User`s manual

FLEXlm Licenses
Start Here for ModelSim PE, Software Version 5.7
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The SERVER line
The first line is a SERVER line; it spells out which computer on the network is the
license server. The license server is a network resource that will manage the
features for all users of ModelSim products. The SERVER line includes the
server's hostname (the server’s network identification - for Windows, check the
Network properties Identification tab), hostID (a unique serial number), and a port
number. The hostname and port number may be changed in a license file, but any
change to the hostID will invalidate the license. If the host is a Windows machine,
the hostID is the FLEXid security key number or the machine’s Ethernet ID. The
security key number (7-xxxxxxxx for Sentinel keys, or 8-xxxxxxxx for Dallas
keys) relates to the driver you will select.
If you need to find the unique server ID on a UNIX system, use one of these
commands: for Sun, hostid; for HP, uname -i (convert the result to a hexadecimal
number); for IBM RS/6000, uname -m; for Linux, ifconfig eth0. To determine
the security key ID on a Windows server, from the DOS prompt, invoke:
lmutil.exe lmhostid -flexid (located in the modeltech/win32 directory). To
determine the Ethernet ID on a Windows server, from the DOS prompt, invoke:
lmutil.exe lmhostid.
The DAEMON line
A DAEMON line specifies the name of the license daemon and the locations of
the daemon and options files it will use. This is the full path to the modeltech
daemon. In the example file, the UNIX "./" means "look in the current directory".
This is the directory in which the server was started. If the server is to be started
from another directory, the full path to the modeltech and options files would need
to be added to this line.
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Caution
Dallas key IDs (8-xxxxxxxx) must be upper case.