License installation using Device Manager ERS 8600

Doc ID    PRCS100735
Version:    1.0
Status:    Published
Published date:    08 Jan 2015
Author:   
Chris Alphonsus Macaisa
 

Abstract

Install and manage a license file for the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch
8600, using Device Manager.

 

Installing a license file using Device Manager
Install a license file on an Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 to enable licensed
features by performing this procedure.
 

Prerequisites
• You must have the license file stored on a Trivial File Transfer Protocol
(TFTP) server.
• Ensure that you have the correct license file with the base MAC
address of the Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 that you are installing the
license on. Otherwise, system does not unblock the licensed features.
• If the Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 chassis has two SF/CPU modules
installed, you do not need to install the license file on the secondary
SF/CPU. When you enable High Availability, the primary SF/CPU
copies the license vectors to the secondary SF/CPU during table
synchronization and the trial period counters stop. The system
copies the license file to the secondary SF/CPU when you save the
configuration on the primary SF/CPU.
In warm-standby mode, license vectors are not synchronized with the
secondary SF/CPU. However, the system copies the license file to
the secondary SF/CPU when you save the configuration using the
saveRuntimeConfigtoSlave option.

Body

Procedure steps
Step Action


1 From the main Device Manager menu bar, select Edit, File
System.
The FileSystem dialog box appears with the Copy File tab
displayed.
2 In the Source field, enter the IP address of the TFTP server
where the license file is located and the name of the license file.
3 In the Destination field, enter the flash device and the name of
the license file.
The license file name must be lower case and have a file
extension of .dat.
4 In the Action field, select start.
5 Click Apply.
The license file is copied to the flash of the primary SF/CPU
module. The status of the file copy is provided in the Result field.
6 From the main Device Manager menu bar, select Edit, Chassis.
The Chassis dialog box appears with the System tab displayed.
7 In ActionGroup1, select loadLicense.
8 Click Apply.
ATTENTION
If the loading fails, the switch cannot unlock the licensed features and
reverts to base functionality.
9 If you have two SF/CPU modules installed, you need to save the
configuration so that the license file is copied to the secondary
SF/CPU. From the Device Manager menu bar, choose Edit,
Chassis. On the System tab, select saveRuntimeConfig from
ActionGroup1, and then click Apply.


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