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Managing licenses for NS9500 Sensors

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The NS9500 Sensor requires a license to activate the baseline throughput of 10 Gbps. Additional license is required to increase the throughput from 10 Gbps to 20 Gbps or 30 Gbps. The license is provided as a .zip or .jar file. The Manager supports both formats. The license procured contains the details for the throughput for the Sensors.

Note

You must first purchase a license to enable traffic inspection in the NS9500 Sensor. To obtain a license, contact the Sales team.

You can upload the license from the Licenses page in the Manager. In the Manager, select Manager → <Admin Domain Name> → Setup → Licenses.

The following details are displayed in the Capacity tab:

Upload license capacity for Sensor
Upload license capacity for Sensor


Option

Definition

Required

Model – Sensor model compatible with the license

Capacity – Throughput limit for the license

Device Count – Number of devices that can be assigned to the license

Assigned To

Name of the Sensor assigned to the license.

License Details

Customer – Customer for whom the license file was generated

Grant ID – The Trellix Grant ID of the corresponding customer

Key – The license key number.

Expiration – Applicable only for demo and subscription licenses

  • GUID-E9D50264-CAFF-4207-8FAC-77D0B81FDCF3-low.png: Valid license

  • GUID-AEDC1E61-B468-42EB-B5DC-E5CE5CE2485B-low.png: Expired license

  • GUID-28FE5921-ACF1-491C-B376-930A589BF74C-low.png: Expired license running on grace period

    Note

    A grace period of 30 days is provided to subscription-based System licenses after they expire.

    Post grace period, the Sensor continues to inspect traffic, and operates with the existing signature set and configuration. The Manager, however, will not be able to deploy new signature sets or policies to the Sensor until a valid license is assigned.

Type – Displays if the license is Perpetual, Subscription, or Evaluation (Demo) type.

Note

It is recommended to install subscription license from Manager version 10.1.7.44 and later.

Added

Time – Date in <mmm-yy> format, and time when the license was added

By – Name of the user who added the license

Comments

Enables you to add your comment per license file that is imported. Double-click in the Comment field and enter your comment. Click outside this field and your comment is automatically saved.

The following actions can be performed in the Capacity tab: