Activating licensed functions

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After the IBM® service representatives complete your DS8000 series installation, your first step is to activate your licensed functions. You can also activate new licenses if they are purchased after installation. Licensed functions are used to activate advanced features of the DS8000 storage system.

About this task

For a list of licensed functions that DS8000 supports and options for purchasing them, see the online product documentation about licensed functions.

Procedure

Activate the licensed functions from either the System Setup wizard in the DS8000 Storage Management GUI or the Licensed Functions tab on the System settings page.

  1. Click Activate Licensed Functions or Activate.
  2. Enter the license keys.
    • If you received your license keys from an IBM service representative, enter them in the Activate Licensed Functions window.
    • If you need to obtain your license keys from the IBM Entitled Systems Support (ESS) website, complete the following steps.
      1. Go to the IBM Entitled Systems Support (ESS) website.
      2. Click Log in.
      3. Enter your IBMid.
      4. Click Continue.
      5. Enter your IBMid password.
      6. Click Log in.
      7. Click My Entitled Hardware.
      8. Click Storage License Management.
      9. Click DS8000 tile.
      10. Select the machine type from the menu. Enter the serial number and machine signature of your DS8000 system. You can find this information either by clicking Need Help in the Activate Licensed Functions window or by selecting the Properties action on the System page.
      11. Click Search.
      12. Click Actions.
      13. Click Download all authorization codes to get the license keys XML file.
      14. In the Activate Licensed Functions window, click the Browse icon to select the license keys XML file that you downloaded and click Open.
  3. Click Activate.