Dell DX6004S DX Cluster Services Node Installation and Configuration Guide - Page 11

2.3.3.1. Contact and Storage Information The license information is displayed once the license is published as part of the license details popup on the DX Storage admin console. To add or update this information, click the 'Edit' button under the License Contact and Storage Information section of the interface and enter the desired company name, address and cluster description information. Only the company name is required but populating the address and description fields is recommended to assist with easily distinguishing licenses from multiple locations. When all the desired information has been entered, click the 'Update' button to save the changes. 2.3.3.2. Entering License Keys The license interface supports entry of two different types of license keys: hardware keys and capacity keys. Hardware keys are used to determine the validity of the host hardware for each storage node at boot. Unauthorized hardware will log a critical error followed by a forced shutdown. Hardware keys are updated infrequently and, in most installs, pre-populated so additional entry is not required. Once entered hardware keys cannot be deleted. Administrators who receive hardware validation errors for storage nodes that are believed to be authorized should contact their support representative. Capacity keys are more commonly entered than hardware keys. Printed capacity keys are delivered in conjunction with a hardware shipment. The capacity increment for an individual capacity key usually corresponds to the capacity of an individual storage node. Each key represents a preallocated amount of license space from 3TB to 480 TB. The sum of all entered capacity keys determines the total amount of available licensed capacity for the cluster as a whole. The total capacity for all keys is displayed at the bottom of the license key grid for easy validation. Both types of license keys are represented by an encoded string broken down into 6 groups of 5 characters each, separated by dashes (XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX). To enter a new key, click the 'Add License Key' button on the main licensing page and enter the capacity key exactly as printed. When complete, click the 'Add' button to submit the key. Invalid or mistyped keys will result in an error on the screen. To proceed, either correct the key entry or click 'Cancel' Copyright © 2010 Caringo, Inc. All rights reserved 8 Version 2.0 December 2010