NEXUS LICENSE

NEXUS LICENSE

To obtain the license go to:

www.cisco.com/web/go/license

After obtaining the license Obtain the serial number for your device by entering the show license host-id command.

The host ID is also referred to as the device serial number.

switch# show license host-id
License hostid: VDH=FOX064317SQ

First copy the license from your laptop to Nexus.

#copy tftp: bootflash:license_file.lic

will ask for vrf interface : management

Ip address of remote : 100.100.0.2

Copied.....

Note: Use ip address for management like 100.100.0.1 for Nexus management interface and use 100.100.0.2 for the laptop

Now install the license file

switch# install license bootflash:license_file.lic
Installing license ..done

To see the installed license
switch# show license brief

MPLS_PKG.lic

To see the details of license:

switch# show license

To see the features set of license

# show license usage vdc-all

After you installed the license, see the features of mpls 

for which you have installed the license.

# show features-set 

Now install the features-set of mpls

(config)# install feature-set service mpls

Now activate the mpls feature 

(config)#feature mpls
(config)#feature ldp








Uninstalling Licenses




Uninstall the Enterprise.lic file by using the clear license filename command, where filename is the name of the installed license key file.
switch# clear license Enterprise.lic
Do u want to continue:yes
Clearing license ..done



Backing Up an Installed License

You can back up your license key file to a remote server or to an external device by using the copy command.

This example saves all licenses installed on your device to a .tar file and copies it to a remote UNIX-based server:
switch# copy licenses bootflash:Enterprise.tar
Backing up license done 

switch# copy bootflash:lEnterprise.tar tftp://10.10.1.1//Enterprise.tar

See the link of cisco for further readings:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/nx-os/licensing/guide/Cisco_NX-OS_Licensing_Guide_chapter1.html

Rollback features in nexus



Checkpoints allow you to create a “snapshot” of the current configuration at a given point in time. This
is a very useful feature to for change management and should be used before a change, and use again if you need to roll-back a change.

To create a checkpoint:

CoreSwitch1.VDC1.RWC# checkpoint Initial
............................Done
CoreSwitch1.VDC1.RWC#

To view the checkpoint that you just created, or to see what has been created:


CoreSwitch1.VDC1.RWC# show checkpoint summary
User Checkpoint Summary
-----------------------------------------------
1) Initial:
Created by admin
Created at Thu, 00:55:02 10 Jun 2010

You may also save the checkpoint to bootflash:


CoreSwitch1.VDC1.RWC# checkpoint file bootflash: ExampleCheckpoint
Done
CoreSwitch1.VDC1.RWC# dir
11139 Jun 10 00:59:36 2010 ExampleCheckpoint

To rollback a checkpoint, depending on where you stored the checkpoint, the command syntax is:


CoreSwitch1.VDC1.RWC# rollback running-config checkpoint Initial
or
CoreSwitch1.VDC1.RWC# rollback running-config file bootflash:ExampleCheckpoint