HP OneView 1.05 User Guide

17 Managing licenses
You manage licenses from the Settings screen or by using the REST APIs.
17.1 UI screens and REST API resources
REST API resourceUI screen
licensesSettings
17.2 Roles
• Minimum required privileges: Infrastructure administrator
17.3 Tasks for licenses
The appliance online help provides information about using the UI or the REST APIs to:
• Add a license key to the appliance license pool.
• Specify a license policy as part of adding an enclosure.
• Specify a license type as part of adding a rack mount server.
• View licensing status information through license graphs.
• View a list of server hardware that has been assigned a specific license type.
17.4 About licensing
HP OneView requires a license for each server that it manages. You can purchase server hardware
and enclosures with licenses embedded (integrated) on the hardware, or you can purchase licenses
separately (nonintegrated) and add them to the appliance. The appliance manages licenses in a
pool where all licenses are stored and applied to server hardware as needed.
Purchasing factory-integrated (embedded) software and hardware provides the best licensing
experience because the license is delivered on the hardware and is registered automatically when
you register the hardware.
If you purchase nonintegrated licenses, you must activate and register the licenses using the HP
licensing portal at https://www.hp.com/software/licensing. After you register your licenses, you
add the license keys to the appliance. When you add server hardware that does not have an
embedded license, it is assigned a license from the license pool.
EULA
The appliance has a EULA (End-User License agreement) that you must accept before using the
appliance for the first time. You can view the EULA from the Help sidebar and online at http://
www.hp.com/go/oneview/eula.
17.4.1 License types
The following types of licenses are available for HP OneView:
HP OneView Provides an HP OneView license and an iLO Advanced license
HP OneView w/o iLO Provides an HP OneView license only
This license is intended for server hardware with iLOs that are already
licensed, or server hardware for which you do not require an iLO
license.
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