Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual (53-1000240-01, November 2006)

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Publication Number: 53-1000240-01

licenseAdd

Note: Enter commands in lowercase only; mixed case is for readability.

licenseAdd

Adds license keys to switch.

Synopsis licenseadd "license"

Description Use this command to add license keys to the switch.

Some features of the switch and the fabric to which it is connected are optional, licensed products.

Without a license installed for such products, their services are not available.

A license key is a string of approximately 16 upper- and lowercase letters and numbers. Case is

significant.

The license must be entered into the system exactly as issued. If entered incorrectly, the license might be

accepted but the licensed products will not function. After entering the license, use the licenseShow

command to check for correct function. If no licensed products are shown, then the license is invalid.

After you enter a license, the licensed product is available immediately and the system does not need to

be rebooted. An exception to this general handling is that the switch must be rebooted if a fabric license

is added to a switch that lacks a fabric license. In this case, the switch must be rebooted to allow the

software to recognize the license and initialize itself correctly.

Also, there is special handling required when a trunking license is added to the switch. For a trunking

license to become effective, the trunk ports need to be refreshed using the commands portDisable and

portEnable or the switch must be refreshed using the commands switchDisable and switchEnable.

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The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place.

Operands This command has the following operand:

"license" Specify a license key, in quotation marks. This operand is required.

Examples To add a license key to the switch: