HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

• Subscription. This license is a time limited full functionality license. This key can indicate unlimited use
for a specified period of time or a limited number of seats for that same period of time. The basic time
unit encoded in the key is one month. HP SIM considers one month equal 30 days.
• Demo (seats and time). This license offers full, unlimited functionality for a limited time and a specific
number of seats. The license determines the number of days the key enables the product to function.
The days begin counting from the day of first use. The key can permit more than one instance of the
product to run. Demo keys can authorize up to 255 seats for up to 255 days.
• Demo. This license offers full, unlimited functionality for a limited time. The license determines the number
of days the key allows the product to function. The days begin counting from the day of first use. The
key can permit more than one instance of the product to run. Demo keys can authorize use for up to
65,535 days.
• Beta. This license offers full, unlimited functionality for a limited time. The license determines the number
of days the key enables the product to function. The days begin counting from the day the key was
created. The key can permit more than one instance of the product to run. Demo keys can authorize
use for up to 65,535 days.
• Free Flexible Quantity. Some ProLiant Essentials products ship with some free, permanent licenses. This
key type is the embodiment of those free licenses. The number of licenses provided by this key depends
on the product. Keys of this type cannot be entered by the user into the License Manager database.
The product alone can insert these keys into the database.
• Evaluation. This license offers full, unlimited functionality and is distributed only in special circumstances.
License types reported by Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) products include:
• Intrinsic. This license offers full, unlimited functionality and represents a single-use key for the product.
This license type is specific to management processors.
• Individual. This license offers full, unlimited functionality and represents a single-use key for the product.
This license type is specific to management processors.
Some products now provide licenses to enable other products. The license keys generated by these products
cannot be manually added by the user.
Related procedures
• Collecting license information
• Managing licenses
• Assigning and unassigning licenses
• Adding licenses individually
• Adding licenses from a file
• Viewing licensed systems
Related topics
• License manager
• System license information reporting
• About licenses
• Licensing with ProLiant Essentials applications
Collecting license information
Collect License Info collects license details that now include Site license and Maintenance license from
the selected targets. If the licenses are stored directly on the selected system (see the specific product
information for details), the Central Management Server (CMS) and the selected machine must be running
a variant of the Microsoft Windows operating system.
The License manager core has the means to establish and maintain a secure communication channel with
iLO2 through two options provided by HP SIM, SSL and SSH. Both of these meet the requirements for a
secure channel. If the target systems are iLO's, the iLO must support SSH and you must provide the required
credentials. An SSH based solution uses Command Line Protocol (CLP). All iLO2 firmware releases include
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