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Install NetApp licenses in ONTAP

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You can install NetApp license files (NLFs) and license keys using System Manager, which is the preferred method for installing NLFs, or you can use the ONTAP CLI to install license keys. In ONTAP 9.10.1 and later, features are enabled with a NetApp license file, and in releases earlier than ONTAP 9.10.1, ONTAP features are enabled with license keys.

Steps

If you have already downloaded NetApp license files or license keys, you can use System Manager or the ONTAP CLI to install NLFs and 28-character license keys.

System Manager - ONTAP 9.8 and later

  1. Select Cluster > Settings.

  2. Under Licenses, select Arrow icon.

  3. Select Browse. Choose the NetApp License File you downloaded.

  4. If you have license keys you want to add, select Use 28-character license keys and enter the keys.

System Manager - ONTAP 9.7 and earlier

  1. Select Configuration > Cluster > Licenses.

  2. Under Licenses, select Arrow icon.

  3. In the Packages window, click Add.

  4. In the Add License Packages dialog box, click Choose Files to select the NetApp License File that you downloaded, and then click Add to upload the file to the cluster.

CLI

  1. Add one or more license key:

    system license add

    The following example installs licenses from the local node "/mroot/etc/lic_file" if the file exists at this location:

    cluster1::> system license add -use-license-file true

    The following example adds a list of licenses with the keys AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA and BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB to the cluster:

    cluster1::> system license add -license-code AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB

    Learn more about the system license add command in the ONTAP command reference.