Installing Licenses

Prerequisites

• You have logged in to the WLAN AC.
• You have obtained a license file.

Procedure (CLI)

1. Upload a license file to the root directory of the storage medium on the device.

   You can upload the license file to the device in one of the following ways:

   • Configure a PC as the TFTP server to upload the file.
     1. Configure the TFTP server. Set the working directory to the directory where the license file is stored.
     2. Run the tftp tftp-server get source-filename command on the device to download the license file.
   • Configure a PC as the FTP server to upload the file.
     1. Configure an FTP server, create the user name and password, and set an FTP folder.
     2. Run the ftp host-ip [ port-number ] command on the device to log in to the FTP server.
     3. Enter the FTP server user name and password.
     4. Run the get remote-filename command to download the license file to the device.
   • Upload the license file to the device (FTP server) from an FTP client.
     1. Run the system-view command to enter the system view.
     2. Run the ftp [ ipv6 ] server enable command to enable the FTP server function.
     3. Run the aaa command to access the AAA view.
     4. Run the local-user user-name password command to configure the local user name and password.
     5. Run the local-user user-name privilege level level command to set the privilege level for the local user.

        The user privilege level must be set to 3 or higher, so that FTP connections can be successfully established.

     6. Run the local-user user-name service-type ftp command to configure the FTP service type.
     7. Run the local-user user-name ftp-directory directory command to configure the authorized directory for the FTP user.
     8. Open the command prompt window on the PC, go to the directory where the license file is stored, run the ftp host-ip command, and enter the user name and password as prompted to log in to the device.
     9. Run the put local-filename command to upload the license file to the device. The uploaded file is saved in the default directory of the device.
2. Run the license active file-name command to activate the license file.

   If the following information is displayed when you activate the license file, the license is successfully activated:

   Info: Succeeded in activating the license file ...

3. Run the display license command to check whether information about the loaded license file is the same as that in the application request.

Procedure (Web)

V200:

1. Log in to the web system and choose Maintenance > AC Maintenance > License > License File Information.

2. Click Load. In the dialog box that is displayed, upload the license file, select the license file, and click OK.

3. Verify that license resource information on the page is the same as the applied license.

V600:

1. Log in to the web system and choose Maintenance > AC Maintenance > License Management.

2. In the License Loading area, choose Browse. In the dialog box that is displayed, select the license file saved on the local PC and click Active.
3. Verify that license resource information on the page is the same as the applied license.