Specifications

Clearing, Showing, and Applying Licenses
4-2 Activating Licensed Features
2. Optionally,notetheserialnumbersoftheswitchesinthestack.Youcanusetheshowsystem
hardwarecommand(page3‐14)todisplaytheswitchserialnumbers.
3. Enablethelicens esonthestackmembersfirst,beforeenablingthemasterunit,usingtheset
licensecommand(page4‐3).Forexample:
B2(rw)->set license INCREMENT B2Policy 2006.0127 27-jan-2011 0123456789AB
0123456789AB
4. Enablethelicenseontheswitchmasterunitlast,usingthesetlicens ecommand.
Adding a New Member to a Licensed Stack
WhenaSecureStackB2switchwithoutalicenseisaddedtoastackthathaslicensingenabled,the
portsonthenewswitchwillnotpasstrafficuntilalicensehasbeenappliedtothenewswitch.To
addanewmembertoalicensedstack:
1. Obtainalicenseforthe
newswitchfromtheEnterasysCustomerPortal.
2. Addthenewunittothestack,followingtheprocedurein“AddingaNewUnittoanExisting
Stack”onpage 2‐3.
3. Usethesetlicensecommandtoinstallandactivatethenewswitch’slicense.Thenewswitch
willthenjointhestackand
itsportswillbeattached.
Alternatively,youcaninstallandactivatethenewswitch’slicensefirst,beforeaddingtheswitch
tothestack.
Clearing, Showing, and Applying Licenses
Licensescanbedisplayed,applied,andclearedonlywiththelicensecommandsdescribedinthis
chapter.General configurationcommandssuchasshowconfigorclearconfigdonotapplyto
licenses.
Everylicenseisassociatedwithaspecifichardwareplatform,basedontheserialnumberofthe
hardwareplatform.Ifyou
needtomovealicensefromonehardwareplatformtoanother,you
mustcontactEnterasysCustomerSupporttoarrangeforre‐hostingofthelicense.
Commands
Note: Since license keys are applied to the correct stack member switch automatically, based on
the switch serial number that is part of the license string, you should know the serial numbers of the
switches in order to enable the licenses of the member switches first, before the master unit.
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set license 4-3
show license 4-4
clear license 4-4