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Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager Switch Configuration Guide
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Chapter 5 Obtaining and Installing Licenses
Licensing High Availability
Licensing High Availability
Like any other Cisco MDS SAN-OS feature, the licensing feature also maintains the following high
availability standards for all switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family:
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Installing any license in any switch is a nondisruptive process.
• Installing a license automatically saves a copy of permanent licenses to the chassis in all switches.
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When a licensed feature is enabled without a license key, the MDS switch enables the feature and
starts a counter on the grace period. You then have 60 days to install the appropriate license keys or
disable the use of that feature. If at the end of the 60 day grace period the switch does not have a
valid license key for the feature, the feature is automatically disabled by the switch.
Directors in the Cisco MDS 9500 Series have the following additional high availability features:
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The license software runs on both supervisor modules and provides failover protection.
• The license key file is mirrored on both supervisor modules. Even if both supervisor modules fail,
the license file continues to function from the version that is available on the chassis.
Options to Install a License
If you have purchased a new switch through either your reseller or through Cisco, you have two options:
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To have the licenses preinstalled in the factory.
• To install the licenses yourself by following the manual process.
If you already have an existing switch, follow the manual process.
Obtaining a Factory-Installed License
You can obtain factory-installed licenses for a new switch. To obtain a factory-installed license for a new
Cisco MDS switch, follow these steps:
Mainframe
(MAINFRAME_PKG)
• FICON protocol and CUP management
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FICON VSAN and intermixing
• Switch cascading
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Fabric Binding
Fabric Manager Server
(FM_SERVER_PKG)
• Multiple physical fabric management
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Centralized fabric discovery services
• Continuous MDS health and event monitoring
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Long term historical Fibre Channel
Performance monitoring
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Performance reports and charting for hotspot
analysis
Table 5-1 Feature-Based Licenses (continued)