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How to find out missing licenses, How to export license using iDRAC web interface

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shipping, but it also allows for an upgrade if available. If Enterprise is ordered from Dell at point of sale on 200-500 series servers, the necessary hardware is installed in the factory. This piece of hardware is the Dell Ports card, which sits in a PCIe slot and has the RJ-45 connector for the Dedicated NIC and the slot for the vFlash SD card. For more information on the iDRAC licensing feature, see En.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20067892 How to find out missing licenses If you misplace your original license and need to retrieve the original license, follow the steps to find out missing license: • Log in to the License Management portal. • Click Manage Licenses tab. NOTE: All the licenses must be associated with the asset. The Manage Licenses tab lists the licenses that are associated with an asset. • To download license, navigate to the license and click Get Key. Deliver My License Key window is displayed. • To download the license directly to your computer, select Download and then click Submit. Select Email if you want the license key on an email. For more information on the iDRAC licensing feature, see En.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20067892. How to export license using iDRAC web interface To export the license using iDRAC web interface: • Log in to the iDRAC web interface. • On the left navigation pane of the System Summary screen, click Licenses. • If you have a single license, you can initiate the license export process by directly navigating to the License Options drop-down list. If you have multiple licenses, expand the Licenses table and navigate to the particular license, and select Export from the License Options drop-down list. • Save and click OK. The license is exported successfully. Check your download folder to verify if the export license process is successful. For more information on the iDRAC licensing feature, see En.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20067892 How to set up e-mail alerts You can set up an e-mail alert message which can be sent to one or more e-mail addresses. When iDRAC senses a platform event, such as an environmental warning or a component failure, an alert message is sent to a designated e-mail address. To configure e-mail alerts: • Log in to the iDRAC web interface. • On the left pane, click Alerts. • Click SNMP and Email Settings tab. • Navigate to the Destination the Email Addresses section. • Select the State field, enter the Destination Email Addresses, and click Apply. NOTE: Ensure that the platform event filters are configured before configuring the e-mail alert settings. NOTE: If the mail server is Microsoft Exchange 2007, you must configure the iDRAC domain name to receive alerts from the iDRAC. Server management software issues 103

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shipping, but it also allows for an upgrade if available. If Enterprise is ordered from Dell at point of sale on 200-500 series servers, the
necessary hardware is installed in the factory. This piece of hardware is the Dell Ports card, which sits in a PCIe slot and has the RJ-45
connector for the Dedicated NIC and the slot for the vFlash SD card.
For more information on the iDRAC licensing feature, see
En.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20067892
How to
find
out missing licenses
If you misplace your original license and need to retrieve the original license, follow the steps to
find
out missing license:
Log in to the License Management portal.
Click
Manage Licenses
tab.
NOTE:
All the licenses must be associated with the asset. The Manage Licenses tab lists the licenses that are associated
with an asset.
To download license, navigate to the license and click
Get Key
.
Deliver My License Key
window is displayed.
To download the license directly to your computer, select
Download
and then click
Submit
. Select
Email
if you want the license key on
an email.
For more information on the iDRAC licensing feature, see
En.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20067892
.
How to export license using iDRAC web interface
To export the license using iDRAC web interface:
Log in to the iDRAC web interface.
On the left navigation pane of the
System Summary
screen, click
Licenses
.
If you have a single license, you can initiate the license export process by directly navigating to the
License Options
drop-down list. If
you have multiple licenses, expand the
Licenses
table and navigate to the particular license, and select
Export
from the
License
Options
drop-down list.
Save and click
OK
.
The license is exported successfully. Check your download folder to verify if the export license process is successful.
For more information on the iDRAC licensing feature, see
En.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20067892
How to set up e-mail alerts
You can set up an e-mail alert message which can be sent to one or more e-mail addresses. When iDRAC senses a platform event, such as
an environmental warning or a component failure, an alert message is sent to a designated e-mail address.
To
configure
e-mail alerts:
Log in to the iDRAC web interface.
On the left pane, click
Alerts
.
Click
SNMP and Email Settings
tab.
Navigate to the
Destination the Email Addresses
section.
Select the
State
field,
enter the
Destination Email Addresses
, and click
Apply
.
NOTE:
Ensure that the platform event
filters
are
configured
before
configuring
the e-mail alert settings.
NOTE:
If the mail server is Microsoft Exchange 2007, you must
configure
the iDRAC domain name to receive alerts from the
iDRAC.
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