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AlliedView NMS Administration Guide
3.5 AlliedView NMS License Manager
3.5.1 Overview
In release 10.0, there is a change to the license manager strategy that involves the following changes:
• The license key is associated with the customer who has registered the license rather than the hardware where the key
was installed.
• Licensing can include the following:
• whether the license running NMS is temporary (time limit)
• the maximum number of nodes allowed
• allowing access to RADIUS and max number of clients allowed
• allowing access to the Northbound Interface.
• The details of the license key are encrypted and kept in xml format as AT_License.conf in the Conf subdirectory.
The process of obtaining a license is similar to previous releases and includes the following:
1. The customer fills out a form in which all relevant information is filled in and is sent to Allied Telesis.
2. Allied Telesis receives the form and encodes the customer information and license privileges in the file
AT_LicenseKey.upd.
3. The customer receives the file and places it on the NMS server.
4. The customer uses the License Manager GUI to select this file and apply the license.
5. The customer can look at the Status Monitoring Tool and look at the License Keys node to review the Licensed User
Information panel.
3.5.2 Installing a License (Using the License Key Manager)
The License Key Manager is included with the NMS release so that they can be used to apply the license key. The GUI is
similar to the pre-R10.0 license key tool (called the Update Manager in release 9.0), but the License Manager has more
features and presents more information when installing the key.
As in previous license keys, the new key can be installed while the server is running without affecting other services. Some
sections of the key will take effect immediately (e.g. node limit), and others will take effect after the next server restart.
When a new key installed with its separate components, it will update previous key of the same component. However,
existing product or component keys that are not included in the new key will not be updated. Also, the installed key will not
be removable (i.e. there will be no tools to uninstall a key) but a new key can be created to reset the unwanted key to
original or any other values.
Refer to the following figure, which show the License Manager Tool.