Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000599-02, June 2008)

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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.
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:
switch:admin> licenseadd "aBcDeFGh12345"
adding license key "aBcDeFGh12345"
See Also licenseRemove, licenseShow