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Evaluation vs Permanent Licenses
Each license can be either an evaluation or permanent license. A permanent license permanently enables the
desired software module on a specific Alcatel-Lucent switch. You obtain permanent licenses through the sales
order process only. Permanent software license keys are sent to you via email. An evaluation license allows you
to evaluate the unrestricted functionality of a software module on a specific switch for 90 days (in three 30-day
increments). An expired evaluation license will remain in the license database until the switch is reset using the
command write erase all where all license keys are removed. An expired evaluation license has no impact on
the normal operation of the switch, but it is kept in the license database to prevent abuse.
Evaluation licenses can be added on the services switch and made sharable within a licensing pool. When a
sharable evaluation license is locally installed on a client switch, those license limits will be sent to the licensing
server and added to the license pool as long as the evaluation period is active. When the evaluation period
expires, the client with the expired license sends its revised limits to the license server. The licensing server
removes the evaluation licenses from its license table, then sends updated license pool information to other
clients on the network.
To determine your remaining time on an evaluation license, select the Alert flag ( )in the WebUI title bar. The
WebUI displays information about evaluation license status.
When an evaluation period expires:
l The switch automatically backs up the startup configuration and reboots itself at midnight (according to
the system clock).
l All permanent licenses are unaffected. The expired evaluation licensed feature is no longer available and
is displayed as Expired in the WebUI.
Perpetual vs Subscription Licenses
A perpetual license is a purchased license that has no end date; once installed, it does not expire. Most
purchased licenses are perpetual licenses. However, the Web Content and Classification (WebCC) license is a
subscription license that enables WebCC features only for the duration of the subscription (1,3,5,7 or 10
years). The subscription time period starts from the time license key is generated from the licensing website.
Thirty days before the license period expires, an alert appears in the banner in the switch WebUI, warning the
user that the license is ready to expire. After the license expiration date is passed, the license continues to
operate as an active license for an extended grace period of 120 days. After this final grace period elapses, the
license permanently expires.
Subscription licenses cannot be renewed, Once a license subscription expires, a new license subscription key must
be generated and installed on the switch.
Starting with AOS-W 6.5.1, if one or more subscription WebCClicenses expire so that a switch has fewer active
WebCC subscription licenses than AP licenses, that switch will no longer be able to download WebCC updates
from the cloud or perform classification using cloud lookup. The APs associated to that device can, however,
continue to use the cached WebCC date currently on the switch. This has been changed from AOS-W 6.5.0,
where an expired WebCC license did not impact AP or switch behavior.
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