Generating a license, Prerequisites – Nortel Networks 2500 Series User Manual
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License file generation
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After you purchase a license, you must use the Nortel licensing portal,
to generate the license file.
The licensing portal acts as a license bank; an electronic repository for all
license entitlements and licenses.
The system deposits license entitlements into your license bank after
you provide the License Authorization Code (LAC) from your License
Certificate.
The license file is based on authorized switch MAC addresses. You
can generate an individual license file with one or multiple switch MAC
addresses and you can add MAC addresses to the same license file at a
later time. One license file can support up to 1000 unique MAC addresses.
Generating a license
Perform this procedure to generate a license.
Prerequisites
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To allow stacking on a stand-alone switch you must purchase a
Stacking License Kit. The Stacking License Kit contains a License
Certificate with a License Authorization Code (LAC). For more
information, contact your Nortel sales representative.
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Ensure that a properly configured TFTP server resides in your network.
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Assign IP addresses to all switches.
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Obtain the switch base MAC address for each switch that requires a
license—use the NNCLI command
show sys-info
to obtain base
MAC addresses.
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Ensure that your browser does not automatically decompress the
compressed binary license file.
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After you create the Software License file at the site identified
in the License Kit, you must specify a file name; example:
building100_ers2500.lic.
License file names must conform to the following restrictions
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maximum of 64 alphanumeric characters
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lowercase only
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no spaces or special characters permitted
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underscore (_) is permitted
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a dot (.), followed by a three character file extension is required
If you need to include multiple MAC addresses in a license file, use a
text-based file that conforms to the following rules:
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series
Fundamentals
NN47215-102
01.01
Standard
27 October 2008
Copyright © 2008 Nortel Networks
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