GigaVUE-TA25E HTL Chassis

The GigaVUE‑TA25E HTL chassis has forty-eight (48) 25Gb/10Gb/1Gb and eight (8) 100Gb/40Gb ports that are inactive by default.

Use the GVOS/upgrade license to activate/upgrade the ports provided in the table below.

GVOS License Upgrade Licenses
GVS-TAX20E-SW-TM : X1 - X48 + C1-C8

No upgrade license is required

 
GVS-TAX20EA-SW-TM : X1 - X24 + C1-C4

UPG-TAX20E-SW-TM : X25 - X48 + C5-C8

 
GVS-TAX20EB-SW-TM : X1 - X12 + C1-C2 UPG-TAX20EB-SW-TM : X13 - X24 + C3 - C4
UPG-TAX20E-SW-TM : X25 - X48 + C5 - C8

In a GigaVUE‑TA25E HTL Chassis, the hardware type is TA25E-Chassis-HW. Use the following CLI command to display the GigaVUE‑TA25E HTL chassis information:

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(config) # show chassis

Chassis:
  Box ID            : 3*
  Hostname          : TA25E-AVMC-DND
  Config            : yes
  Mode              : default
  Oper Status       : up
  HW Type           : TA25E-Chassis-HW
  Vendor            : Gigamon
  Product Code      : TA25E
  Serial Num        : 732656X2240165
  HW Rev            : R01
  SW Rev            : 6.11.00
  GDP               : disable
  Tag Mode          : double

 To view the same in GigaVUE-FM, on the left navigation pane, click (Inventory). Select Physical > Nodes. Click Cluster ID. The GigaVUE-TA series overview page appears. Select System > Chassis. Click the TABLE tab. The properties and cards appear as shown below.  

Enabling Additional Ports for GigaVUE‑TA25E HTL Chassis

Contact your Sales Representative for information on obtaining a license key. Once you have obtained the license key for additional ports on GigaVUE‑TA25E HTL chassis, use the following command:

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(config) # license install box-id <box ID> key <license key> 

To view the license in GigaVUE-FM, on the left navigation pane, click (Inventory). Select Physical > Nodes. Click Cluster ID. The GigaVUE-TA series overview page appears. Select Settings > Config and Licenses. Click the Licenses tab. Click New to create a new license. The page appears as shown below.

where

■   box ID is the box ID of the GigaVUE TA Series node.
■   license key is the license key obtained for the purposes of enabling additional ports.

Use the following procedure to install the licenses in the devices:

  1. Switch to Configure mode.

    The GigaVUE TA Series node provides three command entry modes, each with increasingly powerful rights – Standard, Enable, and Configure. The jump-start script is only available in Configure mode:

    1. Type en <Enter> to switch to Enable mode.

      The system prompt changes from [hostname] > to [hostname] #.

    2. Type config t <Enter> to switch to Config mode.

      The system prompt changes from [hostname] # to [hostname] (config) #.

  2. Reset the terminal settings to match the current window with the following command:

    terminal resize

  3. Use the port command with the admin argument to enable ports. For example, the following two commands enable all available ports on a fully licensed GigaVUE‑TA25E HTL chassis:

    (config) # port 1/1/c1..c8 params admin enable

    (config) # port 1/1/x1..x48 params admin enable

     

     Show port output without GVOS/upgrade license for GigaVUE‑TA25E HTL chassis

    Refer to the above table to use the GigaVUE‑TA25E and GigaVUE‑TA25EA variants for the GVOS license.

    GigaVUE‑TA25EB variant explains the GVOS/upgrade license.

    Show port output with GVOS license for GigaVUE‑TA25EHTLchassis to activate twenty four (24) 25Gb/10Gb/1Gb ports and four (4) 100Gb/40Gb ports

    Show port output with GVOS license for GigaVUE‑TA25E HTL chassis to activate twelve (12) 25Gb/10Gb/1Gb ports and two (2) 100Gb/40Gb ports

    Show port output with upgrade license for GigaVUE‑TA25E HTL chassis to activate additional twelve (12) 25Gb/10Gb/1Gb ports and two (2) 100Gb/40Gb ports (total 24 25Gb/10Gb/1Gb ports + 4 100Gb/40Gb ports)

    Show port output with upgrade license for GigaVUE‑TA25E HTL chassis to activate additional twenty four (24) 25Gb/10Gb/1Gb ports and four (4) 100Gb/40Gb ports (total 48 25Gb/10Gb/1Gb ports + 8 100Gb/40Gb ports)

Note:  Only Inactive ports are unlicensed ports.

  1. Enter the show license command after enabling an additional ports to check the applied port license.
  2. Save your changes so that ports come up automatically at the next reboot

    write memory.