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The following is a quick run through of installing a license file for a Cisco Nexus device.

First check and see if there are any current licenses installed. This being a new switch, there aren’t any.

nexus_5000# sh license
nexus_5000#

Licenses are normally tied to “host IDs”. Below shows the host ID of the switch.

nexus_5000# sh license host-id
License hostid: VDH=3WI246599Z

The license file is not local to the switch yet, so below I fetch it via TFTP.nexus_5000# copy tftp://127.0.0.1:69/Cisco_license/NX5KLIC.lic bootflash: vrf default_vrf

Trying to connect to tftp server......
Connection to Server Established.
[                         ]         0.50KB
TFTP get operation was successful

Next, the license is installed with the “install license” command.

nexus_5000# install license bootflash:NX5KLIC.lic
Installing license .....done

Now that the license has been added, use “show license” to confirm.

nexus_5000# show license
NX5KLIC.lic:
SERVER this_host ANY
VENDOR cisco
INCREMENT ENTERPRISE_PKG cisco 1.0 permanent uncounted \
        VENDOR_STRING=
MDS_SWIFTN5010= \
        HOSTID=VDH=3WI246529Z \
        NOTICE="
200903360467890433
1 \
RMA license" SIGN=DDWD62626W7f
INCREMENT FC_FEATURES_PKG cisco 1.0 permanent uncounted \
        VENDOR_STRING=
MDS_SWIFTN5010= \
        HOSTID=VDH=3WI246529Z \
        NOTICE="
200903360467890433
2 \
RMA license" SIGN=VVSVDS848SFW

Another way is to see the names of the installed licenses.

nexus_5000# show license brief
NX5KLIC.lic

To be safe, copy the running configuration to startup.

nexus_5000# copy running-config startup-config

Also, here I copy the configuration to TFTP backup.

nexus_5000# copy running-config tftp://127.0.0.1:69/Cisco_config/ns5k2_startup vrf default_vrf
Trying to connect to tftp server......
Connection to Server Established.
[#                        ]         4.50KB
TFTP put operation was successful

Notes:  All IP, license files, and hashes were changed.  The installation process is pretty strait forward.  The managment console (GUI) should also be able to provide this function.

~ by Kevin Goodman on April 8, 2010.

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