User Manual

licenses on your network.

After you click Yes, if a license for the product is available on your computer, on an iLok plugged

into your computer, or is available on a license server on the network, then the software will launch.

ZERO-CONFIGURATION: IF THE SERVER DOESN’T REQUIRE A PASSWORD OR ANY

IDENTITY INFORMATION, THEN YOU’RE ALL SET! THERE’S NOTHING ELSE TO DO.

If you chose “No” you can always use iLok License Manager’s Preferences to set your computer

to look for licenses on your network later on. You will also need to use iLok License Manager to set

up a connection to a private license server that doesn’t show up when browsing your network, or

to a public server that does show up when browsing but is password protected.

Using iLok License Manager Preferences

You can also enable network licenses using the iLok License Manager

application. Launch iLok License Manager and go to the Preferences

section. To ﬁnd Preferences on Mac OS X, click on iLok License Manager in

the menu; on Windows, click on File. Your network connections can be

viewed and conﬁgured in Preferences.

Setting Your Network Preferences

The Preferences panel has a Network section that includes two subsections:

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My Connections: Use this section enter information on how you want to connect to

licenses servers on your local network.

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Server Admin: This section is used by the owners of a special type of software license that

has multiple seats assigned to it and can be shared with other users across a local area

network. In addition to the special type of network license, in order to run a license server

and share licenses with other computers, you will need a license for a product called iLok

Server. Licenses for the iLok Server product can be purchased from software publishers who

also support and sell network licenses for their products. More information on running your

computer as a license server is available in a separate document Network License

Administrators Guide.

iLok License Manager: the manual!