Managing license keys

This storage system includes base and optional software features for Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G100, G200, G400, G600, G800 or Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform F400, F600, F800 storage systems that must be enabled by installing license keys. This chapter describes the types of available licenses, license capacity calculation, and instructions for installing, enabling, disabling, and uninstalling license keys.

Parent Topic

• Device Manager - Storage Navigator

  Hitachi Device Manager - Storage Navigator (HDvM - SN) provides a unified GUI for managing and optimizing the storage systems. HDvM - SN communicates directly with the storage system using a LAN to obtain storage system configuration and status information and send user-requested commands to the storage system.

Child Topics

• License keys overview
• License key types

  To use software, you must install the license key provided when you purchase that software.

• Using the permanent key
• Using the term key
• Using the temporary key
• Using the emergency key
• Estimating licensed capacity
• Displaying the amount of capacity used by program products
• Installing and uninstalling software
• License key expiration