Enterasys SecureStack B3 User Manual

Activating Licensed Features
SecureStack B3 Configuration Guide 3-27
•Type—thetypeoflicense.FortheSecureStackB3,thevalueinthisfieldisalways
“INCREMENT.”
• Feature—descriptionofthefeaturebeinglicensed.Forexample,”policy”asshowninthe
characterstringabove.
• Date‐basedversion(DBV)—adate‐relatedstring.FortheSecureStackB3,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SecureStackdevices,werecommendthatyoucopyandpastethe
licensecharacterstring,ratherthanenteringthetextmanually.
Licensing Procedure in a Stack Environment
ThelicensesforallmembersofanoperatingstackcanbeactivatedduringasingleCLIsession,by
followingthesesteps:
1. ObtainvalidlicensesforallmembersofthestackfromtheEnterasysCustomerPortal.
2. Optionally, notetheserialnumbersoftheswitchesinthestack.Youcanusetheshowsystem

hardwarecommand(page3‐12)todisplaytheswitchserialnumbers.
3. Enablethelicensesonthe stackmembersfirst,beforeenablingthemasterunit,usingtheset
licensecommand(page3‐28).Forexample:
B3(rw)->set license INCREMENT Policy 2006.0127 27-jan-2011 0123456789AB
0123456789AB
4. Enablethelicense ontheswitchmasterunitlast,usingthesetlicensecommand.
Adding a New Member to a Licensed Stack
WhenaSecureStackB3switchwithoutalicenseisaddedtoastackthathaslicensingenabled,the
portsonthenewswitchwillnotpasstrafficuntilalicensehasbeenappliedtothenewswitch.To
addanewmembertoalicensedstack:
1. Obtainalicenseforthe
newswitchfromtheEnterasysCustomerPortal.
2. Addthenewunittothestack,followingtheprocedurein“AddingaNewUnittoanExisting
Stack”onpage2‐3.
3. Usethesetlicensecommandtoinstallandactivatethenewswitch’sli cense.Thenewswitch
willthenjointhestack
anditsportswillbeattached.
Alternatively,youcaninstallandactivatethenewswitch’slicensefirst,beforeaddingtheswitch
tothestack.
Note: Since license keys are applied to the correct stack member switch automatically, based on
the switch serial number that is part of the license string, you should know the serial numbers of the
switches in order to enable the licenses of the member switches first, before the master unit.

Enterasys SecureStack B3 Specifications

General

Brand	Enterasys
Model	SecureStack B3
Category	Switch
Language	English