Users Guide

NOTE: Storage sled licenses are required to change the FD33xS and FD33xD RAID controllers from HBA mode to RAID
mode.
Types of licenses
The types of licenses offered are:
● 30–day evaluation and extension — The license expires after 30 days that can be extended for 30 days. Evaluation licenses
are duration-based, and the timer runs when power is applied to the system. These licenses are not applicable to storage
sleds.
● Perpetual — The license is bound to the Service Tag and is permanent.
NOTE: Evaluation and site licenses are applicable only to CMC.
Acquiring licenses
Use any of the following methods to acquire the licenses:
● E-mail — License is attached to an e-mail that is sent after requesting it from the technical support center.
● Self-service portal — A link to the Self-Service Portal is available from CMC. Click this link to open the licensing Self-Service
Portal on the internet from where you can purchase licenses. For more information, see the online help for the self-service
portal page.
● Point-of-sale — License is acquired while placing the order for a system.
License operations
Before you perform the license management tasks, make sure to acquire the licenses. For more information, see the Acquiring
Licenses section and Overview and Feature Guide available at dell.com/support. You can perform the following licensing
operations using CMC, RACADM, and WS-MAN for one-to-one license management, and Dell License Manager for one-to-
many license management:
NOTE: If you have purchased a system with all the licenses pre-installed, then license management is not required.
● View — View the current license information for CMC and storage sleds.
● Import — After acquiring the license, store the license in a local storage and import it into CMC using one of the supported
interfaces. The license is imported if it passes the validation checks.
NOTE: For a few features, a CMC restart may be required to enable the features.
You can also import licenses for storage sleds that are installed in a chassis and when the storage sleds are powered off. If a
storage sled is already licensed, delete the existing license before importing a new one. The imported license is stored in the
CMC license manager and storage sled persistent store. The licensed features are available only if the RAID is reset when the
host server is rebooted. You can import storage sled licenses only to the targeted device.
● Export — Export the installed license into an external storage device backup or to reinstall it after a service part is replaced.
The file name and format of the exported license is <EntitlementID>.xml
● Delete — Delete the license that is assigned to a component or storage sled if the component or storage sled is missing.
After the license is deleted, it is not stored in CMC and the base product functions are enabled.
You can delete storage sled licenses only when the storage sled is powered off. Deleted licenses are removed from the
storage sled persistent store and the License Manager.
● Replace — Replace the license to extend an evaluation license, change a license type such as an evaluation license with a
purchased license, or extend an expired license.
For storage sleds, the new license overwrites the existing license in the CMC license manager and the storage sled
persistent store. Power off the storage sleds before replacing the license. The licensed features are available only after the
RAID controller is reset at the next host reboot.
● An evaluation license may be replaced with an upgraded evaluation license or with a purchased license.
● A purchased license may be replaced with an updated license or with an upgraded license. For more information, see Dell
Software License Management Portal available at WWW.DELL.COM/SUPPORT/LICENSING/US/EN/19
● Learn More — Learn more about an installed license, or the licenses available for a component installed in the server.
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