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Chapter 3
Software Licenses
AOS-W supports a variety of optional add-on licenses that enhance the base OS, and provide advanced
features including as wireless intrusion protection, advanced cryptography, policy-based traffic management
and controls, web content classification and stateful user firewalls.
AOS-W supports a centralized licensing architecture, which allows a group of connected switches to share a
pool of licenses. A primary and backup service switch can share a single set of licenses, eliminating the need for
a redundant license set on the backup server. Local licensing client switches maintain information sent from
the licensing server, even if the licensing client switch and the licensing server switch can no longer
communicate.
Getting Started with AOS-W Licenses
This chapter describes AOS-W license types and licensing features, and lists the procedures to configure a
licensing solution.
Learn more about Licenses and Licensing Features
Select any of the links below to view detailed information about AOS-W license types, licensing features and
examples of deployment topologies that support these features.
n License Types and Usage on page 79
n Licensing Best Practices and Limitations on page 82
n Centralized Licensing Overview on page 83
Configure a Licensing Management Solution
The following sections describe the procedures to configure centralized licensing clusters and licensing pools,
and to add, remove, and monitor individual licenses.
n Configuring Centralized Licensing on page 89
n Installing a License on page 91
n Deleting a License on page 93
n Monitoring and Managing Centralized Licenses on page 94
License Types and Usage
Licenses are platform independent and can be installed on any switch. Installation of the feature license
unlocks that feature’s functionality for the maximum capacity of the switch. Table 25 lists the license types,
and describe how licenses are consumed on the Switches.
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