Licensing considerations

This section lists the generic rules, restrictions, and considerations related to the software licensing:

• A license is tied to the unique LID of the blade or the switch for which the license was generated. Therefore, a license can be used on one switch only. It cannot be used on any other switch or blade.
• More than one license for multiple features can be installed per switch or blade.
• Only one permanent license at a time can be in effect for a licensed feature.
• Licenses are not interchangeable between units.
• Licenses are independent of configuration files and are therefore not affected when you make changes to a configuration file or restore the default configuration, or if the running configuration is overwritten with the default configuration.