Activating license entitlements in PLDS

Before you begin

You know the Host ID of the License Host if you are activating license entitlements on a new License Host.

About this task

Use the License Activation Code (LAC) to activate one or more license entitlements. You can activate all of the licenses, or you can specify a number of licenses to activate from the quantity available. Upon successful activation of the license entitlements, PLDS creates an Activation Record and sends an Activation Notification e-mail message to the customer who is registered with the entitlements. The Activation Record and Activation Notification provide details on the number of activated licenses and the License Host. The license file can be accessed on the License/Keys tab of the Activation Record in PLDS and is also an attachment to the Activation Notification e-mail message. You must install the license file on WebLM to use the licenses.

Note

If you are not using WebLM to manage the licenses, you must install the license file on each B5800 Branch Gateway to use the licenses. For more information, see Licensing.

For more information on PLDS, see Getting Started with Avaya PLDS at http://support.avaya.com.

Procedure

Type http://plds.avaya.com in your Web browser to access the Avaya PLDS Web site.
Enter your Login ID and password to log on to the PLDS Web site.
In the LAC(s) field of the Quick Activation section, enter the LAC that you received in an e-mail message.
Note
If you do not have an e-mail message with your LAC, you can search for your entitlements and locate the LAC. See “Searching for entitlements” in Getting Started with Avaya PLDS.

Note
The Quick Activation automatically activates all license entitlements on the LAC. However, you can remove line items or specify a number of licenses to activate from the quantity available.
Enter the License Host information.
You can either create a new license host or use an existing license host.
Click Next to validate the registration detail.
Enter the License Host Information.
The Host ID is the MAC address of the server hosting the WebLM server. The Host ID is obtained from the Server Properties page of the WebLM server where the license file will be installed.

Note
If you are not using WebLM to manage the licenses, you would enter the Host ID of the B5800 Branch Gateway. This is the Feature Key Serial Number printed on the System SD card. You must add dashes between pairs of digits to provide the number in MAC address format (nn-nn-nn-nn-nn-nn). You can also get the Host ID from Manager. For more information, see Licensing.
Enter the number of licenses to activate.
Review the Avaya License Agreement and accept the agreement if you agree.
Perform the following steps to send an activation notification e-mail message:
1. In the E-mail to field, enter e-mail addresses for any additional activation notification recipients.
2. Enter any comments or special instructions in the Comments field.
3. Click Finish.
Click View Activation Record.
- The Overview tab displays a summary of the license activation information.
- The Ownership tab displays the registration information.
- The License/Key tab displays the license files resulting from the license activation. In general, a single license file will be generated for each application. From the License/Key tab, you can view and download the license file. Install each license file on the WebLM server associated with the License Host.
- The License/Key tab displays the license files resulting from the license activation.

Next Steps

Install a license file in WebLM. See Installing a license file in WebLM