Nortel Networks 2500 Series - Manual (Page 49)

License file installation 49
You can install a license file in flash memory or on a TFTP server.
Provided that you name the license file in accordance with accepted file
naming conventions, you can apply your choice of file name and extension
to a license file generated on the Nortel licensing portal.
Do not specify a license file location—the system records and stores the
license file name while you copy the license file to the switch.
Installing a license file using NNCLI
Perform the procedures in this section to install, display or delete software
license files on the switch.
Prerequisites
To install a license on a switch you must:
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store the license on a TFTP server
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obtain the correct license file, containing the MAC address of the switch
where you are installing the license
To enable stacking on the switch you must:
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install the license file on the switch
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set the switch rear ports to Stacking Mode
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restart the switch—Nortel recommends that you schedule system
restart during a normal maintenance window
Procedure Steps
Step Action
1 From the privExec command mode, perform this command:
copy tftp license .
2 Restart the switch.
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Variable definitions
Parameter Description
TFTP server address
Software license file name on the TFTP server
Displaying an existing license using NNCLI
Perform this procedure to display the license installed on the switch.
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series
Fundamentals
NN47215-102 01.01 Standard
27 October 2008
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