You can view all imported AmpCon-DC licenses, import new licenses a new or updated AmpCon-DC license to manage new more switches, or invalidate switches licenses if you don’t need to manage these switches. the AmpCon-DC license on a switch to release the license.
In addition, you can use check the search and refresh features to locate licenses easilyoperation logs and alarms related to AmpCon-DC licenses.
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AmpCon-DC licenses
In the AmpCon™AmpCon-DC UI, click System > License View. You can see switches with the AmpCon-DC licenses , which means these switches can be managed by that are imported to AmpCon-DC. In addition, you can see the status and usage information of these AmpCon-DC licenses.
For more information, see Viewing AmpCon-DC Licenses.
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Checking License Logs and Alarms
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Importing an AmpCon-DC License
To manage a new switch with AmpCon-DC UI, click System > License Log. You can check the operation logs and alarms that are related to AmpCon-DC licenses.
For more information, see Checking License Logs and Alarms.
Importing Licenses
After you update the AmpCon-DC license in the License Portal as described in Editing a License, you need to add the Hardware ID of the switch to an AmpCon-DC license by updating an existing AmpCon-DC license or creating a new AmpCon-DC license as described in Preparing Licenses.
Then, you need to import the updated or new license to AmpCon-DC. Follow these steps:
Get the new license from the License Portal.
Log in to the License Portal, and click AmpCon Licenses.
Click Copy to copy the license string or click Download to download the .lic license file.
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In the AmpCon-DC UI, click System > License Management.
On the “License Management” page, click Import.
Select either of the following ways to import licenses:
Select Copy License.txt, and paste the license strings that you copied in step 1.b to the License Key box.
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Select Copy License.lic, and then upload the .lic license file that you downloaded in step 1.b in the License Key selection box.
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Click Apply.
After you import the new license, the All Licenses table is refreshed.
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For how to import an AmpCon-DC license, see Importing a License.
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Invalidating the AmpCon-DC License on a Switch
If you don’t need to deploy and manage a switch with AmpCon-DC, you can invalidate the licenses on these AmpCon-DC license on the switch. Follow these steps:
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A Hardware ID might exist in multiple license keys. Ensure that you invalidate the correct license. If all imported licenses for a Hardware ID are invalidated, the switch with the Hardware ID cannot be deployed with AmpCon-DC.
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For how to invalidate an AmpCon-DC license, see Invalidating a License.
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Checking License Logs and Alarms
In the AmpCon-DC UI, click System > License
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Select the license file and the Hardware ID to invalidate, and then click Invalid License.
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In the pop-up window, click Yes.
You can see the invalid code is displayed in a pop-up window. The status of the license is changed to "Invalid," and show invalid code in the Operation column is shown as clickable instead of grayed out.
Click Show Invalid Code to copy the invalid code.
Verify revoke code in the License Portal to release the license.
Log in to the License Portal, and then click AmpCon Licenses > Verify Revoke Code.
In the Software Type drop-down list, select Ampcon-DC.
Use either of the following ways:
- In the Addition Method section, select Form Input. In the Revoke Code field, paste the invalid code that you copied in step 4.
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- In the Addition Method section, select File Upload. Click Blank template to download a template. Open the template, and enter invalid codes in the template .xlsx file. Then, upload the file.
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Click Save.
After you invalidate a license, if the license status is not updated immediately, click Refresh on the “License Management” page.
After you invalidate the license, you can see that the available licenses increase in the License Portal.
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Log. You can check the operation logs and alarms that are related to AmpCon-DC licenses.
For more information, see Checking License Logs and Alarms.
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Refreshing AmpCon-DC Licenses
To get the latest license information from the License Management page, follow these steps:
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, click System > License management.
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On the “License Management” page, click Refresh.
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Searching for AmpCon-DC Licenses
To search for specific licenses in on the License Management “License Management”page, enter a keyword keywords in the search box.
Except for the Operation column, other columns support both ascending and descending sorting.
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