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UCS 1.4.x - Grace Licenses Used after upgrade

Robert Burns
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

[Relocating this post from another thread]

"I'm seeing an issue with  just the base "out of box" (8 ports per FI) licensing. It shows that  there is a 120 grace period and it's used 3 of them.

Here is the error:

warning  F067093835  sys/license/feature-ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG-cisco-1.0/inst-A/fault-F0670  license-graceperiod-entered license for ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG on  fabric-interconnect A has entered into the grace period.

warning  F067093836  sys/license/feature-ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG-cisco-1.0/inst-B/fault-F0670  license-graceperiod-entered license for ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG on  fabric-interconnect B has entered into the grace period."

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Note the following changes in regards to licensing:

- Prior to 1.4 the first 8 ports were "licensed" by default (16 ports for  the 6140). From 1.4 and later you can use any 8/16 ports.

- Each port maintains its own 120 day grace period.

- Port licenses are bound to the Fabric Interconnect Serial #

- Licenses are NOT applied to a port until it's Enabled

- Expansion modules ports are NOT licensed from the port pool.  They are  fully enabled at manufacturing (their own built-in license)

- You must install licenses "symetrically" (Each FI with the same # of licenses) to avoid inconsistencies during a failover.

If you're having issues with licenses check/provide the following output:

scope license

show usage detail

show file detail

scope eth-server

  show interface

scope eth-uplink

  show interface

Regards,

Robert

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Robert Burns
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

From the commands you asked about...

B# scope license

B /license # show usage

Feat Name                      Scope Default Total Quant Used Quant State                Peer Status Grace Used

------------------------------ ----- ------- ----------- ---------- -------------------- ----------- ----------

ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG        A           8           8          6 License Graceperiod  No Peer         370800

ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG        B           8           8          6 License Graceperiod  No Peer         370800

B /license # show file detail

B /license # scope eth-server

B /eth-server # show interface

Interface:

Fabric  Slot  Port  Admin State  Oper State   State Reason                    Chassis  Lic State            Grace Prd

------- ----- ----- ------------ ------------ ------------------------------- -------- -------------------- ---------

A           1     2 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Ok                         0

A           1     4 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Ok                         0

A           1     6 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod           370800

A           1     8 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod           370800

B           1     2 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Ok                         0

B           1     4 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Ok                         0

B           1     6 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod           370800

B           1     8 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod           370800

B /eth-server # scope eth-uplink

B /eth-uplink # show interface

Member Port:

Fabric ID  Port-channel Slot  Port  Oper State    State Reason                        Lic State            Grace Period

---------- ------------ ----- ----- ------------- ----------------------------------- -------------------- ------------

A          1            1     17    Up                                                License Graceperiod           370800

A          1            1     18    Up                                                License Graceperiod           370800

B          1            1     17    Up                                                License Graceperiod           370800

B          1            1     18    Up                                                License Graceperiod           370800

llozanos81
Level 1
Level 1

UCS-Cluster-B# scope license
UCS-Cluster-B /license # show usage detail
License instance: ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG
    Scope: A
    Default: 8
    Total Quant: 10
    Used Quant: 10
   State: License Graceperiod
    Peer Status: No Peer
    Grace Used: 612000

License instance: ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG
    Scope: B
    Default: 8
    Total Quant: 10
    Used Quant: 10
    State: License Graceperiod
    Peer Status: No Peer
    Grace Used: 612000
UCS-Cluster-B /license # show file detail
License file: license_SSI14240EP5_10.lic
    Id: 2010082913031400
    Version: 1.0
    Scope: A
    State: Installed
    Features
    Feature Name: ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG
    Vendor: cisco
    Version: 1.0
    Quantity: 2
    Lines
        Line Id: 1
        Type: Increment
        Expiry Date: Never
        Pak: N10-S6100SSI14240EP5
        Quantity: 2
        Signature: 6CEC6642CFFA

License file: license_SSI142520BZ_9.lic
    Id: 2010082913041800
    Version: 1.0
    Scope: B
    State: Installed
    Features
    Feature Name: ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG
    Vendor: cisco
    Version: 1.0
    Quantity: 2
    Lines
        Line Id: 1
        Type: Increment
        Expiry Date: Never
        Pak: N10-S6100SSI142520BZ
        Quantity: 2
        Signature: 3E32258684F4
  
UCS-Cluster-B /license # scope eth-server
UCS-Cluster-B /eth-server # show interface

Interface:

