Users Guide

9. If the License Manager is not able to connect to Dell Online because of an invalid OTP or incorrect proxy settings, then click

Close.

To reconnect to Dell Online obtain a new OTP or ensure the correct proxy settings are entered.

10. After the download of the license information is complete, a summary of the purchased licenses that are unbound is

displayed. Click Close.

The Task Status window is displayed.

The summary of the downloaded entitlements can be viewed in the Entitlements navigation pane. To bind the licenses to the

discovered and inventoried devices, see Binding Licenses on page 18

NOTE: To disconnect from Dell Online, see Disconnecting from Dell Online on page 18

Disconnecting from Dell Online

After disconnecting from Dell Online, the archived license files have to be imported from the Dell Online Licensing Portal. See

Importing Archived Licenses from the Dell Online Licensing Portal on page 18.

To disconnect from Dell Online:

1. In the License Manager, click Actions, and then click Disconnect from Dell Online

NOTE: Disconnecting from Dell Online and the logging in using another Dell Online account options are disabled if any

license binding tasks are active in the tool.

2. In the Disconnect from Dell Online window, click Yes.

NOTE: A new OTP must be requested to reconnect to Dell EMC Online.

NOTE: Logging in using another Dell Online account will disconnect you from the current Dell Online account, and the

Entitlements of the current account will not be displayed in the Entitlements navigation pane.

Importing Archived Licenses from the Dell Online

Licensing Portal

You can download licenses from the Dell Online Licensing Portal at dell.com/support/retail/lkm. You can purchase licenses

when you purchase a server or chassis. The licenses are installed from the factory. The downloaded license package contains a

license archive in a compressed file format (.zip format). The license archive contains license files in .xml format. You can import

archived licenses. However, you cannot import expired or evaluation licenses.

1. In License Manager, click Actions > Launch Dell Online Licensing Portal.

2. From the Dell licensing portal, download the required licenses to a file system.

3. From Licenses, select Import Licenses.

4. In Select Licenses, browse to the location where the license files are downloaded, select the license package, and then

click Open.

NOTE:

If a system has a license with the same Entitlement ID, then the duplicate license is flagged for potential

licensing problems.

5. In Import Licenses:

a. If you want to filter the list of validated licenses based on the matching inventoried systems, select Import only those

licenses which match inventoried systems.

b. Select valid licenses.

c. Click Import.

Binding Licenses

Using the License Manager you can bind all the unbound licenses to the inventoried systems. Before you bind the licenses:

Managing Licenses