Revoke a License

Revoke a license on the switch if you need to transfer the license to a different switch.

You can permanently remove a license, which allows you to transfer the license to another switch. This should only be done when preparing to return a defective switch for a replacement switch (RMA).

Note

This procedure only applies to 5420 Series and 5520 Series.

About this task

The revokeLicensePremier or revokeLicenseMacsec parameter invalidates the feature license and generates a revocation certificate, which is the first step to releasing the license entitlement back to the license entitlement manager (LEM). The revocation certificate is contained in a file where the first part of the file name is the switch serial number and the file extension is .rvk.

Procedure

In the navigation pane, expand Configuration > Edit.
Select Chassis.
Select the System tab.
In ActionGroup1, select either revokeLicensePremier or revokeLicenseMacsec.
Select Apply.
In ActionGroup1, select saveRuntimeConfig.
Select Apply.

System Field Descriptions

Use the data in the following table to use the System tab.


Name	Description
sysDescr	Shows the system assigned name and the software version.
sysUpTime	Shows the elapsed time since the system last started.
sysContact	Configures the contact information.
sysName	Configures the name of this device.
sysLocation	Configures the physical location of this device.
VirtualIpAddr	Configures the virtual IP address that the primary CPU advertises and stores in the switch configuration file.
VirtualNetMask	Configures the net mask of the virtual management IP address.
VirtualIpv6Addr	Specifies the virtual IPv6 address.
VirtualIpv6PrefixLength	Specifies the length of the virtual IPv6 address prefix (in bits).
DnsDomainName	Configures the default domain for querying the DNS server.
LastChange	Displays the time since the last configuration change.
LastVlanChange	Displays the time since the last VLAN change.
LastStatisticsReset	Displays the time since the statistics counters were last reset.
LastRunTimeConfigSave	Displays the last run-time configuration saved.
DefaultRuntimeConfigFileName	Displays the default Run-time configuration file directory name.
ConfigFileName	Specifies the name of a new configuration file.
ActionGroup1 Note: Exception: revokeLicensePremier is only supported on the 5420 Series and 5520 Series. revokeLicenseMacsec is only supported on the 5520 Series.	Can be one of the following actions: resetCounters—resets all statistic counters saveRuntimeConfig—saves the current run-time configuration loadLicense—Loads a software license file to enable features revokeLicensePremier—Revokes the Premier license and generates a revocation certificate in XML format revokeLicenseMacsec—Revokes the MACsec license and generates a revocation certificate in XML format
LicenseFileName Note: Exception: only supported on the 5420 Series, 5520 Series, VSP 8600 Series, and the XA1400 Series.	Specifies the name of the license file in the /intflash directory.
ActionGroup2	Specifies the following action: resetlstStatCounters—Resets the IST statistic counters
ActionGroup3	Can be the following action: flushIpRouteTbl—flushes IP routes from the routing table
ActionGroup4	Can be the following action: softReset—resets the device without running power-on tests cpuSwitchOver—switches over to the other CPU softResetCoreDump —reset with coredump
Result	Displays a message after you select Apply.
LocatorLED Note: Exception: only supported on 5420 Series, 5520 Series, and VSP 4900 Series.	Configures the system Locator LED on or off. The default is off.