Display the existing software licenses on your device. If the switch uses a Factory Default Premier Trial License, the output shows the time remaining in the trial period.
show license
Note
Example outputs might not be identical on all hardware platforms.
The following output shows time remaining on a Trial License for a universal hardware platform when the trial period is extended:
Switch:1>show license BASE License : Available, Perpetual PREMIER License: Factory Default Evaluation Evaluation, 120 days Remaining Days: 117 MACSEC License: Available, Perpetual Date and Time of Generation: 2020/09/17 00:00:00 ************************************************************************ Features requiring a Premier license: - Layer 3 VSNs - MACsec - Distributed Virtual Routing(DvR) Controller - >16 BGP Peers
The following output is shows time remaining on a Trial License for non-universal hardware when the trial period is extended:
Switch:1>show license License Type : 1) BASE 2) PREMIER TRIAL (non-Base features) Premier TrialPeriodRemainingDays : 117 ************************************************************************ Features requiring a Premier license: - Layer 3 VSNs - MACsec - Distributed Virtual Routing(DvR) Controller - VXLAN GATEWAY - >16 BGP Peers - Insight Virtualization
The following output is for a VSP 4450 Series switch that uses legacy Avaya .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 : ************************************************************************ Features requiring a Premier license: - Layer 3 VSNs - MACsec - Distributed Virtual Routing(DvR) Controller - >24 VRFs
The output for .xml licenses on some platforms 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 : ************************************************************************ 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 ************************************************************************ Features requiring a L3V + MacSec license: - Layer 3 VSNs - MACsec ************************************************************************ Number of IO license entitlements: 8 License granted for slots : 1 2 5 8 ************************************************************************
The following show license command output is from an 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 ************************************************************************
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: Available, Perpetual PREMIER License: Available, Perpetual Date and Time of Generation: 2020/10/20 13:51:00 MACSEC License: Available, Perpetual Date and Time of Generation: 2020/10/20 13:55:00 ************************************************************************