Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.0.0 (53-1002148-02, June 2011)

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Time-based licenses
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7 ge8 -- 1G No_Module FCIP Disabled (10G Mode)
7 ge9 -- 1G No_Module FCIP Disabled (10G Mode)
7 xge0 -- 10G No_Module FCIP
7 xge1 -- 10G No_Module FCIP
Time-based licenses
A Time-based license applies a try-before-you-buy approach to certain features so that you can
experience the feature and its capabilities prior to buying the license. Once you have installed the
license, you are given a time limit to use the feature. The following lists the types of licenses that
have this time-based trial feature:
• 10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel license
• Advanced Extension
• Advanced FICON Acceleration license
• Adaptive Networking
• Advanced Performance Monitoring
• Fabric
• Fabric Watch
• Extended Fabric
• High Performance Extension over FCIP/FC
• Integrated Routing
• Trunking
Once the Time-base license is installed you cannot change the time of the switch until the
Time-based license is removed. To change the time, you must remove the license, change the date,
and then re-install the license on the switch. However, if there is any other mechanism that exists to
change time, such as NTP, then it is not blocked. If you are using NTP to synchronize the time
between your network devices, including switches or enterprise-class platforms, then do not
attempt to change system date and time when a time-based license is installed.
Configupload and download considerations
The configDownload and configUpload commands download the legacy, enhanced, consumed
capacities, and time-based licenses.
Expired licenses
Once a Time-based license has expired, you can view it through the licenseShow command.
Expired licenses have an output string of ‘License has expired’. RASlog warning messages are
generated every hour for licenses present in the database which have expired or which are going to
expire in the next five days. An expired license might become unusable after a reboot, failover,
firmware download, or a port or switch disable/enable operation.