Fabric  Slot  Port  Admin State  Oper State   State Reason                    Chassis  Lic State            Grace Prd
------- ----- ----- ------------ ------------ ------------------------------- -------- -------------------- ---------
A           1    11 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Graceperiod           612000
A           1    13 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod           612000
A           1    15 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod           612000
A           1     9 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Graceperiod           612000
B           1    11 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Graceperiod           612000
B           1    13 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod           612000
B           1    15 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod           612000
B           1     9 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Graceperiod           612000


UCS-Cluster-B /eth-server # scope eth-uplink
UCS-Cluster-B /eth-uplink # show interface

Interface:

Fabric ID  Slot  Port  Admin State  Oper State    State Reason                        Lic State            Grace Period
---------- ----- ----- ------------ ------------- ----------------------------------- -------------------- ------------
A          1     17    Enabled      Up                                                License Graceperiod           612000
B          1     17    Enabled      Up                                                License Graceperiod           612000

Member Port:

Fabric ID  Port-channel Slot  Port  Oper State    State Reason                        Lic State            Grace Period
---------- ------------ ----- ----- ------------- ----------------------------------- -------------------- ------------
A          2            1     1     Up                                                License Graceperiod           612000
A          2            1     2     Up                                                License Graceperiod           612000
A          2            1     3     Up                                                License Graceperiod           612000
A          2            1     5     Up                                                License Graceperiod           612000
A          2            1     7     Up                                                License Graceperiod           612000
B          2            1     1     Up                                                License Graceperiod           612000
B          2            1     2     Up                                                License Graceperiod           612000
B          2            1     3     Up                                                License Graceperiod           612000
B          2            1     5     Up                                                License Graceperiod           612000
B          2            1     7     Up                                                License Graceperiod           612000
UCS-Cluster-B /eth-uplink #

I think this is a bug.

Regards

Luis Lozano

Thanks for the outputs.  Just to confirm you upgraded from 1.3.x to 1.4 correct?

I believe this may be just a bug.  I'm working with our Dev team to confirm and will update this thread as soon as I have more information.

Regards,

Robert

Thats Correct, i upgraded a cluster of FI 6120 from 1.3.1p to 1.4.1i.

Regards

Mine was also an upgrade from 1.3(1n). The documentation seems to indicate that once the 120 grace period ends, the ports will deactivate, so let's hope this gets resolved before then!

Guys,

1. Can you each gather a UCSM tech support bundle and upload it our FTP server.

connect local-management

show tech-support ucsm detail

2. Copy the file off the Interconnect using SCP/FTP/TFTP.

3. Prefix the tar bundle filename with "roberbur_" (this iwll help me find it quickly)

4. Upload it to the Cisco FTP site.  This will require a CCO ID.

ftp-sj.cisco.com

authenticate using your CCO username/password

drop into the /incoming folder

Let me know when you've dumped the tech support bundle and I'll retrieve it.

As everyone is back from Holidays we'll investigate this full swing this week.   If you have any issues, let me know.

Thanks!

Robert

I am having the same issue.. see below..

Interface:

Fabric  Slot  Port  Admin State  Oper State   State Reason                    Chassis  Lic State            Grace Prd

------- ----- ----- ------------ ------------ ------------------------------- -------- -------------------- ---------

A           1    10 Enabled      Up                                           4        License Graceperiod           100800

A           1     3 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod           100800

A           1     4 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod           100800

A           1     5 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Graceperiod           100800

A           1     6 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Graceperiod           100800

A           1     7 Enabled      Up                                           3        License Graceperiod           100800

A           1     8 Enabled      Up                                           3        License Graceperiod           100800

A           1     9 Enabled      Up                                           4        License Graceperiod           100800

B           1    10 Enabled      Up                                           4        License Graceperiod           100800

B           1     3 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod           100800

B           1     4 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod           100800

B           1     5 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Graceperiod           100800

B           1     6 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Graceperiod           100800

B           1     7 Enabled      Up                                           3        License Graceperiod           100800

B           1     8 Enabled      Up                                           3        License Graceperiod           100800

B           1     9 Enabled      Up                                           4        License Graceperiod           100800

funny thing is that I upgraded 3 different environments following the same steps and only one is showing this. The other 2 are License OK.
Thanks,
Alberto

Hi Rob,

my system was a 1.3.1(o) upgrade to 1.4.1(i) - looks like all ports are in grace period - not a single one has valid license.

roberbur_20110105085058_CORE1NS-UCS01_UCSM.tar uploaded to ftp site for reference

