Password recovery & checking / installing licenses

• Connect to the Riverbed CLI
• Enter enable mode; at the system prompt, enter the enable command: amnesiac > enable
• Enter configuration mode; at the system prompt, enter the configure terminal command:amnesiac # configure terminal
• View current and available model specifications; enter the show hardware spec command:

amnesiac (config) # show hardware spec

  Spec       Description
- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  1050_LR      BW Limit: 8000 Kb/s      Connection Limit: 800
         (activation requires hardware)
  1050_MR      BW Limit: 10000 Kb/s     Connection Limit: 1300
       (activation requires hardware)
* 1050H        BW Limit: 20000 Kb/s     Connection Limit: 2300
       (activation requires hardware)
  1050_HR      BW Limit: 20000 Kb/s     Connection Limit: 2300
       (activation requires hardware)
* = active

• Install the model upgrade license; enter the license install <license-key> command:
  

amnesiac (config) # license install LIC-EXAMPLE-1050H-0000-0000-0-000X-0XX0

• Write the model upgrade license to memory; enter the write memory command:

amnesiac (config) # write memory

• View licenses installed on the appliance; enter the show licenses command:

amnesiac (config) # show licenses

LIC-EXAMPLE-1050H-0000-0000-0-000X-0XX0
Index: 6
Feature: MSPECEX1050H
Valid: yes
active: yes

• if you want to change the specification of your device, view the available model upgrade specification; enter the show hardware spec command:

amnesiac (config) # show hardware spec

Spec       Description
- ---------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  1050_LR      BW Limit: 8000 Kb/s      Connection Limit: 800
         (activation requires hardware)
  1050_MR      BW Limit: 10000 Kb/s     Connection Limit: 1300
       (activation requires hardware)
* 1050H        BW Limit: 20000 Kb/s     Connection Limit: 2300
       (activation requires hardware)
  1050_HR      BW Limit: 20000 Kb/s     Connection Limit: 2300
       (activation requires hardware)
* = active

• Stop the optimization service; enter the no service enable command:

amnesiac (config) # no service enable

Terminating optimization service.......

• Activate the desired model specification; enter the hardware spec activate <model-number> command:

amnesiac (config) # hardware spec activate <model-number>

Appliance upgrade to EX760H successful

Note: Upgrades that require additional hardware automatically shut down the appliance after you activate the model upgrade specification. Install the  new hardware and power on the system. The system reformats the drives and completes the upgrade.