HP StorageWorks Fabric Manager 5.x Administrator Guide (AA-RUQSF-TE, September 2005)

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To obtain licenses from transaction keys:
1. Request a transaction key file from your switch supplier.
2. Download the transaction key file from your e-mail to your client machine.
3. Log in to the switches that require a license. See ”Logging in to multiple switches simultaneously” on
page 55 for additional login information.
4. Select Tools > Licensing > Generate Licenses.
The Create License Request -- Select transaction key file or saved request dialog box opens (see
Figure 73).
Figure 73 Retrieve transaction key file
5. Open the transaction key files (not displayed in Figure 73).
The License Request Administration window opens and displays all of the features available in the
transaction key files.
6. Select the features you want from the Feature Name column.
7. Click Select Switches.
Only the switches already discovered by Fabric Manager are displayed in the Switch Selection dialog
box. Select the number of switches that match the number of transaction keys (per switch).
8. Select the switches from the SAN Elements tab for which you want to obtain licenses and then click OK.
Fabric Manager prompts you to log in to the switches if you have not already done so.
9. Do one of the following:
•Click Save Request to save the License Request file in XML format and submit it later.
•Click Load TXN Key to select another transaction key file or a saved License Request file.
•Click Submit to submit the request. If you enter your e-mail address in the request, you receive a
record of licenses by e-mail.
•Click Reset to remove any switches that you have entered in the Switches column and to reset the
available quantity.
The License Administration window opens.
10.Select the Obtained Licenses tab. All the licenses that you obtained are listed.
11.Select one or more licenses and then click Download to Switch to download the licenses to your
switches.