Grace Period Behavior (from Software Version 6.1.00)

Gigamon offers a uniform grace period of 45 days from the day the license expires (applicable for term licenses). During the grace period:

  • There is no impact to the flow of traffic.
  • Creating new maps and editing existing map configurations are allowed.
  • Appropriate notifications are displayed in GigaVUE-OS CLIand GigaVUE-FM.

At the end of the grace period, the license expires. You will not be allowed to create new maps or edit existing maps. The following tables summarizes the configuration behavior based on the state of the license for the different license types.

For GigaVUE HC Seriesdevices:

License State

Restrictions / Permissions

GigaVUE-OS License

GigaVUE-OS Module License

GigaSMART 
License
Not Installed All cards in chassis will be in down state

ü

 - -
  All ports of the card will be in inactive state. -

ü

 -
 

Configuring new maps with GigaSMART operations

 - -

Cannot be configured
During Grace Period

Creating new maps and
editing existing maps

ü

ü

ü
 

Periodic notification from GigaVUE-FM and devices.

ü

ü

ü
 

Banner Notification in CLI

 

ü

ü

ü
On Expiry

Creating new maps and
editing existing maps

Cannot create new maps/ edit existing maps
 

Periodic notification from GigaVUE-FM and devices.

ü

ü

ü
 

Banner Notification in CLI

ü

ü

ü

GigaVUE TA Series devices:

License State

Permissions / Restrictions

GigaVUE-OS License

Port License
Not Installed All ports will be inactive

ü

 -
  Ports that need licenses for activation will be in inactive state.  

ü
During Grace Period

Creating new maps and
editing existing maps

ü

ü
 

Periodic notification from GigaVUE-FM and devices.

ü

ü
 

Banner Notification in CLI

ü

ü
On Expiry

Creating new maps and
editing existing maps.

Cannot create new maps/ edit existing maps
 

Periodic notification from GigaVUE-FM and devices.

ü

ü
 

Banner Notification in CLI

ü

ü

Grace period behavior for Inline Bypass license is as follows:

License State Restrictions for GigaVUE TA Series Devices (applicable only for GigaVUE-TA25 and GigaVUE-TA200)
Not Installed

You are not allowed to configure inline network and inline tool ports
Installed and valid

You can:

● Configure inline network and inline tool ports.
● Edit port parameters (admin enable, port type change).
During Grace Period
● You can create or edit flexible inline maps.
● Periodic notification from GigaVUE-FM and devices.
● Banner Notification in CLI.
On Expiry
● You cannot create or edit flexible inline maps.
● Periodic notification from GigaVUE-FM and devices.
● Banner Notification in CLI.

Note:  Until software version 6.0.00, during the grace period no map configurations (creating and editing of maps) were allowed. Refer to Grace Period Behavior (until Software Version 6.0.00) for details.

Grace period behavior for Volume-Based Licenses is as follows. For more information on Volume-Based Licenses, refer to Volume-Based Licenses (Cloud License) and Manage Volume-based Licenses.

License State Permissions / Restrictions
Not Installed

You are not allowed to create a Monitoring Session.
Installed and valid

You can create, edit, delete, deploy, and redeploy a Monitoring Session
During Grace Period
● You cannot create, edit, deploy, or redeploy a Monitoring Session
● You can delete a Monitoring Session
● Traffic continues to pass
On Expiry
● You cannot create, edit, deploy, or redeploy a Monitoring Session
● You can delete a Monitoring Session
● Traffic continues to pass