Users Guide

Managing licenses

You can deploy licenses to licensable systems by using the License Manager. License Manager also supports the export of

license archives for backup. The status of available licenses can be viewed from the Licenses view, and the entitlement details

of the licenses is available in the Entitlements view. The entitlement details of the licenses are obtained by connecting to the

Dell Online account.

NOTE: The factory-installed licenses are not retrieved during the discovery and inventory of iDRAC 9 systems. Therefore,

the iDRAC 9 licenses are not listed in the Licenses view.

Before you deploy licenses:

1. Inventory the licensable systems. See Inventorying Licensable Systems.

2. Obtain and import licenses by doing 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.

3. Bind the licenses.

4. Deploy the licenses.

NOTE: To work with licenses, from the License Manager, click Licenses.

Topics:

• Obtaining licenses by connecting to Dell Online Account

• Logging in to other Dell Online Account

• Disconnecting from Dell Online

• Importing archived licenses from the Dell Online Licensing Portal

• Binding licenses

• Deploying licenses

• Selecting licenses for deployment

• Selecting systems for license deployment

• Exporting license archives

• Saving reports

• Removing licenses from the Inventory

• Removing licenses from a system

• Downloading bound licenses

Obtaining licenses by connecting to Dell Online

Account

The License Manager can be connected to Dell Online to gather information about all the available bound and unbound licenses.

To connect to Dell Online, the License Manager requires a One Time Passcode (OTP). You can disconnect from Dell Online at

anytime.

NOTE: Ensure that you have a Dell account before connecting to Dell Online.

To connect to Dell Online from the License Manager:

1. In the License Manager, click Actions > Connect to Dell Online.

NOTE: To connect to Dell Online from the License Manager, you require a One Time Passcode (OTP).

2. In the Connect to Dell Online window, click the Dell Online link to request for an OTP.

3. In the Dell Online portal, enter the credentials, and then click Sign In.

The OTP is generated and displayed.

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