Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 User's Guide

License operations

Before you perform the license management tasks, ensure that you acquire the licenses. For more information, see the Methods for acquiring licenses.

You can perform the following licensing operations using iDRAC, RACADM, WSMan, Redfish and Lifecycle Controller-Remote Services for one-to-one license management, and Dell License Manager for one-to-many license management:

• View — View the current license information.
• Import — After acquiring the license, store the license in a local storage and import it into iDRAC using one of the supported interfaces. The license is imported if it passes the validation checks.
  NOTE Although you can export the factory-installed license, you cannot import it. To import the license, download the equivalent license from the Digital Locker or retrieve it from the email you received when you purchased the license.
  NOTE After importing the license, you need to re-login to iDRAC. This is applicable only for iDRAC web interface.
• Export — Exports the installed license. For more information, see the iDRAC Online Help.
• Delete — Deletes the license. For more information, see the iDRAC Online Help.
• Learn More — Learn more about an installed license, or the licenses available for a component installed in the server.
  NOTE For the Learn More option to display the correct page, ensure that *.dell.com is added to the list of Trusted Sites in the Security Settings. For more information, see the Internet Explorer help documentation.

For one-to-many license deployment, you can use Dell License Manager. For more information, see Dell License Manager User's Guide available at https://www.dell.com/esmmanuals.

Following are the user privilege requirements for different license operation:

• Licence View and Export: Login privilege.
• License Import and Delete: Login + Configure iDRAC + Server Control privilege.