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Managing Licenses
The CMC features are available based on the license (CMC Express or CMC Enterprise) purchased. Only licensed features are available in
the interfaces that allow you to configure or use CMC. For example, CMC Web interface, RACADM, WS-MAN, and so on. CMC license
management and firmware update functionality is always available through CMC Web interface and RACADM.
Types of Licenses
The types of licenses offered are:
• 30 day evaluation and extension — The license expires after 30 days that can be extended for 30 days. Evaluation licenses are
duration-based, and the timer runs when power is applied to the system.
• Perpetual — The license is bound to the service tag and is permanent.
Acquiring Licenses
Use any of the following methods to acquire the licenses:
• E-mail — License is attached to an e-mail that is sent after requesting it from the technical support center.
• Self-service portal — A link to the Self-Service Portal is available from CMC. Click this link to open the licensing Self-Service Portal on
the internet from where you can purchase licenses. For more information, see the online help for the self-service portal page.
• Point-of-sale — License is acquired while placing the order for a system.
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. For more information about license, click
Dell Software License Management Portal .
• 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.
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