Activating your machine and feature licenses by using the DS CLI
Use the steps that are described in this task to activate your license activation codes. These codes must be activated before any configuration can be applied to your DS8000® network.
Before you begin
Multiple codes are associated with these features. For a complete list of activation codes, see the IBM® Disk Storage Feature Activation (DSFA) website at: Data storage feature activation
On the website, enter your machine type, serial number, and machine signature. If you need to acquire the information to complete these fields, issue the DS CLI showsu command to show the machine type and serial number, and the showsi command to show the machine signature.
After the activation codes are available, download the codes in XML
format onto a CD or USB drive. You can then import the codes from the XML file
when you process the DS CLI applykey command.
Notes:
- For DS8000, in most situations, the DSFA application can locate your 283x license authorization record when you enter the DS8000 (2107) serial number and signature. However, if the 2244 license authorization record is not attached to the 2107 record, you must assign it to the 2107 record in the DSFA application. In this situation, you must have the 283x serial number (which you can find on the License Function Authorization document).
About this task
Complete the following steps to activate your license activation codes: