Cisco Software Activation Document for HP

OL-12769-01

Software Activation

This section has this information:

• Feature Sets, page 2

• Understanding Software Licenses, page 2

• Displaying Software License Information, page 3

• Getting Software Licenses, page 6

• Installing and Managing Software Licenses, page 7

To register your software license by using the PAK, go to www.cisco.com/go/license.

Note To connect your management station or PC to the Cisco Product License Registration Portal, use a file

transfer protocol such as the Xmodem Protocol or TFTP.

If you are connecting your PC to the Cisco License Manager server, you do not need to use one of these

protocols.

Feature Sets

The switch supports these feature sets:

• IP base

• IP services

• Advanced IP service

The software licenses are not affected by Cisco IOS software upgrades.

Table 1 has information about the feature sets supported on the switch.

Understanding Software Licenses

A software license applies only to a specific feature set. A switch can have more than one software

license, but you can enable only one license at a time.

Table 1 Supported Feature Combinations

Feature Combination Feature Set on the Switch

Layer 2+, basic Layer 3 routing IP base, noncryptographic

Layer 2+ and basic Layer 3 routing, Kerberos, SSH

, and

SSL

1. SSH = Secure Shell

2. SSL = Secure Socket Layer

IP base, cryptographic

Layer 2+ and full Layer 3 routing IP services, noncryptographic

Layer 2+ and full Layer 3 routing, Kerberos, SSH, and SSL IP services, cryptographic

Layer 2+, Layer 3 routing, unicast routing of IPv6

packets,

Kerberos, SSH, and SSL

3. IPv6 = IP Version 6

Advanced IP services, cryptographic