Reference Guide

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Through Notification Management, you can set up notifications of license usage or expiration.
In the left pane of the Remote Management Console, click Management > Notification Management.
Related topics:
CAL Information
Notification Management
CAL Information
When logging in to the Remote Management Console, if there is a problem with your CAL, an error message
displays (typically, the error states that the Security Management Server Virtual has exceeded the maximum
number of authorized Client Licenses). The next step is to review your CALs to ensure that your enterprise
has the appropriate number of CALs to Client ratio (1-to-1 ratio).
If authorized CALs exceed 5% of that specific CAL total, new client activations for that specific product will
be blocked until the license key is brought into compliance. No other client or Security Management Server
Virtual functions will be impacted when a license key is in the over 105% state. Two separate warning
messages are displayed, the first warning message is when the CAL reaches 99% of the authorized licenses,
the second when the CAL count reaches or exceeds the 105% total.
For example:
• Authorized CAL for Dell Encryption (Windows): 5000 user licenses
• First warning message from Security Management Server Virtual and an email message is sent to the
admin: CAL count reaches 5000
• Second warning message from Security Management Server Virtual and an email message is sent to
the admin: CAL count reaches 5250
If a client has previously been activated and inventory records exist, then it will not be blocked from any re-
activation. However, if the CAL authorized count is exceeded during this process, new activations will be
blocked for the specific CAL that is in the over 105% state.
Licensing
1. License structure:
a. Disk Encryption (DE) – Dell Encryption, Encryption External Media (EMS), SED Management,
Advanced Authentication, BitLocker Manager (BLM), and Encryption Enterprise for Mac.
b. Encryption External Media (EME)
c. Dell Data Guardian (CE)
d. Threat Protection (TP) - includes Malware Protection and/or Client Firewall and/or Web
Protection features
e. Advanced Threat Prevention (ATP) - includes optional Client Firewall and/or Web Protection
features
2. Dell Digital Delivery of entitlements