Licensed functions
The base license that is provided with your system includes the use of its basic functions. However, the following extra licenses can be purchased to expand the capabilities of your system. Administrators are responsible for purchasing extra licenses and configuring the systems within the license agreement, which includes configuring the settings of each licensed function on the system.
The system uses key-based licensing where an authorization code is used to activate licensed functions on the system. The authorization code is sent with the Licensed Function Authorization documents that you receive after the licensed is purchased the license. These documents contain the authorization codes that are required to obtain keys for each licensed function that you purchased for your system. For each license that you purchase, a separate document with an authorization code is sent to you. Several licensed functions have 90-day trial licenses available. You can use the trial licenses to determine whether the function works as expected, create a business justification for licensed function, or test the benefit in your actual environment. If you use a trial license, the system warns you when the trial is about to expire at regular intervals. If you do not purchase and activate the license on the system before the trial license expires, all configuration that uses the trial licenses is suspended.
- The Easy Tier responds to pools that have a mixture of flash, enterprise, and nearline storage in any combination. The system automatically and nondisruptively moves data between the MDisks to optimize performance. For example, Easy Tier moves frequently accessed data from enterprise or nearline MDisks to flash drive MDisks, thus placing such data in a faster tier of storage. A 90-day trial version of this function is available. If a license is not purchased and activated before the trial period expires, the system automatically suspends any configuration that is associated with the function. You can manually remove any configuration related to this function or select in the management GUI. You can run the fix procedure that is related to the event that is generated when the trial license expires.
- The remote-mirroring function enables you to set up a relationship between two volumes, so that updates that are made by an application to one volume are mirrored on the other volume. The volumes can be in the same system or on two different systems. The license settings only apply to the system on which you are configuring license settings. For remote-copy partnerships, a license is also required on any remote systems that are in the partnership. A 90-day trial version of this function is available. If a license is not purchased and activated before the trial period expires, the system automatically suspend any configuration that is associated with the function. You can manually remove any configuration related to this function or select in the management GUI. You can run the fix procedure that is related to the event that is generated when the trial license expires.
- The FlashCopy upgrade extends the base FlashCopy function that is shipped with the product. The base version of FlashCopy limits the system to 64 target volumes. With the FlashCopy upgrade license activated on the system, an unlimited number of FlashCopy mappings are allowed. If you reach the limit imposed by the base function before activating the upgrade license, you cannot create any more FlashCopy mappings.
- Turbo Performance function provides enhanced performance for the system. A 90-day trial version of this function is available. If a license is not purchased and activated before the trial period expires, the system reverts to non-turbo performance.