FW V06.XX/HAFM SW V08.02.00 HP StorageWorks Director Element Manager Licensing Instructions (AA-RVHAA-TE, July 2004)

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Read Me First

hp StorageWorks

Director Element Manager

Licensing Instructions

Product Version: FW v06.xx/HAFM SW v08.02.00

This document describes how to install the feature key for an Element Manager on

a director product. It describes the following topics:

■ Element Manager Feature Keys, page 2

■ Grace Period Notifications, page 3

■ Accessing the Element Manager via HAFM, page 6

Summary of content (8 pages)

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Read Me First hp StorageWorks Director Element Manager Licensing Instructions Product Version: FW v06.xx/HAFM SW v08.02.00 This document describes how to install the feature key for an Element Manager on a director product. It describes the following topics: ■ Element Manager Feature Keys, page 2 ■ Grace Period Notifications, page 3 ■ Accessing the Element Manager via HAFM, page 6 © Copyright 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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Element Manager Feature Keys Element Manager Feature Keys Feature keys verify ownership of the license for the Element Manager and optional features that can be purchased for the director. The feature key, which is encoded with a director’s serial number, can only be configured on the director to which it is assigned. When you purchase additional features, you will obtain a feature key. The feature keys that you are currently using are included in this key.
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Grace Period Notifications Grace Period Notifications The default grace period is 30 days. The grace period is associated with each switch and affects any Element Manager connected to that switch. If the feature key does not support the Element Manager, access to the Element Manager is not restricted. However, messages that display in the Element Manager indicate the feature is not valid. The indicators severity depends on when the Element Manager was originally started.
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Grace Period Notifications Figure 2: Watermark and progress bar If you choose to run the Element Manager without a feature key, watermark text displays on all tabbed panels of the Element Manager. A grace period progress bar is displayed on the right side of the status bar, at the bottom of the Element Manager window. As the grace period progresses, the color of the progress bar changes from green to yellow to orange. The number of days remaining in the grace period displays on the bar.
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Grace Period Notifications Figure 3: Indicators after grace period expires The watermark text is placed on top of images and other Element Manager display components. The Feature Key Instruction dialog box (Figure 1 on page 3) is displayed automatically every 5 minutes. Only one copy of the dialog box displays for each Element Manager instance. Multiple Element Manager instances without valid feature keys may produce another instance of the Feature Key Instruction dialog box.
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Accessing the Element Manager via HAFM Accessing the Element Manager via HAFM When you access the Element Manager from HAFM, the Element Manager normally displays without prompting. However, with firmware v06.0 installed on a new switch, a check is made for the installation of a Product Feature Enablement (PFE) key containing the Element Manager feature. If the Element Manager feature is not installed, the Feature Key Instruction dialog box is displayed (Figure 1 on page 3).
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Enabling a Feature Key Figure 4: Configure Feature Key dialog box 2. Click New to add a new feature key. The New Feature Key dialog box is displayed (Figure 5). Figure 5: New Feature Key dialog box 3. Enter the director feature key in the Key field. 4. Click OK. The Enable Feature key dialog box is displayed (Figure 6).
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Enabling a Feature Key Figure 6: Enable Feature Key dialog box 5. Click OK. The new feature(s) are installed, the dialog box closes, and the link between the director and the Element Manager is dropped. The Element Manager remains displayed, but there is a short delay until the switch reactivates the link. Normal link-loss symptoms are noticed, such as the hardware view showing only an empty chassis.