabled] [enabled]
State : license active
To verify the location of a Z9500 license on a remote server using TFTP and whether the license is valid
for the switch:
??? Dell# show license tftp://122.3.12.34:/dell_license/z9500_J_Smith.xml
LICENSE INFORMATION
Vendor : Dell
Service Tag : XDF-5YU
Product : Dell Networking Z9500
Feature(s) : 84 Ports
If you have installed a new license but have not yet reloaded the switch, the following information is
displayed.
??? Dell# show license
LICENSE INFORMATION
Vendor : Dell
Service Tag : XDF-5YU
Product : Dell Networking Z9500
Feature(s) : 36 Ports 84 Ports 132 Ports
[enabled] [enabled] [disabled]
State : license active
CURRENT LICENSE INFORMATION
Feature(s) : 36 Ports 84 Ports 132 Ports
[enabled] [enabled] [enabled]
State : license installed, not activated
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