H3C WX Series User manual

H3C WX Series Access Controllers
License Registration and Activation Guide
New H3C Technologies Co., Ltd.
http://www.h3c.com.hk
Document version: 6W102-20190508

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Preface
The H3C WX Series Access Controller License Registration and Activation Guide describes how to
license a feature for access controllers, unified wired-WLAN modules, or access controller engines
on wireless switches. This guide also provides configuration restrictions and guidelines for the
registration and activation procedures.
This preface includes the following topics about the documentation:
•Audience
•Conventions
•Documentation feedback
Audience
This documentation is intended for:
•Network planners.
•Field technical support and servicing engineers.
•Network administrators working with the H3C access controllers.
Conventions
The following information describes the conventions used in the documentation.
Command conventions
Convention Description
Boldface Bold text represents commands and keywords that you enter literally as shown.
Italic Italic text represents arguments that you replace with actual values.
[ ] Square brackets enclose syntax choices (keywords or arguments) that are optional.
{ x | y | ... } Braces enclose a set of required syntax choices separated by vertical bars, from which
you select one.
[ x | y | ... ] Square brackets enclose a set of optional syntax choices separated by vertical bars,
from which you select one or none.
{ x | y | ... } * Asterisk marked braces enclose a set of required syntax choices separated by vertical
bars, from which you select a minimum of one.
[ x | y | ... ] * Asterisk marked square brackets enclose optional syntax choices separated by vertical
bars, from which you select one choice, multiple choices, or none.
&<1-n> The argument or keyword and argument combination before the ampersand (&) sign
can be entered 1 to n times.
# A line that starts with a pound (#) sign is comments.

Convention Description
Represents a security module, such as a firewall, load balancing, NetStream, SSL
VPN, IPS, or ACG module.
Examples provided in this document
Examples in this document might use devices that differ from your device in hardware model,
configuration, or software version. It is normal that the port numbers, sample output, screenshots,
and other information in the examples differ from what you have on your device.
Documentation feedback
You can e-mail your comments about product documentation to [e-mail].
We appreciate your comments.

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Contents
Overview························································································1
Licensing procedure ·········································································2
Registering licenses··········································································3
Registering licenses for the first time······························································································3
Registering upgrade licenses········································································································5
Activating licenses············································································8
Building the network environment··································································································8
Restrictions and guidelines ··········································································································8
Activation procedure···················································································································9
Technical support···········································································11

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Overview
License-based features require a license to run on your device. The features include increase of
online APnumber, Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS), Intelligent ApplicationAware (IAA),
and Radio Frequency Prevention (RFP). To use a license-based feature, you must obtain a license.
The following types of licenses are available depending on validity period:
•Official—An official license never expires.
•Trial—Atrial license has a trial period, and the feature becomes unusable when the trial period
expires. You must purchase an official license for the feature.
The following types of licenses are available depending on the requirement for license activation:
•Standard—To activate a standard license, you must provide the license key and activation key.
•Enhanced—To activate an enhanced license, you only need to provide the activation key.
This document describes how to license a feature for the H3C WX series. The WX series includes
access controllers, unified wired-WLAN modules, and switching engines on unified wired-WLAN
switches.

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Licensing procedure
Tasks at a glance Remarks
Registering licenses:
•Registering licenses for the first time—Registers a license for
a device that has never been activated.
•Registering upgrade licenses—Registers a license for add-on
nodes, add-on features, or time extension.
H3C website provides the license
registration function.
Activating licenses N/A
Figure 1 shows the generic licensing procedure.
Figure 1 Licensing procedure

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Registering licenses
Registering licenses for the first time
1. Visit the H3C website at www.h3c.com.hk. Select Technical Support > Product Licensing >
Register the First Time.
Figure 2 Registering a license for the first time
2. Select WLAN_H3C WLAN Access Cont6r4e9tr]TJ/TTT1 1 8.545Tc 0 Tw fromgis814 0 Td(. )Tj/T0 1 Tf-0.-0.1 Tw 0.86um.t Rgory Licensing

