Specifications

SecureStack B2 Configuration Guide 4-1
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Activating Licensed Features
InordertoenabletheB2advancedfeatures,suchasPolicy,youmustpurchaseandactivatea
licensekey.Ifyouhavepurchasedalicense,youcanproceedtoactivateyourlicenseasdescribed
inthissection.Ifyouwishtoobtainapermanentorevaluationlicense,usetheEnterasys
Customer
PortalorcontacttheEnterasysNetworksSalesDepartment.
License Key Field Descriptions
WhenEnterasyssuppliesalicense,itwillbesenttoyouasacharacterstringsimilartothe
following:
INCREMENT B2Policy 2006.0127 27-jan-2011 0123456789AB 0123456789AB
Thecontentsofthesixfields,fromtheleft,indicate:
•Type—thetypeoflicense.FortheSecureStackB2,thevalueinthisfieldisalways
“INCREMENT.”
• Feature—descriptionofthefeaturebeinglicensed.Forexample,“B2
Policy”asshowninthe
characterstringabove.
• Date‐basedversion(DBV)—adate‐relatedstring.FortheSecureStackB2,thevalueinthisfield
isnotsignificant.
• Expirationtype—indicateswhetherthelicenseisapermanentoranevaluationlicense.Ifthe
licenseisanevaluationlicense,thisfieldwillcontaintheexpiration
dateofthelicense.Ifthe
licenseisapermanentlicense,thisfieldwillcontaintheword“permanent.”
•Key—thelicensekey.
•HostID—theserialnumberoftheswitchtowhichthislicenseapplies.
WhenactivatinglicensesonSecureStackdevices,werecommendthatyoucopyandpastethe
licensecha racterstring,ratherthan
enteringthetextmanually.
Licensing Procedure in a Stack Environment
ThelicensesforallmembersofanoperatingstackcanbeactivatedduringasingleCLIsession,by
followingthesesteps:
1. ObtainvalidlicensesforallmembersofthestackfromtheEnterasysCustomerPortal.
Note: All members of a stack must be licensed in order to support licensed features in a stack
environment. If the master unit in a stack has an activated license, all member units also must have
an activated license in order to operate. If the master unit in a stack does not have an activated
license, then the licensed functionality will not be available to member units, even if they have
licenses installed.