Users Guide

Binding licenses
You can bind all the unbound licenses to the inventoried systems by using the License Manager. Before you bind the licenses:
● Discover and inventory the licensable systems.
● 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.
1. In the License Manager, click Actions > Bind Licenses.
The Bind Licenses window is displayed.
2. Select the license type and 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 model of the system is displayed.
4. Select the Deploy licenses after binding check box to deploy the licenses after they are bound to a system, and then click
Next.
NOTE: If the 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 the Deploy licenses after binding option is selected, 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.
● Ensure that the:
○ Inventoried systems are licensable
○ Licenses are downloaded from Dell Online Licensing Portal
○ Required licenses are imported into License Manager
NOTE:
If more systems have licenses with the same Entitlement ID, the duplicate licenses are flagged for potential licensing
issues.
To automatically deploy licenses:
1. Select Licenses > Deploy Licenses > Automatically Deploy Licenses.
2. In Operation Selection, click Next.
3. In Communication Settings, type the management controller credentials, verify the communication settings, and then click
Next.
4. 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 Licenses 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, type the management controller credentials, verify communication settings, and then click
Next.
Managing licenses
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