EtherHaul™ 8000 Installation, Operation and Maintenance Manual
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opened with any text editor. The license file name will always be
<system_serial_number>.lic.
The license upgrade is done using HTTP or an external FTP/TFTP/SFTP server. Refer to
server's configuration as defined in the File Transfer section.
The license upgrade process consists of 2 steps:
1)
Download. Transferring the new license file to the system.
2)
Enable. Enabling the license components. Note that if you restore factory
default configuration, the system will come up with the available license
components enabled.
The system supports temporary license that is available for 30 days. Once enabled, a
countdown timer will run as long as the system is powered up. When timer expires, the
system will reboot and come up with data rate /functionality based on the available
license.
The temporary license can be enabled/disabled for each license component indiv idually.
Caution:
Use temporary license with caution and do not forget to apply permamnent license.
If the 30 day expire before adding permamnent license, link might go down or sume
essential functionality, controlled by license, will be disabled, what might impair
service.
The Licensing section displays the current configuration of the license components
(data-rate and features enable/disable) and states if license component is available
(permission).
The
License File Name
is an R/O field that will always be according to the
system's serial number (<system_serial_number>.lic).
Click
Browse
and
Downoad
to select and download a new license file. As the license
file name is always <system_serial_number>.lic, it will be displayed as the License File
Name.
The
Permission
field indicates rate/functionality availability based on the license file.
Use the
Config
field to set up the desired rate or to enable/disable functionality.
The
Status
field indicates rate/functionality base on license (Permission),
configuration (Config) and temporary license activation.
Note:
Enabling license components will introduce a momentary service disruption.
