Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect comes with default port licenses that are factory installed. Additional licenses can be purchased during the initial procurement (these licenses will also be factory installed) or licenses can be purchased later after delivery.

Each Fabric Interconnect provides the following licenses preinstalled:

• Cisco UCS 6248: 12 unified ports enabled with preinstalled licenses. Expansion modules provide eight licenses, which can be utilized on the expansion module or the main Fabric Interconnect.
• Cisco UCS 6296: 18 unified ports enabled with preinstalled licenses. Expansion modules provide eight licenses, which can be utilized on the expansion module or the main Fabric Interconnect.

• Cisco UCS 6332: Eight ports enabled with preinstalled licenses. These eight ports can be broken into 8 x 4 = 32 10 G port licenses to connect with Cisco UCS chassis and upstream switches.
• Cisco UCS 6332-16UP: 12 ports enabled with preinstalled licenses. Expansion modules provide eight licenses, which can be utilized only on the expansion module and four licenses for Fabric Interconnect fixed ports.

In order to purchase extra port licenses, you need to provide the host ID of the Fabric Interconnect to Cisco.

Use the following procedure to get the Fabric Interconnect host ID:

1. Log in to UCS Manager.
2. Click to expand the Equipment tab in the navigation pane.
3. In the Equipment tab, click to expand Fabric Interconnects.
4. In the Properties area of the General tab in the work pane, note down the serial number (SN) of Fabric Interconnect.

Once the license file is received from Cisco, it can be installed on Fabric Interconnect using the UCS Manager GUI under the Admin tab or CLI, using the following steps:

1. In the navigation pane, select License Management under the Admin tab.
2. Select the General tab under the Fabric Interconnect A tab (as shown in the following screenshot) in the work pane and select the Download License Files tab.
3. In the pop-up window, browse for the Local File System of the PC running the UCS Manager GUI session or provide details of the Remote File System for FTP, TFTP, SCP, or SFTP sessions.
4. Repeat this task for all the licenses for both Fabric Interconnects.