Enterasys Matrix DFE-Gold Series

Activating Licensed Features set license
2-58 Startup and General Configuration
Activating Licensed Features
Inordertoenableadvancedfeatures,suchasredundantmanagement,routingprotocols,and
extendedACLsonaMatrixSeriesdevice,youmustpurchaseandactivatealicensekey.Ifyou
havepurchasedalicense,youcanproceedtoactivateyourlicenseasdescribedinthissection.If
youwishtopurchase
alicense,contactEnterasysNetworksSales.
About Redundant Management on Matrix DFE-Gold Series Modules
TheDFE‐GoldSystemManagementModule(SMM)coordinatesandcontrolstheconfigurationof
theentirechassis.Bydefault,thisisthemoduleinstalledinslot1. Access totheSMM isavailable
throughanyconsole(COM)portonanymoduleinthechassis.OnlyoneCLIsessioncanbeactive
at
anyonetime,andactivestatusisgrantedtothefirstconnectiontoanyoftheconsoleports.
InordertoenableswitchandroutingredundancyonaMatrixDFE‐GoldSeriesdevice,youmust
purchaseandactivatealicensekey.Ifyouhavepurchasedaredundancylicense,youcanproceed

toactivateitasdescribedinthissection.Ifyouwishtopurchasearedundancylicense,contact
EnterasysNetworksSales.
Whenaredundancylicensekeyispurchasedandactivatedasdescribedinthissection,
redundancycanbeconfiguredonthemoduleinslot2ofthechassis.Then,intheevent
module1
fails,module2willassumechassismanagement.
Purpose
Toactivateandverifylicensedfeatures.
Commands
set license
Whenanadvancedlicenseisavailable,usethiscommandtoactivatelicensedfeatures.Ifthisis
availableonyourMatrixSeriesdevice,auniquelicensekeywilldisplayintheshowlicense
commandoutput.
Syntax
setlicense{advanced|redundancy}license‐key[slotslot]
Note: Interoperability of Matrix DFE-Gold Series modules is dependent upon module placement
rules during installation in the chassis. For details on these rules and their effects on system
management, refer to the Matrix DFE-Gold Series Installation Guide.
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set license 2-58
show license 2-59
clear license 2-60