Users Guide

OpenManage Server Administrator, and so on. Some features, such as dedicated NIC or vFlash requires iDRAC ports card. This is optional
on 200-500 series servers.
iDRAC license management and rmware update functionality is available through iDRAC Web interface and RACADM.
Types of licenses
The types of licenses oered are:
• 30 day evaluation and extension — The license expires after 30 days and can be extended for 30 days. Evaluation licenses are duration
based, and the timer runs when power is applied to the system.
• Perpetual — The license is bound to the service tag and is permanent.
Methods for acquiring licenses
Use any of the following methods to acquire the licenses:
• Email — License is attached to an email that is sent after requesting it from the technical support center.
• Self-service portal — A link to the Self-Service Portal is available from iDRAC. Click this link to open the licensing Self-Service Portal on
the Internet. Currently, you can use the License Self-Service Portal to retrieve licenses that were purchased with the server. You must
contact the sales representative or technical support to buy a new or upgrade license. For more information, see the online help for the
self-service portal page.
• Point-of-sale — License is acquired while placing the order for a system.
License operations
Before you perform the license management tasks, make sure to acquire the licenses. For more information, see the Overview and Feature
Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.
NOTE
: If you have purchased a system with all the licenses pre-installed, then license management is not required.
You can perform the following licensing operations using iDRAC, RACADM, WS-MAN, and Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services for one-to-
one license management, and Dell License Manager for one-to-many license management:
• View — View the current license information.
• Import — After acquiring the license, store the license in a local storage and import it into iDRAC using one of the supported interfaces.
The license is imported if it passes the validation checks.
NOTE
: For a few features, a system restart is required to enable the features.
• Export — Export the installed license into an external storage device for backup or to reinstall it again after a part or motherboard
replacement. The le name and format of the exported license is <EntitlementID>.xml.
• Delete — Delete the license that is assigned to a component if the component is missing. After the license is deleted, it is not stored in
iDRAC and the base product functions are enabled.
• Replace — Replace the license to extend an evaluation license, change a license type such as an evaluation license with a purchased
license, or extend an expired license.
• An evaluation license may be replaced with an upgraded evaluation license or with a purchased license.
• A purchased license may be replaced with an updated license or with an upgraded license.
• Learn More — Learn more about an installed license, or the licenses available for a component installed in the server.
NOTE
: For the Learn More option to display the correct page, make sure that *.dell.com is added to the list of Trusted Sites in
the Security Settings. For more information, see the Internet Explorer help documentation.
20 Overview