Basic Operation Guide 2014/02

11 Product Licensing, Support, Documentation and
Resources
Product licensing
The general procedure forinstalling a software license involves several different numbers:
• Registration ID — This number comes with the license you purchase, and represents your right
to install the particular type of license on a particular type of switch.
• Hardware ID — This number is provided by the switch that you are licensing, and includes
the switch's serial number and an identifier for the feature that you are licensing.
• License key — This number is generated by the My HP Switch portal, based on the registration
ID and the hardware ID that you provide. When you install this number into the switch, it
enables the feature that you are licensing.
The procedure for installing a licensed feature into a switch is:
1. Locate the registration ID. When you purchase a software license, you receive a folded license
registration card. The registration ID is located on the inside of the card, in the upper left
corner.
2. Get the switch's hardware ID. Establish a console connection to the switch CLI and enter
Manager level, using the enable command if necessary and the switch password if required.
For example:
HP Switch enable
HP Switch#
From the Manager level, issue the licenses hardware-id license_type command.
For example:
HP Switch# licenses hardware-id premium
The CLI returns a hardware ID number. Copy the hardware ID number from the screen (using
Ctrl-C) or write it down. (Copying the number is easier and more accurate.) You will enter the
number on the My HP Switch portal in the next step.
3. Get the license key. Point your Web browser at the My HP Switch portal (http://my.HP
Switch.com) and sign in. Click the My Licenses tab, enter the registration ID, and then enter
the hardware ID. At the end of the procedure a license key is displayed. (It is also e-mailed
to you.) Copy the license key from the screen (using Ctrl-C) or write it down.
4. Enter the license key into the switch. On the CLI console, save the configuration of the switch
(write memory.) Then, from a Manager-level prompt, issue a licenses install premium
license-key command. (The license key number is not case sensitive.) For example:
HP Switch# licenses install premium AA000GG000-A-0123ABC-ABCD123-0A2B3C4-0123ABC
5. Reboot the switch. For example:
HP Switch# boot
or:
HP Switch# reload
The licensed features should now be active on the switch.
Switch licensing
Switch software licensing enables advanced features in certain HP switches.
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