User Guide

Licenses
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Rack Licensing
The application licensing is on a per rack basis. For example, a 100-rack license allows you to define 100 racks
across all floor plans. Defining a total number of racks that exceeds your application license will create a
notification pop-up at each subsequent log in.
The maintenance licensing provides access to application and shape database maintenance upgrades for the term of
the maintenance license.
License enforcement
You can apply a production license that has a purchased rack count against it. The application will give visual
feedback on the number of racks in plans and how many are licensed.
At log in, once the total plans reach the licensed rack count, the application starts informing you that you have
exceeded the rack count. It will not allow you to place any racks beyond the licensed count. This includes copy
and paste of racks and through any use of the web service interface or import.
License activation
After installing the software, you must activate the license.
To activate a license:
1. After logging into the application, select Licenses from the primary navigation panel.
2. Select Licenses from the secondary navigation panel.
3. From the Actions, Licenses pane, select Activate.
4. Enter your Entitlement ID, and click Get Entitlement.
5. In the table, on the Data Center Planner Maintenance line, enter the number of maintenance licenses to be
activated in the Copies to activate column.
6. On the Data Center Planner line, enter the number of racks to be activated.
7. The number of licenses/racks activated will be subtracted from the total number purchased in the Copies
remaining column.
8. Click Activate.
Off-Line License Activation
If you install Data Center Planner install on a protected network, and it is not able to communicate with our
licensing servers on the Internet, you will have to perform off-line license activation. Please let your sales team