Grass Valley K2 Summit Storage Area Network Installation - Manual (Page 298)

Licensing a K2 Media Server
Licenses are requested through the License Wizard and managed through the SabreTooth License
Manager, which is installed on the Grass Valley product with the Grass Valley software. The License
Wizard and SabreTooth License Manager must be located on the Grass Valley product.
License information is stored in text files that you can manage just like any other file on your system.
Licenses are unique to the system for which they are requested and cannot be used on any other
machine. You should back up the license text files to a separate drive or as part of a recovery image.
Licenses are based on your system’s unique identifier, which is partially derived from your system’s
Media Access Control (MAC) address. If you change your system’s MAC address by performing
operations such as changing the System Processor card, you must obtain a new license based on the
new MAC address.
Use these procedures to license a K2 Media Server for your K2 SAN as designed by Grass Valley.
Consult with Grass Valley before attempting to add a license to an existing K2 SAN.
To license a K2 SAN, the license must be installed on the K2 Media Server with role of file system
server.
Related Links
About K2 SAN licensing on page 126
Requesting a license
This topic applies to Grass Valley Sabretooth licenses. Software licenses are unique to the system
for which they are purchased. They cannot be used on any other system. This requires that you
provide a generated unique ID for the desired system to Grass Valley, which is then used to create
your unique license.
1. Log on to the device that you want to license.
You must log in as a Windows administrator with a local account, not a domain account.
2. Open the License Request Wizard.
Find the License Request Wizard shortcut on the Windows desktop.
The License Request Wizard displays.
3. Read the on-screen instructions, then click Next .
The Customer dialog box displays.
4. Enter the information requested on this page then click Next .
You must provide a valid email address to receive your license file.
The Sales Number dialog box displays.
5. Enter the Sales Order Number in the field then click Next .
Typically the Sales Order Number is found on the Software License sheet that you received with
your Grass Valley product.
The Summary dialog box displays.
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