User guide

ExtremeWare EPICenter Software User Guide 2-7
Installing on a Windows NT or Windows 2000 System
For information on installing and running Windows NT or WIndows 2000, refer to
the documentation supplied with your Microsoft Windows software.
To install the EPICenter software components under Windows NT you must have
Windows NT administrator privileges on that system.
If you have the previous software releaseinstalled, the installation script willalso migrate
your database information to the new EPICenter software version.
If you are running an evaluation version of the EPICenter software, DO NOT
REINSTALL the EPICenter software to upgrade to a permanent license if you want
to retain the information in your EPICenter database. Using the license installation
utility will preserve the contents of the database.
To update an evaluation copy of the EPICenter server to a licensed copy without
reinitializing thedatabase,followtheupdateproceduredescribedin“AddingorUpdating
the License Key” on page 2-10.
To install the ExtremeWare EPICenter server, follow these steps:
1 Close any open applications.
2 Insert the CDROM into the CDROM drive.
3 In most cases, the ExtremeWare EPICenter Welcome screen appears automatically. If it
does not:
a Open My Computer or Windows Explorer, and go to your CDROM drive.
b Open the
nt directory, and start setup.exe.
The ExtremeWare EPICenter Welcome screen appears.
4 Follow the on-screen instructions to progress through the Welcome screen.
5 If you are running EPICenter 3.0, you are notified that the services will be stopped in
order to install the EPICenter 3.1 software. If this is acceptable, click Yes.
6 Click Yes to accept the license agreement.
7 Enteryourcompanyinformation.
8 Enteryourlicensekey.
The license key is a case-sensitive string starting with “EP” and followed by 12
characters (a mixture of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special
characters) that you obtained from the Extreme Networks web site.
The license key is NOT the same as the activation key, which starts with “AC,” and
found on the License Agreement shipped with your purchased product. You use the