Invalidating a License

If you don’t need to deploy and manage a switch with AmpCon™-DC, you can invalidate the AmpCon-DC license on the switch.

Notes:

• The Hardware ID of the switch might exist in multiple AmpCon-DC licenses. Ensure that you invalidate all AmpCon-DC licenses on the switch.

• After you invalidate all AmpCon-DC licenses on a switch, the switch can’t be deployed and managed with AmpCon-DC. The switch that has been deployed will be removed from the switch list on the “Switch” page.

Procedure

1. In the AmpCon-DC UI, click System > License Management.

2. Click the license file, and click the Hardware ID to be invalidated. Then, click Invalid License.

3. 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.

4. Click Show Invalid Code to copy the invalid code.

5. Verify the invalid code in the License Portal to release the license.

   1. Log in to the License Portal, and then click AmpCon Licenses > Verify Revoke Code.

   2. In the Software Type drop-down list, select AmpCon-DC.

   3. 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.

• In the Addition Method section, select File Upload. Click Blank template to download a template. Open the template, and enter the invalid code in the .xlsx template file. Then, upload the file.

6. Click Save.

Verifying the Invalidated License

1. In the AmpCon-DC UI, click System > License Management.

2. Click the license name, locate the Hardware ID of the invalidated license, and check whether the license status is Invalid.

Note: If the license status is not displayed in Invalid status, click Refresh to update the license status.