Enterasys G3G170-24, Cli Reference Manual

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set license
2-28 Basic Configuration
Clearing, Showing, and Moving 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
The commands used to activate and verify licensed features are listed below.
set license
Use this command to activate the G ‐ Series licensed features.
Syntax
set license type feature DBV expiration key hostid
Parameters
Defaults
None.
Mode
Switch command, read ‐ write.
Usage
When activating licenses with this command, Enterasys Networks recommends that you copy and
paste the entire license character string, rather than enter the text manually. If you enter the
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set license 2-28
show license 2-29
clear license 2-29
type Specifies the type of license. For the G ‐ Series, the value in this field is
always INCREMENT.
feature The name of the feature being licensed.
DBV A date ‐ related string generated as part of the license.
expiration 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.
hostid The serial number of the switch to which this license applies.