Activating licensed functions

This section contains information to help you activate your licensed functions.

To activate your licensed functions, you must perform the following actions:

• Obtain your feature activation codes.
• Apply the activation codes to your storage unit. You can apply the activation codes by importing a file that you download from the IBM Disk Storage Feature Activation (DSFA) Web site.

The initial enablement of any optional DS6000™ licensed function is a concurrent activity (assuming the appropriate level of microcode is installed on the machine for the given function).

• Obtaining activation codes
  Complete this task to obtain your feature activation codes for the licensed features for each storage unit. To obtain your activation codes, you must connect to the IBM Disk Storage Feature Activation (DSFA) Web site.
• Importing activation codes (real-time only)
  Complete this task to import the activation codes that must be applied before you can begin configuring storage on a storage unit.
• Applying activation codes (real-time only)
  Complete this task to apply the activation codes that enable you to begin configuring storage on a storage unit.