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are stored in the persistent store. For more information, see the Dell Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge FX2/FX2s RACADM

Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.

The log messages for all storage sled license activities are stored in the CMC log le.

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 oered 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 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.

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