Managing PicOS Licenses

You can verify whether PicOS licenses are valid or not by using the License Audit feature. Or you can verify whether PicOS licenses are valid and extend PicOS licenses by using the License Action feature.

If the AmpCon-DC server can’t access the License Portal, you can add local PicOS licenses to AmpCon-DC so that AmpCon-DC can install PicOS licenses on corresponding switches.

Verifying License Validity

By using the License Audit feature, you can verify whether PicOS licenses are valid or not.

Verifying the PicOS License for a Switch

To check the PicOS license validity for a switch, follow these steps:

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

2. In the License Audit tab, locate a PicOS license, and then click License Audit.

3. Click Yes.

4. Check the License Status and License Expiry columns. License expiry means the expiration date of the PicOS license. License status means the current status of the PicOS license. You might see the following license status:

• Expired: The PicOS license is expired.

• Active: The PicOS license is valid.

• Unknown: The PicOS license is not related to the switch.

• No License: The switch has no PicOS license assigned.

5. Click Log to view the license audit logs.

Verifying PicOS Licenses for a Group of Switches

To check the PicOS license validity for a group of switches, follow these steps:

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

2. In the License Audit tab, select a group name from the Group Name drop-down list, and then click License Audit.

3. Check the License Status and License Expiry columns. License expiry means the expiration date of the PicOS license. License status means the current status of the PicOS license.

4. Optional: Select the newly generated report from the drop-down list, and then click View Report.

Note: The View Report button is applicable to only License Action operations based on groups.

Verifying License Validity and Extending Licenses

By using the License Action feature, you can verify whether PicOS licenses are valid and extend PicOS licenses if these PicOS licenses are extended in the License Portal.

Verifying and Extending the PicOS License for a Switch

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

2. Click the License Action tab.

3. Locate a license, and then click License Action.

4. Click Yes.

5. Check the License Status and License Expiry columns. License expiry means the expiration date of the PicOS license. License status means the current status of the PicOS license.

6. Optional: Click Log to view the License Action logging information.

Verifying and Extending PicOS Licenses for a Group of Switches

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

2. Click the License Action tab.

3. Select a group name from the Group Name drop-down list, and then click License Action.

4. Check the License Status and License Expiry columns. License expiry means the expiration date of the PicOS license. License status means the current status of the PicOS license.

5. Optional: Select the newly generated report from the drop-down list, and then click View Report.

Note: The View Report button is applicable to only License Action operations based on groups.

Adding Local PicOS Licenses

By default, when you deploy a switch with AmpCon™-DC, AmpCon-DC installs the PicOS license based on License Portal URL, username, and password information in the system configuration.

But if the AmpCon-DC server can’t access the License Portal that you specified in the system configuration, for example in an air-gapped environment, you need to add local PicOS licenses to AmpCon-DC so that AmpCon-DC can install PicOS licenses on corresponding switches.

Notes:

• Only after you add a switch configuration for the switch with the local PicOS license, the local PicOS license can be added to AmpCon-DC.

• When AmpCon-DC can access the License Portal to get the PicOS license for the switch and a local PicOS license is added for the switch, AmpCon-DC will install the added local PicOS license.

To add a local PicOS license, follow these steps:

1. Click Resource > Auth Management > Device License Management.

2. Click the Local License tab, and then click Add License.

3. In the SN field, enter the SN of the switch with the uploaded PicOS license.

4. In the License field, enter the local PicOS license.

5. Click Save.