Activating license keys

After you have obtained your keys for each licensed function that you purchased, you can enable the keys on your system.

About this task

You can activate your licensed functions on the system in two ways:
System Setup
The management GUI provides a one-time setup wizard that configures basic settings for your system. During the system setup wizard, the management GUI prompts you to enable license keys for the system.
Management GUI
If system setup has already been completed, you can change or add license keys to your system by selecting Settings > General > Licensing in the management GUI.
Use the following instructions to activate your license keys on your system:

Procedure

  1. Use System Setup: If system setup is not complete, the management GUI prompts you to enable your license keys. You have two options to activate license keys:
    1. Automatic activation: Use this method if your system is connected to the Internet.
      1. Open a supported browser and point the browser to the management IP address for the system. This is the IP address that was set during the initialization of the system.
      2. Log on to the system.
      3. On the Licenses panel in the wizard, select the license that you want to enable and select Actions > Automatic Activation.
      4. Enter the authorization codes that were included in Storwize® V3700 Licensed Function Authorization documents that were sent to you when you purchased your licenses. Click Activate. The system setup wizard automatically connects to the DFSA website and downloads the necessary license keys.
      5. After the license keys have been downloaded, click Apply and Next to complete the rest of the system setup wizard.
    2. Manual activation: Use this method if your system is not connected to the Internet.
      1. Open a supported browser and point the browser to the management IP address for the system. This is the IP address that was set during the initialization of the system.
      2. Log on to the system.
      3. On the Licenses panel in the wizard, select the license that you want to enable and select Actions > Manual Activation.
      4. On the Manual Activation panel, enter the license keys manually or click Browse to select the keys that you downloaded from the DSFA website. Click Learn More to view instructions on obtaining the keys or see Obtaining license keys for details.
      5. Click OK.
      6. After the license keys have been downloaded, click Apply and Next to complete the rest of the system setup wizard.
  2. Use the management GUI: If system setup is complete, you can use the management GUI to enable your license keys. You have two options to activate license keys:
    1. Automatic activation: Use this method if your system is connected to the Internet.
      1. Open a supported browser and point the browser to the management IP address for the system. This is the IP address that was set during the initialization of the system.
      2. Log on to the system.
      3. Select Settings > General > Licensing
      4. On the Licensed Functions panel , select the license that you want to enable and select Actions > Automatic Activation.
      5. Enter the authorization codes that were included in Storwize V3700 Licensed Function Authorization documents that were sent to you when you purchased your licenses. Click Activate. The system setup wizard automatically connects to the DFSA website and downloads the necessary license keys.
      6. After the license keys have been downloaded, you can use the function on the system.
    2. Manual activation: Use this method if your system is not connected to the Internet.
      1. Open a supported browser and point the browser to the management IP address for the system. This is the IP address that was set during the initialization of the system.
      2. Log on to the system.
      3. Select Settings > General > Licensing
      4. On the Licensed Functions panel , select the license that you want to enable and select Actions > Manual Activation.
      5. On the Manual Activation panel, enter the license keys manually or click Browse to select the keys that you downloaded from the DSFA website. Click Learn More to view instructions on obtaining the keys or see Obtaining license keys for details.
      6. Click OK.
      7. After the license keys have been downloaded, you can use the function on the system.
    You can also activate licenses using the activatefeature command.