Upgrade license on Cisco SAN switch

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To upgrade license on Cisco SAN switch use (Tested on MDS 9148S):

1. Open Device Manager in browser after configuring IP address
2. Download appropriate license using switch (and module) serial number
3. From Device Manager go to Admin-> Licenses. Here also it will show hostID or switch serial number.
4. Copy license using scp from linux machine to switch
5. Install license using GUI or cli:

   install license bootflash://module-1/MDS----.lic

6. Look at licenses information in GUI to see if additional ports are enabled.

We can check license using cli as follows

show run

for licensed ports line "port-license acquire" message will appear

 show license tech support

will show the count of ports enabled with current license

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