Licensing Advanced Features
Fixed Switch Configuration Guide 4-9
Node-Locked Licensing
On the C3, B3, and G3 platforms, licenses are locked to the serial number of the switch to which
the license applies. Therefore, you must know the serial number of the switch to be licensed when
you activate the license on the Enterasys customer site, and also when you apply the license to the
switch as described below. Each switch to be licensed must have its own license and key and all
members of a stack must be licensed in order to support licensed features in a stack environment.
If you need to move a license from one hardware platform to another, you must contact Enterasys
Customer Support to arrange for re-hosting of the license.
Node-Locked License Key Fields
When Enterasys supplies a license, it will be sent to you as a character string similar to the
following:
INCREMENT advrouter 2010.0127 permanent 0123456789AB 0123456789AB
The contents of the six fields, from the left, indicate:
• Type—the type of license. The value in this field is always “INCREMENT.”
• Feature—description of the feature being licensed. For example, ”advrouter” as shown in the
character string above.
• Date-based version (DBV)—a date-related string. The value in this field is not significant.
• Expiration type—indicates whether the license is a permanent or an evaluation license. If the
license is an evaluation license, this field will contain the expiration date of the license. If the
license is a permanent license, this field will contain the word “permanent.”
• Key—the license key.
• Host ID—the serial number of the switch to which this license applies.
When activating licenses on stackable devices, we recommend that you copy and paste the license
character string, rather than entering the text manually.
Non-Node-Locked Licensing
On the C5 platform, licenses are not locked to individual switches. When you activate your
licenses on the Enterasys customer site, the key that is generated contains information about how
many licenses you have purchased and therefore, how many switches the license key can be
applied to. For example, if you buy 8 C5 licenses, when you activate your licenses on the Enterasys
customer site, one key is generated that can enable the licensed feature on up to 8 C5 switches.
If you apply a license to a stack that has more members than the license key allows, applying the
license will fail on the extra members. For example, if you buy 6 C5 licenses and apply that key to
a stack of 8 C5 switches, licensing will fail on members 7 and 8.
Licensing in a Stack Environment
All members of a stack must be licensed in order to support licensed features in a stack
environment. If the master unit in a stack has an activated license, all member units also must have
an activated license in order to operate. If the master unit in a stack does not have an activated
license, then the licensed functionality will not be available to member units, even if they have
licenses installed.
Note: Multi-node non-node-locked licenses are not currently available. You should buy individual
licenses for all switches on which you want to enable the advanced features.
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