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3. (Optional) If your primary licensing server does not yet have a dedicated, redundant backup switch and you
want to use a backup server with the centralized licensing feature, you must identify a second switch to use
as the backup licensing server, and create a virtual router on the primary licensing server.
4. (Optional) Establish secure IPsec tunnels between the primary licensing server switch and the licensing client
switches by enabling control plane security on that cluster of master switches or by creating site-to-site VPN
tunnels between the licensing server and client switches. This step is not required, but if you do not create
secure tunnels between the switches, the switches will exchange clear, unencrypted licensing information.
This step is not required for a master-local topology.
Pre-configuration Setup in a Master/Local Topology
The master switch in a master-local topology is the primary licensing server by default. If this master switch
already has a redundant standby master, that redundant master will automatically act as the backup licensing
server with no additional configuration. If your primary licensing server does not yet have a redundant standby
switch and you want to use a backup server with the centralized licensing feature, you must identify a second
switch to designate as the backup licensing server and define a virtual router on the primary licensing server.
Enabling Centralized Licensing
The following steps describe the procedure to enable centralized licensing on both the licensing master and the
licensing clients.
Using the WebUI
1. Access the WebUI of the primary licensing master switch, navigate to Configuration > Switch and select
the Centralized Licenses tab.
2. Select Enable Centralized Licensing.
3. (Optional) If the licensing server already has a dedicated redundant standby switch, that standby switch will
automatically become the backup license server. If the primary licensing server in your deployment does
not have a dedicated, redundant master switch, but you want to define a backup server for the licensing
feature, follow steps a-d below:
a. Select the License Redundancy option.
b. In the VRRP ID field, enter the Virtual Router ID for the Virtual Router you configured in the
Preconfiguration Setup task in the section above.
c. In the Peer’s IP address field, enter the IP address of the backup licensing server.
d. In the License Server IP field, enter the virtual IP address for the Virtual Router used for license server
redundancy.
4. Click Apply.
If you are deploying centralized licensing in a topology where a licensing master is connected to a standalone
master licensing client switch, a redundant licensing server, and a local licensing client switch, you must also
access the command-line interface and issue the command license server-ip vrrp-ip <ip-addr> to define a
VRRP interface IP address as license server IPaddress for the local switches in this topology.
If you are deploying centralized licensing on a cluster of master switches, you must define the IP address that
the licensing clients in the cluster use to access the licensing server.
5. Access the WebUI of a licensing client, navigate to Configuration > Switch and select the Centralized
Licenses tab.
6. Select Enable Centralized Licensing.
7. In the License Server IP field, enter the IP address the client will use to connect to the licensing server. If you
have defined a backup licensing server using a virtual router ID, enter the IP address of that virtual router.
8. Click Apply.