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Domain licenses for each registered Cisco UCS Domains enable you to manage the domains from Cisco UCS Central. You can manage the Cisco UCS domain licenses using both Cisco UCS Central GUI and CLI.
When you start using Cisco UCS Central for the first time, you can register up to five Cisco UCS domains for free, for up to 120 days grace period. If you register any domain after the fifth, you get a 120 grace period for each new registered domain. After the grace period ends, you need an active domain license to manage the domain using Cisco UCS Central. The grace period is measured from the day you register the Cisco UCS domain until the day you obtain and install a license.
The use of grace period for a registered Cisco UCS domain is stored in the system. Unregistering a domain from the system does not reset the grace period. For example, if you register a domain for free and use 40 days of the grace period unregister after 40 days, the system records the 40 days in association with that domain. If you register this Cisco UCS domain again, the grace period for the domain resumes and indicates that 40 days have been used. You must obtain and install a license before the grace period expires. If you did not obtain a license before the grace period expires, the system generates multiple faults as a reminder to procure a license. See Obtaining a License
The following are the two available license types:
You can obtain a license for a Cisco UCS domain using the Cisco License Management Portal.
Obtain the Product Authorization Key (PAK) from the claim certification or other proof of purchase documentation.
Unzip the license file and install it.
You can install a license file from a local or remote file system.
Make sure you have the following:
Step 1 | On the menu bar, click Operation icon, and select Licenses. |
Step 2 | In the Licenses
menu bar, click Install icon.
This launches the Install License dialog box. |
Step 3 | In
License
File Location, click
Local or
Remote.
Select the location depending on where you have saved your license file. |
Step 4 | Click Install. |
If you have selected the right file, the license file is installed in the system. If not, you will see an error message at the end of the dialog box. Make sure to select the right license file.