After the IBM service representative has installed your system
and before you can configure it, you must activate your licensed features
on each storage unit.
The DS6000™ is
licensed at the following levels:
- Machine licensing uses licensed machine code (LMC) to license the base models and expansion models. When you receive a base
or expansion model, you receive an LMC agreement.
The use of the machine constitutes acceptance of the license terms outlined
in the LMC agreement.
- Operating environment licensing manages the machine operating environment.
An operating environment license (OEL) is required on every DS6000 base unit .
The licensing must cover the physical capacity of the base unit and all attached
expansion 4 units, excluding inactivated Standby CoD capacity.
- Function licensing controls the Copy Services and parallel access
volume licenses. Function licensing depends on the type of data (count key
data or fixed block data) that is used with the function.
You order both the operating environment and function licensing using the function authorization feature numbers.
After you purchase the function
authorization features that authorize the operating environment licenses and
function licenses for each storage unit, you must activate them using the following steps:
- Obtain the activation codes from the following IBM Web site: http://www.ibm.com/storage/dsfa
- Enter the activation codes in your system.