Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v11.1x (53-1002167-01, May 2011)

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Upgrading the application
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NOTE
You are not required to enter a license key for SMI Agent only installation. If you choose to the SMI
Agent only option, when you open the Management application client, a License dialog displays,
where you must enter a license key.
Before you enter the license key you must install the application. For step-by-step instructions, refer
to “Installing the Application” in the Installation Guide.
1. Select Help > License.
The License dialog box displays
2. Choose from one of the following options:
• Enter the license key in the License Key field.
The License Key field is not case-sensitive.
• Browse to the license file.
3. Click Update to extract the new license information.
Review the new information in the License dialog box fields.
4. Click OK to set the new license on the Server.
A message displays. Click OK to close the message and log off the client. To see the changes to
the client, open the application and log in.
Upgrading the application
The quickest and simplest method of moving from one version to another is to enter the new
license information on the License dialog box. The following table lists the available upgrade paths:
TABLE 7 SAN upgrade paths
Current Software Release To Software Release
Professional Professional Plus Trial or Licensed version
Enterprise Trial or Licensed version
Professional Plus trial Enterprise Trial or Licensed version
Professional Plus Licensed
version
Enterprise Licensed version
Enterprise trial Enterprise Licensed version
TABLE 8 SAN + IP upgrade paths
Current Software Release To Software Release
Professional SAN Professional Plus + IP Trial or Enterprise Licensed version
SAN + IP Enterprise Trial or Licensed version
SAN Professional Plus + IP
Enterprise Trial
SAN Professional Plus + IP Enterprise Licensed version
SAN + IP Enterprise Trial or Licensed version