Specify the location of the LIC repository

You can download LIC updates from several repository locations. The level of LIC updates you want to download (most recent level or earlier level) and the type of service connection you use (your modem or direct Internet connection) can determine the repository location of the LIC updates.

For more information, see Updates under the Service Management section in the Operations Guide for the Hardware Management Console.

Select the location of the LIC repository:

None

Specifies that no repository is selected. This option is available when you select View system information. If you select None, you see only information for LIC levels currently loaded on the target managed system.

Select a specific repository to see the retrievable disruptive activate and retrievable concurrent activate code levels available at that repository, in addition to the information for LIC levels currently loaded on the target managed system.

IBM service web site

Specifies the IBM service Internet site as the repository location. This site contains only the most recent level of LIC updates. Updates can be downloaded from an HMC using your direct Internet connection.

IBM support system

Specifies the IBM Service Support System as the repository location. This site provides all available levels of LIC updates to download using either your modem or direct Internet connection.

Removeable media

Specifies removeable media on the HMC as the repository location. Examples of removeable media are the DVD drive and a USB flash memory device. When this option is selected, another window will open to allow you to select which removeable media device should be used. Select DVD drive when a LIC update was ordered and you receive the update on optical media by mail.

FTP site

Specifies a remote file transfer protocol (FTP) server site as the repository location and allows you to type the remote FTP server site, user ID, and password.

Specify FTP site when you know the update is on another system. For example, a system administrator at the Chicago branch office downloaded the update to an FTP server at his location yesterday. Today, you want to retrieve the update from the FTP server so you can download it to the server at your site. If you select the FTP site, you need to know the following information:

• FTP site - The fully qualified host and domain name of the FTP server from which you want to download the update.
• User ID - Your user ID for the FTP server.
• Password - Your password for the FTP server.
• Directory - The location on the FTP server that contains the LIC update.

Hard drive

Specifies the internal hard disk drive on the HMC as the repository location. Select this if you know the update is on the hard drive.