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A license is required for all features except for sample plan files used in the Cisco WAE Design application. If you have questions about obtaining a license, contact your Cisco support representative or system administrator.
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The CLI gives you the option to store traditional license files in one of three locations:
The WAE Design GUI puts licenses only in $HOME/.cariden/etc
.
You cannot install both a WAE Design dedicated and a WAE Design floating license.
To use the WAE Design GUI, you need either a dedicated license or a floating license. Regardless of the license type or method of installation, you need only install it one time. If it is a floating license, thereafter when you start WAE Design, the floating license is available to check out or borrow.
To verify a license and its features, choose File > License > Check.
Step 1 From the WAE Design, choose File > License > Install.
Step 2 Do one of the following:
a. If you are installing a dedicated license, choose From license file. Click Browse to navigate to the location or enter the name of the license file (.lic extension).
b. If you are installing a floating license from the license server (that is, you do not have the license file), choose Specify license server. Enter both the hostname and the MAC address of the license server. The MAC address must be a 12-digit hexadecimal number without any colon (:) separators.
If the port is not specified, ports 27000-27009 are scanned to find the license server port and connect to it. Optionally, you can enter the license server’s TCP port number using a range of 1024 to 65535. The default license server port is 27000.
Step 3 Click OK to confirm the license installation.
If you have installed a floating license, you can borrow a license from the server for up to 30 days. The license is automatically returned to the license server at 11:59 p.m. on the last day (based on the local time on the floating license server).
You must have connectivity to the floating license server to borrow a license or to return it prior to the specified date. Connectivity is not required, however, during the period of time for which you are borrowing the license.
The number of remaining available days for the license is listed under File > License > Borrow. To determine the exact date on which the license will expire, choose File > License > Check.
To borrow a license, follow these steps.
Step 1 In WAE Design, choose File > License > Borrow.
Step 2 Enter the number of days you want to borrow the license (integer from 1 to 30), and click OK.
To return a borrowed license, follow these steps.
Step 1 In WAE Design, choose File > License > Return.
Step 2 Click OK in the confirmation message.
You can use the CLI to install licenses for all products. For each license you are installing, run the license_install
tool.
If you are installing a dedicated license, pass the name of the license file (.lic extension). By default, the tool merges the features granted by the new license with those in an existing license.
license_install -file <path>/<filename>.lic
When prompted, enter the number associated with the directory in which you want to install the license.
By default, when using license_install -file
, the tool merges the features granted by the new license with those in an existing license.
If you are installing a floating license from the license server (that is, you do not have the license file), use both the -server-host
and -server-mac
options. The MAC address must be a 12-digit hexadecimal number without any colon (:) separators.
license_install -server-host <license_server_hostname> -server-mac
<license_server_MAC_address>
If the -server-port
option is not specified, ports 27000-27009 are scanned to find the license server port and connect to it. Optionally, you can enter the license server’s TCP port number using a range of 1024 to 65535. The default license server port is 27000. Example:
license_install -server-host lic.cisco.com -server-mac 1a2b3c4d5e6f -server-port 27000
To borrow a license, use the l icense_borrow
command and specify the number of days (integer from 1 to 30). Example:
license_borrow -num-days 23
To return a license, use the license_return
command. There are no required or optional options.
Run the license_check
tool. To see descriptions of the license features, use the -detail
option (which defaults to true
).
license_check -detail
To determine the number of days before the license expires and the exact date on which the license expires, use the license_check
command.