To upgrade OS 6250SME and OS 6450 NE software licenses for an Ethernet (Metro) role

Purpose

Perform this software license upgrade to allow OS 6250SME and OS 6450 NEs to perform in the Ethernet (Metro) role and support the OmniSwitch Ethernet (Metro) features such as ERP, SAA/OAM, stacking/IPM Enterprise VLANs, Dying Gasp, Link OAM, CPE Test-Head profiles, and group profiles. This procedure is not applicable OS 6250 Ethernet (Metro) nodes.

After you upgrade the OS 6250SME and OS 6450 NEs for an Ethernet (Metro) role, perform To perform an OmniSwitch on-demand software upgrade or ISSU to perform any future software license upgrades on these NEs.

OmniSwitch restrictions and prerequisites
CAUTION 

CAUTION

Service Disruption

This procedure is service-affecting because the OS 6250SME and OS 6450 NEs will reboot.

Ensure that the license upgrade activity occurs during a maintenance window.

The following prerequisites are required before you can perform an upgrade:

  • You need a new license key for each OS 6250 and OS 6450 OmniSwitch to be upgraded. Contact your Nokia sales representative if you need a new software license.

  • You must copy the new license key to a text file and position the file in a folder in the node file system so the file can be imported into the NFM-P. Record the path to the folder where the license key text file is located.

Steps
 
1 

Choose Administration→NE Maintenance→License Upgrade from the NFM-P main menu. The License Upgrade form opens with the License Upgrade Policy tab selected.

2 

Optionally, click on the License Upgrade Status tab to confirm the software version and license policy that is currently applied to the NE being upgraded. Otherwise, go to Step 3 .

  1. Select an NE and click Properties. The License Upgrade Status - [Policy Name] [Router ID] [View] form appears.

  2. Confirm the software version that is installed and the license policy that is applied to the NE.

  3. Click Cancel to close the form.

  4. Click on the License Upgrade Policy tab.

3 

Perform one of the following:

  1. To create a new AOS license policy, go to Step 4 .

  2. To modify the default AOS default license policy, go to Step 7 .

4 

Click Create. The License Upgrade Policy [Create] form opens.

5 

Configure the required parameters:

  • Policy ID

  • Auto-Assign ID

  • Name

  • Root Path

6 

Click OK to save the changes and close the License Upgrade Policy [Create] form. The new AOS default license policy appears on the License Upgrade form. Go to Step 10 .

7 

Select the AOS default license policy on the License Upgrade form, and click Properties. The License Upgrade Policy - AOS Default Policy [Edit] form opens.

8 

As required, modify the Root Path parameter to specify the license text file location.

9 

Click OK to save the changes and close the License Upgrade Policy [Edit] form. The modified AOS Default License policy appears on the License Upgrade form.

10 

Click on the Licenses tab on the License Upgrade form.

11 

Click Import. The Open form appears.

12 

Locate the license key text file in the appropriate folder in the node file system and click Open. The license_key.txt file appears on the Licenses tab on the License Upgrade form.

13 

Optionally, review the license key information before the installation by double-clicking on the license_key.txt file. The License Info form appears. Click Cancel to close the form and return to the License Upgrade form.

14 

Select a license to install and click Install License. The Select Sites-Select Sites form appears.

15 

Select one or more NEs to upgrade and click OK.

16 

Click Yes to proceed.

17 

Optionally, click on the License Upgrade Status tab on the License Upgrade form to confirm whether the upgrade on the NEs was successful. The status is displayed in the Upgrade State column.

18 

Click Close to close the License Upgrade form.

End of steps