Users Guide

8. In the Connection Results window, you can see if the connection to Dell Online is successful. If the connection is

successful, click Next.

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

Close.

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

license information is complete, a summary of the purchased licenses that are unbound is displayed.

10. 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 19.

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 by using another Dell Online account options are disabled if any

license binding tasks are active in the License Manager application.

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

NOTE: A new OTP must be requested for reconnecting to the Dell Online account.

NOTE: Logging in by 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, the duplicate license is flagged for potential licensing

issues.

5. In Import Licenses:

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

those licenses which match inventoried systems check box.

b. Select valid licenses.

c. Click Import.

Managing licenses