Entering The License Key; Upgrading The Application - Brocade Communications Systems Brocade BladeSystem 4/24 User Manual

1

Entering the license key

Entering the license key
A license key is required to run the application. The key specifies the expiration date of a trial
license, as well as the number of ports allowed.
NOTE
You are not required to enter a license key for a trial license. If you do not enter the license key during
installation of Professional Plus or Enterprise editions, you can use the application, including all of
its features, for a trial period of 75 days. At the termination of the trial period, a License dialog
displays, where you must enter a license key.
NOTE
You are not required to enter a license key for SMI Agent only installation. If you choose to the SMI
Agent only option, when you open the Management application client, a License dialog displays,
where you must enter a license key.
Before you enter the license key you must install the application. For step-by-step instructions, refer
to "Installing the Application" in the DCFM Installation Guide.
1. Select Help > License.
2. Choose from one of the following options:
3. Click Update to extract the new license information.
4. Click OK to set the new license on the Server.

Upgrading the application

The quickest and simplest method of moving from one edition to another is to enter the new
license information on the License dialog box. The following table list the available upgrade paths:
Current Software Release
Professional Plus trial
Professional Plus edition
Enterprise trial
1. Select Help > License.
26
The License dialog box displays
•
Enter the license key in the License Key field.
The License Key field is not case-sensitive.
•
Browse to the license file.
Review the new information in the License dialog box fields.
A message displays. Click OK to close the message and log off the client. To see the changes to
the client, open the application and log in using the instructions in
page 17.
The License dialog box displays.
To Software Release
Professional Plus edition
Enterprise edition
Enterprise edition
Enterprise edition
"Logging into a server" on
DCFM Enterprise User Manual
53-1001775-01