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Updating Licenses
In Fabric Manager, click the File tab. You see a list of License Key Files. Click on the name of the license
Step 3
you want to remove, and press the Delete key or click on the Delete Row icon in the toolbar.
In Device Manager, click Uninstall, and enter the name of the License Key File you want to remove.
Click Apply to remove the License Key File, and click Close to close the dialog.
Note
Updating Licenses
If your license is time bound, you must obtain and install an updated license. Contact technical support
to request an updated license.
If you purchased Cisco support through a Cisco reseller, contact the reseller directly. If you purchased
support directly from Cisco, contact Cisco Technical Support at this URL:
License Expiry Alerts
The SAN-OS license counter keeps track of all licenses on a switch. Once an expiry period has started,
you will receive CLI console messages, SNMP traps, syslog error messages, and Call Home messages
on a daily basis.
Beyond that, the frequency of these message will increase to an hourly basis during the last seven days
of the expiry time span. For example:
Your FICON license feature is scheduled to expire in 60 days. If today is December 1st, the license
expires on January 30th. In this case, you will receive:
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License expiry alerts cannot be configured.
After the final seven days of the grace period, the feature is turned off and your network traffic may be
Caution
disrupted. The grace period also applies to licensed features in Release 1.2(x). While Release 1.2(x) did
not enforce the licenses, any upgrade will enforce license requirements and the 60-day grace period.
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To delete a license, you must disable the features enabled by that license. The delete procedure
fails if the license is in use, and an error message is displayed.
Daily alerts from December 1st to January 23rd
Hourly alerts from January 24th to January 29th
From January 30th, the FICON feature will run without a license for a grace period of 60 days.
From January 30th to March 21st, you will receive daily alerts about the grace period usage.
From March 22nd to March 30th, you will receive hourly alerts about the grace period ending.
On March 31st, the FICON feature is automatically turned off.
Chapter 5
Obtaining and Installing Licenses
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