This value reports the licensing state (for example licensed, unlicensed, or in a grace period) of a switch sub-group used to organize a set of related ports, such as members of a port channel, under a fabric interconnect. An administrator responsible for license compliance checks licState on this SubGroup instance to catch ports operating without a valid license before the grace period expires and functionality is restricted. For example, a SubGroup showing licState in a grace period would prompt an operator to order additional licenses before the switch enforces a restriction.