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Installing and Migrating to Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1
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Chapter 3 Preparing to Install Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution 4.1
Licensing Your Product
Note The product DVD kit for LMS 500, LMS 1000, LMS 2500, LMS 5,000 and LMS 10,000 license
types, contains a DVD for Windows Operating System, a DVD for Solaris Operating Systems.
Downloading LMS 4.1 Evaluation Software and Ordering Digital PAK
To ensure the faster delivery of the product, this option has been introduced. With this option, you can
now:
• Download the LMS 4.1 Evaluation software from http://www.cisco.com/go/nmsevals.
The Evaluation software functions for 90 days and will expire after that. The product will not work
until you provide a valid license file. See Evaluation Mode for more information.
• Order a digital PAK ID using the Cisco’s eDelivery application.
You must be a registered Cisco.com user to use the eDelivery application. To request a Cisco.com
profile go to: https://tools.cisco.com/RPF/register/register.do.
After you have ordered the product in eDelivery and the electronic fulfillment is complete, you will
receive the electronic software claim certificate with the digital PAK.
Ordering Physical LMS 4.1 Base Media Kit and Digital PAK
A physical LMS base media kit without PAK ID is offered to you in this method of ordering.
You can opt to order the LMS base media kit if you need a physical DVD or if you are restricted to
download the software from the Evaluation Software Download site.
Similar to the Evaluation software, the base media kit, when installed, will function for 90-days. Then
the software require the installation of a permanent serial license key to operate beyond that point.
You must also order for a digital PAK ID using the Cisco’s eDelivery application.
You must be a registered Cisco.com user to use the eDelivery application. To request a Cisco.com profile
go to: https://tools.cisco.com/RPF/register/register.do
After you have ordered the product in eDelivery and the electronic fulfillment is complete, you will
receive the electronic software claim certificate with the digital Product Authorization Key (PAK).
License Information
The licenses in LMS 4.1 are device based. For 10,000 device licenses, applying a single serial license
key to more than one server is supported.
For IPSLA Performance Management alone, besides the number of devices, the number of collectors you
create depends on the license and hardware requirements.
This section explains about the various licenses available for LMS 4.1.
Read the information in Understanding Product Ordering Options and Product Authorization Key to
understand about the various product ordering options, before you know about the various licenses of
LMS 4.1.