Introduction
There are different types of licenses for AlliedWare Plus devices. These licenses are purchased and
activated through a separate process, see reference link below. This article describes AlliedWare Plus
licensing and how to apply the license to your device. Licensing is used to control access to and enable
support of advanced features, new releases or services on AlliedWare Plus devices. The different license
types are:
Feature licenses - to permanently enable features
Release licenses - to permanently enable software release version
Subscription licenses - to allow access to services, including AMF, OpenFlow and UTM services.
This article also applies to both the SBx8100 and SBx908 devices for "Feature License" as it uses the
same license commands as other Allied Telesis devices and applies to the chassis mac.
The "Subscription License" applies to chassis mac, but uses the "subscription licensing" commands. The
"Release License" applies to the control card mac and uses the "license certificate" command.
These two latter license types for the SBx8100 and SBx908 are not covered in this article.
Additional information about licensing can be found at:
What to expect
After you request a “License Key” from the Support Software portal “at this link”.
An account will be created for you in the Allied Telesis Licensing System. The system will
send you an email when this happens, with instruction on how to login, activate and receive the
license key.
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You then log into your account.
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Activate license key, this will open up the “Feature Key Details”.
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Copy the command out of the “Enabling Password” box and paste into the CLI of your device.
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Save the license certificate (and print).
Apply the license on your device
To apply the license on the device, log in to the device and enter the "Privileged Exec" mode, then enter
the command from the "License Key Details" page or the certificate:
awplus# license <license-name> <password>
Example:
awplus# license AT-FL-SBX9-01 lgsk6aidqr2XLf0bm5u4Jay39vD42Gq3GEgQk8l8pfJ59CA
The license name can be an arbitrary alpha-numeric string. However, we recommend that you use the
value from the "License Key Details" page, to make it easier to see and verify which licenses you have
installed.
Note: If the license is for a protocol, then that protocol will restart. This action may result in a brief loss of
protocol functionality and possible network traffic. We recommend only installing licenses during scheduled
maintenance windows on devices operating in a live network. The console will display a warning message
before the feature restarts.
Verify the license was applied on your device
You can display which licenses are applied by running either the show license or show license
brief command.
awplus# show license brief
Board region: Global
Feature licenses:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Index License name Quantity Customer name
Type Period
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 Base License - Base License
Full N/A
2 x510L 1 ATL-NZ
Full N/A
Current enabled features for displayed licenses:
AMF-CONTROL-10, AMF-CONTROL-30, AMF-CONTROL-60,
AMF-MASTER-20, AMF-MASTER-40, AMF-MASTER-80, AMF-Starter,
BGP-64, BGP-FULL, BGP4+, CPU-L3-Route, EPSR-MASTER, IPv6-6to4,
IPv6Basic, LAG-FULL, LICD, MLDSnoop, No-License-Lock,
No-Tier-Check, OSPF-256, OSPF-64, OSPF-FULL, OSPFv3-64,
OSPFv3-FULL, OpenFlow, PIM, PIM6, RADIUS-100, RADIUS-3,
RIP, RIPNG, SFP+, UDLD, VCStack, VRF-LITE, VRF-LITE-63, VRRP,
WMD-AP-120, WMD-AP-20, WMD-AP-40, WMD-AP-80
or
awplus# show license
Board region: Global
Feature licenses:
Index : 1
License name : Base License
Customer name : Base License
Type of license : Full
License issue date : 30-Nov-2020
Features included : AMF-Starter, IPv6Basic, LAG-FULL, MLDSnoop,
No-License-Lock, RADIUS-100, VCStack, VRRP
Index : 2
License name : x510L
Customer name : ATL-NZ (Internal Use Only)
Quantity of licenses : 1
Type of license : Full
License issue date : 23-Sep-2014
Features included : AMF-CONTROL-10, AMF-CONTROL-30, AMF-CONTROL-60,
AMF-MASTER-20, AMF-MASTER-40, AMF-MASTER-80,
AMF-Starter, BGP-64, BGP-FULL, BGP4+, CPU-L3-Route,
EPSR-MASTER, IPv6-6to4, IPv6Basic, LAG-FULL, LICD,
MLDSnoop, No-License-Lock, No-Tier-Check, OSPF-256,
OSPF-64, OSPF-FULL, OSPFv3-256, OSPFv3-64, OSPFv3-FULL,
OpenFlow, PIM, PIM6, RADIUS-100, RADIUS-3, RADIUS-FULL,
RIP, RIPNG, SFP+, UDLD, VCStack, VRF-LITE, VRF-LITE-63,
VRRP, VlanDT, WMD-AP-120, WMD-AP-20, WMD-AP-40,
WMD-AP-80
Remove a license on your device
To remove a license on the device, log in to the device and enter the "Privileged Exec" mode, then use the no
variant form of this command:
awplus# no license <license-name>