Install Guide

OMIMSSC licensing
OMIMSSC has two types of licenses:
• Evaluation license—this is a trial version of the license containing an evaluation license for five servers (hosts or unassigned) which is
auto imported after the installation. This is applicable only for 11th and later generations of the Dell EMC servers.
• Production license—you can purchase production license from Dell EMC for any number of servers to be managed by OMIMSSC. This
license includes product support and OMIMSSC Appliance updates.
When you purchase a license, the .XML file (license key) is available for download through the Dell Digital Locker. If you are unable to
download your license key(s), contact Dell Support by going to dell.com/support/softwarecontacts to locate the regional Dell
Support phone number for your product.
You can discover servers in OMIMSSC using a single license file. If a server is discovered in OMIMSSC a license is used. And, if a server is
deleted, a license is released. An entry is made in the activity log of OMIMSSC for the following activities:
• license file is imported
• server is deleted from OMIMSSC and license is relinquished.
• license is consumed after discovering a server.
After you upgrade from an evaluation license to a production license, the evaluation license is overwritten with the production license. The
Licensed Nodes count is equal to the number of production licenses purchased.
Topics:
• Options after uploading licenses
• Enforcement
• Importing license in to OMIMSSC
• Viewing license details
Options after uploading licenses
Following are the options supported for license feature in OMIMSSC
License file for new purchases
When you place an order for purchasing a new license, an email is sent from Dell about the order confirmation, and you can download the
new license file from the Dell Digital store. The license is in an .xml format. If the license is in a .zip format, extract the license .xml file from
the .zip file before uploading.
Stacking licenses
You can stack multiple production licenses to increase the number of supported servers to the sum of the servers in the uploaded licenses.
An evaluation license cannot be stacked. The number of supported servers cannot be increased by stacking, and requires the use of
multiple
OMIMSSC Appliances.
If there are already multiple licenses uploaded, the number of supported servers are the sum of the servers in the licenses at the time the
last license was uploaded.
Replacement of licenses
If there is a problem with your order, or when you try to upload a modified or corrupt file, an error message is displayed for the same. You
can request for another license file from the Dell Digital Locker. Once you receive a replacement license, the replacement license contains
the same entitlement ID of the previous license. When you upload a replacement license, the license is replaced if a license was already
uploaded with the same entitlement ID.
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