Display the existing software licenses on your device. If the switch uses a Trial License, the output shows the time remaining in the trial period.
The following output shows a system with time remaining on a Trial License:
Switch:1>show license
License Type : TRIAL
LicenseTrialPeriodRemainingDays : 59
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Features requiring a Premier license:
- Layer 3 VSNs
- MACsec
- Distributed Virtual Routing(DvR) Controller
- VXLAN GATEWAY
- >24 VRFs
- >16 BGP Peers
- Insight Virtualization
The following output is for a VSP 4450 Series switch that uses legacy .dat licenses. The output for the show license command for legacy licenses shows non-zero values for MD5 of Key and MD5 of File:
Switch:1>show license
License file name : /intflash/premier.dat
License Type : PREMIER
MD5 of Key : 7ce34d20 0caf0074 6657d928 1b4a0a18
MD5 of File : 9e0e5a4c 4855efb1 90909c11 bb870d84
Generation Time : 2015/08/12 01:53:39
Expiration Time :
Base Mac Addr : b4:47:5e:37:9a:00
flags : 0x00000001 SINGLE
memo :
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Features requiring a Premier license:
- Layer 3 VSNs
- MACsec
- Distributed Virtual Routing(DvR) Controller
- >24 VRFs
The output for the show license command for .xml licenses shows all zeroes for MD5 of Key and MD5 of File:
Switch:1>show license
License file name : /intflash/premier_macsec.xml
License Type : PREMIER+MACSEC (includes Base features)
MD5 of Key : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
MD5 of File : 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Generation Time : 2015/2/26 11:09:53
Expiration Time :
Base Mac Addr : b0:ad:aa:46:f0:00
flags : 0x00000001 SINGLE
memo :
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Features requiring a Premier license:
- Layer 3 VSNs
- MACsec
- Distributed Virtual Routing(DvR) Controller
- VXLAN GATEWAY
- >24 VRFs
- >16 BGP Peers
The following show license command output is from a platform that supports Base Licenses per IO slot and Feature Pack Licenses.
Switch:1>show license
License file name : /intflash/.sys/Base.xml
License Type : BASE
Duration Type : Perpetual
Generation Time : 2017/01/05 20:57:22
Expiration Time :
Host ID : F873A2045000
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Features requiring a L3V + MacSec license:
- Layer 3 VSNs
- MACsec
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Number of IO license entitlements: 8
License granted for slots : 1 2 5 8
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The following show license command output is from a XA1400 Series platform that supports Subscription Licenses.
Switch:1>show license
License file name : FCVPN500-EW-5YR.xml
License Type : FCVPN500-EW-5YR
Duration Type : TimeBased
Generation Time : 2019/06/10 06:50:08
Expiration Time : 2024/06/08
Host ID : DCB808B66000
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The following show license command output is from a universal hardware platform that supports Base, Premier, and MACsec licenses.
Switch:1>show license
BASE License: Activated, Perpetual
PREMIER License: Not available
MACSEC License: Not Available
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