Users Guide

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 o. 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

le 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 o. 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 o 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.

NOTE: For the Learn More option to display the correct page, make sure that *.dell.com is added to the list of Trusted

Sites in the Security Settings. For more information, see the Internet Explorer help documentation.

NOTE: If you try to install the PowerEdge FM120x4 license on PowerEdge FC630, the license installation fails. For

more information on licensing refer

Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) User’s Guide

Licensable features in CMC

A list of CMC features that are enabled on the basis of your license is given here in the table.

Table 7. CMC features-based on license types

Feature Express Enterprise

CMC Network Yes Yes

CMC Serial Port Yes Yes

RACADM (SSH, Local, and Remote) Yes Yes

WS-MAN Yes Yes

SNMP Yes Yes

Telnet Yes Yes

SSH Yes Yes