Check Out License; Cached License; Evaluation Period; License Restrictions - Avaya 1110 Fundamentals

Check out license

The Avaya 2050 IP Softphone tries to obtain or checkout a license from a License Server.
These licenses are stored on a License Server machine located on your network. For
information about how to install and configure a Licensing Server, see
Server on page 150. After a client successfully checks out a license from the License Server,
a heartbeat mechanism activates to validate the license every two minutes. If the heartbeat is
lost, then the 2050 IP Softphone attempts to reconnect to the server five times before it loses
the checked out license.

Cached license

After the Avaya 2050 IP Softphone successfully checks out a license from the License Server,
it records the license details in a secure location. You can refer to this license as a backup
license. The cached license is available for 5 days.

Evaluation period

After you install the Avaya 2050 IP Softphone, it can run without a license for a period of 30
days. After the expiration date passes, you must run the Avaya 2050 IP Softphone Settings
tool to specify a License Server. Otherwise, the phone cannot connect to the Call Server.

License restrictions

The following license restrictions apply to the Avaya 2050 IP Softphone Release 3.0.
• If at any time you rewind the system date by more than 24 hours, the Avaya 2050 IP
Softphone evaluation period license and cached license are both invalidated.
• Software reinstallation does not reset the license to provide another 30-day evaluation
period.
• After you receive a valid license, you cannot return to the evaluation license even if the
evaluation period has not expired.
• The Avaya 2050 IP Softphone requires a connection to the License Server, a cached
license, or time remaining for the evaluation period to place an emergency call.
• If you configure redundant license servers, the licenses sold are locked to the Fully
Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the license server host machine. If the host machine
fails, you can reconfigure a computer with the same host domain name to host the licenses
(license file). For information about configuring redundant license servers, see
Redundancy
IP Deskphones Fundamentals
on page 153.
Licenses
Provisioning a License
Server
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