Dell PowerVault ML6000 - Manual (Page 89)

Chapter 5 Configuring Your Library
Obtaining and Installing a License Key
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This section describes how to license these features on your library, in the
following sections:
• About License Keys
• Viewing Licenses and License Keys
• Obtaining a License Key
• Applying a License Key
About License Keys 5
If you purchase a licensable feature with your library, the license will be
installed when you receive the library. If you upgrade or add new
features after the initial purchase, Dell issues you a license key certificate.
The license key certificate contains an authorization code that enables you
to retrieve your license key from the PowerVault ML6000 Web site. Once
you install the license key on the library, the feature becomes available.
Details about license keys include:
• An authorization code to obtain a license key can be used one time
only.
• The license key may contain up to 12 alphanumeric characters. The
license key can also contain the “at” (@), hyphen (-), or underscore (_)
symbols. Alpha characters must be lowercase. The user interface
automatically converts entries to lowercase.
• A given license key can only be used on the library to which it is
assigned and cannot be transferred to another library. The key is
verified when it is applied to the library to make sure it is the proper
key associated with the library serial number.
• License keys do not expire.
• Once installed on the library, license keys cannot be removed (unless
you replace the control 5U Library Control Module or the library
control blade (LCB) compact flash card).
•
If you replace the 5U Library Control Module:
The license key is
associated with the serial number of the 5U Library Control
Module. If you replace your 5U Library Control Module, you
must replace all your installed license keys. Request replacement
license keys from Dell.
•
If you replace the LCB compact flash:
The LCB compact flash card
contains information about your library configuration. If you
replace your LCB compact flash card, you must reinstall your