set license
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License Key Field Descriptions

WhenEnterasyssuppliesalicense,itwillbesenttoyouasacharacterstringsimilartothe
following:
INCREMENT D2Policy 2006.0127 27-jan-2011 0123456789AB 0123456789AB
Thecontentsofthesixfields,fromtheleft,indicate:
•Typethetypeoflicense.FortheDSeries,thevalu einthisfieldisalways“INCREMENT.”
• Feature—descriptionofthefeaturebeinglicensed.Forexample,“D2Policy”asshowninthe
characterstringabove.
• Datebasedversion(DBV)—adaterelatedstring.FortheDSeries,thevalueinthisfieldisnot
significant.
• Expirationtype—indicateswhetherthelicenseisapermanentoranevaluationlicense.Ifthe
licenseisanevaluationlicense,thisfieldwillcontaintheexpirationdateofthelicense.Ifthe
licenseisapermanentlicense,thisfieldwillcontaintheword“permanent.”
•Keythelicensekey.
•HostID—theserialnumberoftheswitchtowhichthislicenseapplies.
WhenactivatinglicensesonEnterasysdevices,werecommendthatyoucopyandpastethelicense
characterstring,ratherthanenteringthetextmanually.

Clearing, Showing, and Moving Licenses

Licensescanbedisplayed,applied,andclearedonlywiththelicensecommandsdescribedinthis
chapter.Generalconfigurationcommandssuchasshowconfigorclearconfigdonotapplyto
licenses.
Everylicenseisassociatedwithaspecifichardwareplatform,basedontheserialnumberofthe
hardwareplatform.Ifyouneedtomovealicensefromonehardwareplatformtoanother,you
mustcontactEnterasysCustomerSupporttoarrangeforrehostingofthelicense.

Commands

Thecommandsusedtoactivateandverifylicensedfeaturesarelistedbelow.
set license
UsethiscommandtoactivatetheDSerieslicensedfeatures.
Syntax
set license type feature DBV expiration key hostid
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set license 2-28
show license 2-29
clear license 2-30