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Cisco Wireless Control System Configuration Guide
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Appendix A WCS and End User Licenses
WCS Licenses
For example, if your computer has a location license, you cannot add a base license. You can add to the
current license by purchasing a license to increase the access point count. For example, if you have a
location license with an access point count of 50 and in a year you need to add more access points, you
can buy another location license with an access point count of 100, apply it to the WCS, and have a WCS
with location license for 150 access points. You can add a license to increase the number of access points
in increments of 50, 100, 500, 1000, or 2500.
Note If you have a base license and want to upgrade to a location, you will need to purchase a location upgrade
license. You need to purchase a location upgrade license equivalent to the total number of access points
with a base license. For example, if you have three base licenses with support for 50, 100, and 200 access
points (for a total of 350 access points), you must purchase a single location upgrade license with support
for 350 access points.
Installing a License
You need to have the Wireless Control System license key file to install your license. The key file is
distributed to you in an email from Cisco Systems. This file activates the features that you have
purchased for your Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS). Do not edit the contents of the .lic file in any
way or you will render the file useless.
Note If you upgrade to WCS version 4.0 without a license, you will receive a critical alarm once a day and a
notification regarding lack of a license each time you log in to WCS. Without a license, you have access
to all WCS functionality except adding new controllers.
Cisco strongly recommends that you print the email, save the attachment to a removable media, and store
both in a safe place for future use, if needed by either yourself or anyone in your organization.
Before you proceed, make sure that the WCS server software has been installed and configured on the
server.
To install the WCS license, follow these steps:
Step 1 Save the license file (.lic) to a temporary directory on your hard drive.
Step 2 Open a supported version of the Internet Explorer browser.
Step 3 In the Location or Address field, enter the following URL, replacing IP address or host name of the WCS
server: https://<IP address>.
Step 4 Log in to the WCS server as system administrator. User names and passwords are case-sensitive.
Step 5 From the Help menu, select Licensing.
Step 6 On the Licensing page, from the Select a command drop-down menu, choose Add License.
Step 7 On the Add License page, click Browse to navigate to the location where you saved the .lic file.
Step 8 Click Upload.
The WCS server imports the license.
During the upload the following items are checked:
• Validity of the license file
• Matching host names on the license and WCS system