KB ID 0001012
Problem
I had a load of Cisco Catalyst 3560 switches that needed ‘ipbase’ licenses adding to them today. I’ve messed about with plenty of ASA license upgrades before, but not switches.
Solution
1. First thing you need is a Cisco PAK, this may be in an email or turn up in a cardboard envelope.
2. Go to http://www.cisco.com/go/license and log in (if you don’t already have a Cisco CCO account you can create one for free). Enter your PAK and select ‘fulfil’.
3. Select ‘All Quantities’ > Next.
4. Enter your product ID and serial number (see below).
To locate your Product ID (PID), and serial number (SN), on the switch issue a ‘show license udi’ command.
Petes-Switch#show license udi
Device# PID SN UDI
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*0 WS-C3560X-24T-L FDO1818X123 WS-C3560X-24T-L:FDO1818X123
Petes-Switch#5. Accept the agreement > ensure your email address is correct > Submit.
6. Select ‘Download’ to get the license straight away (it will get emailed to you shortly).
Note: If it does not turn up in your email, check your junk email folder, I’m sure Microsoft Outlook does this on purpose!
7. You will have a file with a big long name and a .lic extension. If you want you can copy this onto the switch via TFTP, but let’s keep things simple and use a FAT32 formatted USB drive.
8. Before we start let’s check the license on the switch. I’m running my ipbase license on an evaluation, this is what we are going to add a permanent license for.
Petes-Switch#show license
Index 1 Feature: ipservices
Period left: 8 weeks 4 days
License Type: Evaluation
License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
License Priority: None
License Count: Non-Counted
Index 2 Feature: ipbase
Period left: 7 weeks 5 days
License Type: Evaluation
License State: Active, In Use
License Priority: Low
License Count: Non-Counted
Index 3 Feature: lanbase
Period left: Life time
License Type: Permanent
License State: Active, Not in Use
License Priority: Medium
License Count: Non-Counted
Petes-Switch#9. Pop in the USB key with our .lic file on it.
10. Then copy the .lic file to the switches flash memory.
Mar 30 04:13:18.466: %USBFLASH-5-CHANGE: usbflash0 has been inserted! Petes-Switch#copy usbflash0: flash: Source filename []? FDO1818X123_201410200338212345.lic Destination filename [FDO1818X123_201410200338212345.lic]? {Enter} Copy in progress...C 1152 bytes copied in 0.041 secs (28098 bytes/sec) Petes-Switch#
11. Install the new license.
Petes-Switch#license install flash:/FDO1818X123_2014102003382212345.lic
Installing licenses from "flash:/FDO1818X123_2014102003382212345.lic"
Installing...Feature:ipbase...Successful:Supported
1/1 licenses were successfully installed
0/1 licenses were existing licenses
0/1 licenses were failed to install
Petes-Switch#
Mar 30 04:19:35.643: %IOS_LICENSE_IMAGE_APPLICATION-6-LICENSE_LEVEL: Module name = c3560x
Next reboot level = ipbase and
License = ipbase
Mar 30 04:19:36.146: %LICENSE-6-INSTALL: Feature ipbase 1.0 was installed in this device.
UDI=WS-C3560X-24T-L:FDO1818X123;
StoreIndex=1:Primary License Storage
Petes-Switch#12. The license wont take effect until you reload the switch.
Petes-Switch#write mem Building configuration... [OK] Petes-Switch#reload Proceed with reload? [confirm]{Enter} Mar 30 04:20:43.104: %SYS-5-RELOAD: Reload requested by console. Reload Reason: Reload command.
13.Post reboot, check and the license should now be permanent.
Petes-Switch#show license
Index 1 Feature: ipservices
Period left: 8 weeks 4 days
License Type: Evaluation
License State: Active, Not in Use, EULA not accepted
License Priority: None
License Count: Non-Counted
Index 2 Feature: ipbase
Period left: Life time
License Type: Permanent
License State: Active, In Use
License Priority: Medium
License Count: Non-Counted
Index 3 Feature: lanbase
Period left: Life time
License Type: Permanent
License State: Active, Not in Use
License Priority: Medium
License Count: Non-Counted
Petes-Switch#Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links
Cisco ASA 5500 – Adding Licenses
