Users Guide

● Discover and inventory the licensable systems.
● Obtain and import licenses by performing one of the following:
○ Connecting to Dell Online to automatically import the unbound licenses from the Dell Online account.
○ Downloading the license archives from Dell Online Licensing Portal and importing the licenses into License Manager.
1. In the License Manager, click Actions > Bind Licenses.
Bind Licenses window is displayed.
2. Select the License Type. Click Next.
The License Manager binds the unbound licenses of the selected type to the respective systems. A single system can be
selected to bind the license.
3. Select the System Name to be bound for the license type. The Service Tag and System Model details for the system is
displayed.
4. Select Deploy licenses after binding option, to deploy the licenses after they are bound to a system, and click Next.
NOTE: If Deploy licenses after binding option is not selected, the licenses will be bound to the system but not
deployed. These licenses can be deployed later as required.
5. If Deploy licenses after binding option is selected, then the Management Controller credentials window is displayed. Enter
the Management Controller credentials, confirm the WS-Man protocol communication settings. Click Next.
6. Summary of the binding assignments for the selected license type is displayed. Click Save Report to save the binding report
as a .csv, .html or .xml file, and then click Finish to complete the binding and deployment of the selected license types.
Deploying Licenses
License Manager can automatically deploy all available licenses to discovered systems. Alternatively, you can select specific
licenses or systems for deployment. Before you deploy licenses:
● Inventory systems on which you want to deploy licenses.
● Confirm that the inventoried systems are licensable.
● Confirm that the licenses are downloaded from Dell Online Licensing Portal.
● Confirm that the required licenses are imported into License Manager.
NOTE:
If numerous systems have licenses with the same Entitlement ID, then the duplicate licenses are flagged for
potential licensing problems.
To automatically deploy licenses:
1. Select Licenses > Deploy Licenses > Automatically Deploy Licenses.
2. In operation selection page, click Next.
3. In communication settings, provide the management controller credentials, verify communication settings, and then click
Next.
NOTE:
If no matching system is found for a license, the following message is displayed: No matching licenses/
systems are available.
NOTE: You can monitor the deployment in task view. As systems are updated, corresponding information in systems
view and license view are updated.
Selecting Licenses For Deployment
1. Click Licenses > Deploy Licenses > Deploy Selected Licenses.
2. In the operation selection page, verify licenses you want to deploy and click Next.
3. In communication settings, provide the management controller credentials, verify communication settings, and then click
Next.
NOTE:
You can monitor the deployment in task view. As systems are updated, corresponding information in system view
and license view are updated.
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