**********************

**** EDIT : i can connect to ftp site, but the upload fails.... ****

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CORE1NS-UCS01-A /eth-server # show interface

Interface:

Fabric  Slot  Port  Admin State  Oper State   State Reason                    Chassis  Lic State            Grace Prd
------- ----- ----- ------------ ------------ ------------------------------- -------- -------------------- ---------
A           1     1 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod            75600
A           1     2 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod            75600
A           1     3 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod            75600
A           1     4 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod            75600
A           1     5 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Graceperiod            75600
A           1     6 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Graceperiod            75600
A           1     7 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Graceperiod            75600
A           1     8 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Graceperiod            75600
B           1     1 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod            75600
B           1     2 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod            75600
B           1     3 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod            75600
B           1     4 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Graceperiod            75600
B           1     5 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Graceperiod            75600
B           1     6 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Graceperiod            75600
B           1     7 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Graceperiod            75600
B           1     8 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Graceperiod            75600

CORE1NS-UCS01-A /eth-uplink # show interface

Interface:

Fabric ID  Slot  Port  Admin State  Oper State    State Reason                        Lic State            Grace Period
---------- ----- ----- ------------ ------------- ----------------------------------- -------------------- ------------
A          1     17    Enabled      Up                                                License Graceperiod            75600
A          1     18    Enabled      Up                                                License Graceperiod            75600
B          1     17    Enabled      Up                                                License Graceperiod            75600
B          1     18    Enabled      Up                                                License Graceperiod            75600

Robert,

I sent you a private message with the file name I uploaded yesterday morning. Did you see it?

Robert,

One other note... The Show tech detail calls the deprecated licensing commands (which only tell you to use the new commands), so you may want to enter that as a bug for v1.4.

Thanks for the feedback everyone.  We've root caused the issue and are working on a patch release.  We're tracking this under Bug ID is CSCtl22487. 

Once I have an ETA for availability I will update this thread.  It will be available before any grace tickers expire.

@Jsessler - Thanks for catching this - I'll review and log this as a separate bug.

Regards,

Robert

I found the solution. At least it worked on my environmnet.

Go to the GUI and start Disable and Enable all the ports one by one (just the server ports that are in used).

You will start getting License OK on the CLI as you do this. Once you are done the warning alarms you were getting on UCS Manager will be gone.

See my new results below.

Interface:

Fabric  Slot  Port  Admin State  Oper State   State Reason                    Chassis  Lic State            Grace Prd

------- ----- ----- ------------ ------------ ------------------------------- -------- -------------------- ---------

A           1    10 Enabled      Up                                           4        License Ok                    162000

A           1     3 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Ok                    162000

A           1     4 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Ok                    162000

A           1     5 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Ok                    162000

A           1     6 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Ok                    162000

A           1     7 Enabled      Up                                           3        License Ok                    162000

A           1     8 Enabled      Up                                           3        License Ok                    162000

A           1     9 Enabled      Up                                           4        License Ok                    162000

B           1    10 Enabled      Up                                           4        License Ok                    162000

B           1     3 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Ok                    162000

B           1     4 Enabled      Up                                           1        License Ok                    162000

B           1     5 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Ok                    162000

B           1     6 Enabled      Up                                           2        License Ok                    162000

B           1     7 Enabled      Up                                           3        License Ok                    162000

B           1     8 Enabled      Up                                           3        License Ok                    162000

B           1     9 Enabled      Up                                           4        License Ok                    162000

Hope it works for all of you guys as it did for me.
Robert, you can add this as a solution to your bug I believe.
Thanks,
Alberto


Correct. Here's the workaround from the Bug Release notes:

1. Enable some unused ports (ports which were not enabled before upgrade, for example server ports)

2. Check their licensing state, if it is license-ok which will release a license back to the pool, and one of the port running in grace-period will
pick this license.

3. Repeat this process until you have all your ports reinstated to license-ok state or you run out of licenses.

Note: You can enable multiple ports (as long as you have them enabled in license-ok state) and delete them together to save time.

Regards,

Robert

roberbur wrote:


Correct. Here's the workaround from the Bug Release notes:

1. Enable some unused ports (ports which were not enabled before upgrade, for example server ports)

2. Check their licensing state, if it is license-ok which will release a license back to the pool, and one of the port running in grace-period will
pick this license.

3. Repeat this process until you have all your ports reinstated to license-ok state or you run out of licenses.

Note: You can enable multiple ports (as long as you have them enabled in license-ok state) and delete them together to save time.

Regards,

Robert

That did the trick!

Thanks Robert!

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