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3 Managing Dell EMC PowerEdge Server Software Licenses by using Digital Licensing
Contents
Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
1 Purchasing PowerEdge servers with installed licenses ............................................................................................... 5
2 Comparing an Enterprise Perpetual license against Evaluation License..................................................................... 6
3 Installing an Evaluation License by using the iDRAC GUI, RACADM, or WS-Man ..................................................... 7
3.1 iDRAC GUI ......................................................................................................................................................... 7
3.2 RACADM ............................................................................................................................................................ 8
3.3 WS-Man .............................................................................................................................................................. 9
4 Purchasing iDRAC Enterprise license after server purchase .................................................................................... 10
4.1 Receiving a notification that a license is available to download ....................................................................... 10
4.2 Using License Management Portal of Dell EMC .............................................................................................. 11
5 Backing up and restoring iDRAC license keys ........................................................................................................... 12
5.1 Backing up a license File .................................................................................................................................. 12
6 Exporting a license file ............................................................................................................................................... 13
6.1 iDRAC GUI ....................................................................................................................................................... 13
6.2 RACADM .......................................................................................................................................................... 14
6.3 WS-Man ............................................................................................................................................................ 15
7 Restoring a license ..................................................................................................................................................... 17
7.1 Validating End User License Agreement (EULA) compliance ......................................................................... 17
8 Using the Dell EMC OpenManage License Manager ................................................................................................ 18
8.1 Obtaining and installing DLM ............................................................................................................................ 18
8.2 Inventorying licensable systems ....................................................................................................................... 18
9 Managing licenses for volume binding ....................................................................................................................... 21
9.1 Connecting to Dell Online ................................................................................................................................. 21
9.2 Binding or deploying from Dell Online .............................................................................................................. 26
10 Importing licenses ...................................................................................................................................................... 30
11 Deploying licenses ..................................................................................................................................................... 33
12 Backing up licenses .................................................................................................................................................... 36
13 Restoring licenses ...................................................................................................................................................... 38
14 Viewing license status and compliance information ................................................................................................... 39
15 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) ........................................................................................................................... 42