User's Manual 820 Document #: LTRT-27055
Mediant 1000B Gateway & E-SBC
4. Clock Close to close the message box; you are logged out of the Web interface and
prompted to log in again. The features and capabilities displayed on the License Key
page now reflect the newly installed License Key.
45.2.2 Installing License Key through CLI
To install the License Key through CLI, use the following commands:
To install the License Key:
(config-system)# feature-key <"string enclosed in double
quotation marks">
To view the License Key:
show system feature-key
45.2.3 Verifying Installed License Key
Once you have finished installing the new License Key, verify that it has been installed:
On the License Key page, check that the listed features and capabilities of the newly
installed License Key match those that you ordered.
Access the Syslog server and check that the following message appears:
"S/N<serial number> Key Was Updated. The Board Needs to be Reloaded with
ini file\n"
If the Syslog server indicates that the License Key was unsuccessfully loaded (i.e., the
"SN_" line is blank), do the following preliminary troubleshooting procedures:
1. Open the License Key file and check that the "S/N" line appears. If it does not
appear, contact AudioCodes.
2. Verify that you have loaded the correct file. Open the file and ensure that the first
line displays "[LicenseKeys]".
3. Verify that the content of the file has not been altered.
45.3 Upgrading SBC Capacity Licenses by License Pool
Manager Server
The device can receive SBC capacity (session) licenses from a centralized pool of SBC
resources managed by the License Pool Manager Server running on AudioCodes EMS.
The License Pool Manager Server can dynamically allocate and de-allocate SBC licenses
from the pool to devices in the network to meet capacity demands of each device,
whenever required. The License Pool Manager Server holds a pool of customer-ordered
SBC capacity (resource) licenses, which includes any of the following license types:
SBC Sessions (media and signaling)
SBC Signaling Sessions
SBC Transcoding Sessions
SBC Far End Users (FEU) - SBC registrations (number of SIP endpoints that can
register with the SBC)
The device can be upgraded by the License Pool Manager Server with any of the above
SBC license types.
You can view the SBC licenses allocated by the License Pool Manager Server in the
License Key page under the SBC Capacity group: