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Viewing information about software licenses
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TABLE 20 Output from the show license command
This field... Displays...
Index The license hash number that uniquely identifies the license.
Package Name The package name for the license.
LID The license ID. This number is embedded in the Brocade device.
Status Indicates the status of the license:
• Invalid – A license is invalid when the LID doesn’t match the serial
number of the device for which the license was purchased.
• Active – The license is valid and in effect on the device.
• Expired – For trial licenses only, this indicates that the trial license
has expired.
This field will always display “active” with the show license asm
command.
Type Indicates whether the license is normal (permanent) or trial (temporary).
This field will always display “normal” with the show license asm
command.
Period If the license type is trial (temporary), this field will display the number of
days the license is valid. If the license type is normal (permanent), this
field will display “unlimited”. Because trial licenses are not available for
the ASM4 or ASM4 to ASM8 upgrade, this field will always display
“unlimited” with the show license asm command.
License precedence This field displays in the output of the show license < license_Index_number >
command. It indicates <<what?>>
Trial license information
The following details display in the output of the show license <Index_number> command.
+ days used The number of days the trial license has been in effect.
+ hours used The number of hours the trial license has been in effect.
+ days left The number of days left before the trial license expires.
+ hours left The number of hours left before the trial license expires.
Brocade license information
The following details display in the output of the show license <index_number> command.
+ pkg info The information in this field is used by engineering and technical
support staff for debugging purposes.