Installing or Updating Licenses Using Device Manager
To install a license on your switch using Device Manager, follow these steps:
You see the Licenses dialog box.
The HostId shows the "VDH=" portion of the serial number. The rest of the number is completed in Steps 3 through 5.
You should already have copied the license file provided by Cisco.com or by some other means (for example, through the CLI) to this location.
You see the status of the installation at the bottom of the dialog box, as follows:
- successInstall or uninstall operation completed successfully.
- inProgressLicense install or uninstall operation is in progress.
- corruptedLicenseFileLicense file content is invalid or corrupted.
- targetLicenseFileAlreadyExistTarget license file name already exists.
- invalidLicenseFileNameLicense file does not exist.
- duplicateLicenseLicense file is already installed.
- generalLicensingFailureGeneral error from License Manager.
- noneNo install operation is performed.
- licenseExpiryConflictLicense exists with a different expiration date for the feature.
- invalidLicenseCountLicense count is invalid for the feature.
- notThisHostLicense host ID in the license file doesn't match.
- licenseInGraceMoreNumber of licenses in grace period is more than the number in the install license file.
- licenseFileNotFoundLicense file not found for the install, uninstall, or update operation.
- licenseFileMissingA previously installed license file is found missing.
- invalidLicenseFileExtensionLicense file does not have a .lic extension.
- invalidURIInvalid license file URI specified for install operation.
- noDemoLicenseSupportDemo license not supported.
- invalidPlatformInvalid platform.
- Repeat Steps 3 through 5 to install another license, or click Close to close the License Manager dialog box.
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