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Figure 4 Entering the information
Table 1 Field description
Item Description Remarks
License key Enter the license key provided on New H3C Technologies
Co., Ltd. Software License Certificate. Required.
H3C device S/N
Enter the device serial number, a string of 20 characters.
You can obtain the number by using one of the following
methods:
•Check the number on the chassis.
•Check the bar code provided on the warranty card.
•Select Overview > Device from the navigation tree at
the Web interface of the device. The number is
displayed on the left of the page.
•Use the display device serial-number command at
the CLI.
Required.
CHECK_SUM Enter the 8-byte checksum for the device serial number.
You can use the display device serial-number command at
the CLI to display the checksum. Required.

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Item Description Remarks
Customer
company/organization Enter the name of the company or organization that uses the device. Required.
Company/Organization Enter your company or organization name. Required.
First name Enter your first name. Required.
Last name Enter your last name. Optional.
Phone number Enter your phone number. Required.
Email address Enter your email address.
H3C will send a copy of the activation key to your email box
in addition to providing it on the registration result page. Required.
Zip code Enter the zip code of your region. Optional.
Address Enter your address. Optional.
Project name Enter the name of the project that uses the device. Optional.
Verify code Enter the code literally as is displayed on the image to the
right of the text box. Required.
4. On the dialog box that appears, confirm to register the license.
5. When the operation success page appears, save the activation key.
Follow the procedure described in "Activating licenses" to activate the licenses on your device.
Figure 5 Registration success
Registering upgrade licenses
1. Visit the H3C website at www.h3c.com.hk, and select Technical Support > Product
Licensing > Register Upgrade Licenses.

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Figure 6 Registering an upgrade license
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Figure 9 Entering the information for license upgrade
5. On the dialog box that appears, confirm to register the license.
6. When the operation success page appears, save the activation key.
Follow the procedure described in "Activating licenses" to activate the license on your device.
Figure 10 Registration success

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Activating licenses
This chapter describes the license activation procedure for the WX5004 through the Web interface.
Activation procedures for other access controllers are similar.
Building the network environment
1. Connect the Ethernet port of the AC to a PC by using a crossover Ethernet cable.
Figure 11 Connecting PC and AC
2. Assign an IP address (except for 192.168.0.100) to the PC. Ensure that the PC and the AC can
reach each other.
The default IP address of the AC's management Ethernet interface is 192.168.0.100. For
example, assign 192.168.0.2 to the PC.
3. Launch the browser and enter http://192.168.0.100 in the address bar.
The Web User Login page appears.
4. Enter admin for User Name and admin for Password, select English from the Language
dropdown list, and click Login.
Figure 12 Login page of the Web interface
Restrictions and guidelines
Standard and enhanced licenses are activated on different Web interfaces. Before activating your
license, check your activation key to determine whether you are activating a standard or an
enhanced license:
•If the activation key is a string of 20 characters, such as 0E60F01DD07102DE532C, you are
activating a standard license.
•If the activation key is a string of hyphenated characters, for example
3130A0J3-1-PQustbsE-&gJTxaKd-9e&&HcbW, you are activating an enhanced license.

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Activation procedure
1. From the navigation tree, select Device > License.
The License page appears for you to activate a standard license. To activate an enhanced
license, go to step 3.
2. To activate a standard license:
a. On the License page, enter the license key and the activation key.
b. Click Add.
Figure 13 Adding a standard license
Table 2 Field description
Item Description
License Key Enter the license key provided on New H3C Technologies Co., Ltd.
Software License Certificate.
Activation Key Enter the activation key. For information about obtaining an activation key,
see "Registering licenses."

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Table 3 Field description
Item Description
Feature Name
Select the name of the feature to be registered.
•WAPI—Supports WAPI.
•AP—Increases the number of online APs.
•IAA—Supports IAA.
•RFP—Supports RFP.
Activation Key Enter the activation key.

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Technical support
[e-mail]
http://www.h3c.com.hk