Nortel Networks 2500 Series - Manual (Page 46)

46 Licensing fundamentals
You can stack stand-alone switches, but they use a software licensing
mechanism that allows stacking functionality on the rear ports of the
switch. To unlock stacking capability in a stand-alone switch, you must
install a stacking license on each stand-alone switch, and you must set the
rear ports to Stacking Mode before you can connect it to a stack.
Stacking licenses are based on the MAC address of the switch. You can
apply a stacking license file to one or more switches and one license file
can contain up to 1000 switch MAC addresses.
Stacking License Kits are purchased separately and are available in kits
of 1, 10, 50, and 100 licenses. For more information, or to order a Stack
Licensing Kit, contact your Nortel sales representative.
Each Stacking License Kit contains the following
• a License Certificate—includes a License Authorization Code (LAC)
that allows a specific number of stacking licenses
•
an envelope containing Stacking License Installed stickers— apply the
stickers to stand-alone switches that have stacking functionality
A License Certificate contains instructions describing how to deposit
license entitlements into a license bank, enter switch MAC addresses, and
create a license file on the Nortel licensing portal Web site. The certificate
also contains instructions describing how to download and copy the license
file onto each switch requiring stack functionality.
You can purchase Stacking License Kits in combinations. For example: to
upgrade 21 stand-alone switches to allow stacking, order two AL2515002
Stacking License Kits and one AL2515001 Stacking License Kit. The two
kits provide a total of 21 licenses.
The following table provides the Stacking License Kit order codes and kit
license allocations.
Order code Description
Note: 1 license is required for each switch
AL2515001 allows stacking on 1 switch
AL2515002 allows stacking for up to 10 switches
AL2515003 allows stacking for up to 50 switches
AL2515004 allows stacking for up to 100 switches
License file generation
This section describes what you must do after you purchase a license.
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series
Fundamentals
NN47215-102 01.01 Standard
27 October 2008
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