User's Manual

License Operations

Before you perform the license management tasks, make sure to acquire the licenses. For more

information, see the Overview and Feature Guide available at support.dell.com.

NOTE: If you have purchased a system with all the licenses pre-installed, then license management

is not required.

You can perform the following licensing operations using CMC, RACADM, and WS-MAN for one-to-

one license management, and Dell License Manager for one-to-many license management:

• View — View the current license information.

• Import — After acquiring the license, store the license in a local storage and import it into CMC using

one of the supported interfaces. The license is imported if it passes the validation checks.

NOTE: For a few features, a CMC restart may be required to enable the features.

• Export — Export the installed license into an external storage device back up or to reinstall it after a

service part is replaced. The file name and format of the exported license is <EntitlementID>.xml

• Delete — Delete the license that is assigned to a component if the component is missing. After the

license is deleted, it is not stored in CMC and the base product functions are enabled.

• Replace — Replace the license to extend an evaluation license, change a license type such as an

evaluation license with a purchased license, or extend an expired license.

• An evaluation license may be replaced with an upgraded evaluation license or with a purchased

license.

• A purchased license may be replaced with an updated license or with an upgraded license.

• Learn More — Learn more about an installed license, or the licenses available for a component

installed in the server.

NOTE: For the Learn More option to display the correct page, make sure that *.dell.com is added

to the list of Trusted Sites in the Security Settings. For more information, see the Internet

Explorer help documentation.

License Component State or Condition and Available Operations

The following table provides the list of license operations available based on the license state or

condition.

Table 1. License Operations Based on State and Condition

License/

Component state

or condition

Import Export Delete Replace Learn More

Non-administrator

Yes No No No Yes

Active license Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Expired license No Yes Yes Yes Yes

License installed

but component

missing

No Yes Yes No Yes

Managing Licenses Using CMC Web Interface

To manage the licenses using the CMC Web interface, go to Chassis Overview → Setup → Licenses.