Upgrading a PoD License

Upgrading a PoD license involves the following high-level steps.
  1. Log in to the Ruckus Support portal to generate the license CoE you need.
  2. Install the PoD license on the device. Refer to Installing or Downgrading SAU Licenses for detailed steps.
  3. Upgrade the ports to 10-Gbps speed. Refer to Configuring PoD on an interface for the steps to complete the upgrade.
    Note: When the device boots up, the running configuration displays the ports at speed-duplex 1000-full.
  4. Use the show license command to confirm that the license was installed correctly. The command output shows the license capacity in the Ports field and the license name in the Lic Name field.

If the speed-duplex 10g-full command fails because of a licensing issue, one or more syslog messages are automatically generated. A licensing issue can occur because no license is installed on the device or you have incorrectly installed a license that is not tied to the LID of the device.

The following example shows the output from a device with the 8-port capacity version of the PoD license.

  • A syslog is generated informing you about the failure. 
    SYSLOG: <14>Jul 31 00:33:46 10.20.147.22 PoD: No license present for port 1/2/1.
  • A system message made up of individual syslog errors is generated that gives details about each port. 
    ICX7250-48 Router(config-if-e10000-1/2/1)#speed-duplex 10g-full
PoD: No license present for port 1/2/1

SYSLOG: <14>Jul 29 07:20:47 PoD: No license present for port 1/2/1
ICX7250-48 Router(config-if-e10000-1/2/1)#

If you delete a PoD license (either the 2-port or 8-port capacity license), the affected ports continue working at 10-Gbps until you reload the device. When you reload the device, the ports are returned to 1-Gbps speed. For more information about deleting a license, refer to Deleting SAU and XML Licenses from an ICX Device.

Parent topic: Ports on Demand Licensing