Manage licenses

The system comes with a 90-day trial SEC2CPU license for lab tests or pre-sale demonstration. Before using UIS-Sec security services officially, purchase a formal SEC2CPU license and register the license as a best practice. You can use all UIS-Sec features as long as the trial license or registered formal license has not expired. After the trial license expires, you cannot request new resources but can still view and reclaim existing resources.

Each SEC2CPU license allows management of two physical CPUs.

Restrictions and guidelines

• The trial license does not require connection to the license server.

• The trial license becomes invalid the moment you connect UIS-Sec to the license server and will not become valid again even if you disconnect UIS-Sec from the license server.

• Created resources are still available after you disconnect UIS-Sec from the license server.

• Before connecting the UIS-Sec portal of UIS Manager Standard Edition to the license server, upload the license activation file to the license server.

• UIS-Sec security services can be licensed on the number of objects that can be managed or the features that can be used.

License registration procedure

Table-1 UIS-Sec license registration procedure

Step	Description
Install the license server software	For more information, see H3C License Server Installation Guide at https://www.h3c.com/en/Support/Resource_Center/HK/License_Server/H3C_License_Server/H3C_License_Server/.
Obtain the DID file	Obtain the license server device ID (DID) file.
Request a license activation file	Access the H3C official website to request a license activation file for the first time or request upgrade license activation files.
Register a license	Upload the license activation file to the license server. Access the license server from UIS and request a license from the server.

 

Obtain the DID file

1. Log in to the license server.

2. From the left navigation pane, select License Management > Activation Files.

3. Click Export DID to download the DID file of the license server.

If the name of the DID file contains Chinese characters, activation file obtained by using the DID file might fail to be decoded. As a best practice, use the default DID file name.

 

Request a license activation file

After registration, the activation file becomes invalid if the license server or VM has hardware or NIC configuration changes, such as CPU, disk, or NIC replacement, NIC disabling and enabling, and NIC corruption.

 

Perform either of the following tasks to register a license:

• Register a license for the first time

• Expand the existing license

Register a license for the first time

1. Access http://www.h3c.com/en/Support/Online_Help/License_Service/.

2. Click Register the First Time.

3. Select Cloud_H3C UIS Cloud Platform as the product category.

4. Configure license information as described in Table-2.

Table-2 Configuring license information

Item	Description
License key	Enter the license key.
Device information file	Upload the DID file.
Contact information	Specify contact information. Fields with an asterisk (*) are required.

 

5. Enter the verification code, select I accept all terms of H3C Legal Statement, and then click Get activation key or file.

6. Download the activation file to the local disk.

Expand the existing license

1. Access http://www.h3c.com/en/Support/Online_Help/License_Service/.

2. Click Register Upgrade Licenses.

3. Select Cloud_H3C UIS Cloud Platform as the product category.

4. Configure license information as described in Table-3.

Table-3 Configuring license information

Item	Description
Device information file	Upload the DID file that you have obtained.
License key	Enter the license key.
Contact information	Specify contact information. Fields with an asterisk (*) are required.

 

5. Enter the verification code, select I accept all terms of H3C Legal Statement, and then click Get activation key or file.

6. Download the activation file to the local disk.

Obtain the license

After obtaining the license activation file, upload the file to the license server, and then connect the UIS-Sec portal of UIS Manager Standard Edition to the license server to obtain the license.

Upload the license activation file

1. Log in to the license server.

2. From the left navigation pane, select License Management > License Files.

3. Click Install license file.

4. Select the license activation file.

5. Click OK.

The uploaded activation file will be displayed on the activation file management page.

Connect UIS to the license server

1. Log in to the UIS-Sec portal of UIS Manager Standard Edition.

2. On the top navigation bar, click System.

3. From the left navigation pane, select Licensing.

4. Enter the IP address, username, password, and port number of the license server.

5. Click Connect.

After the connection is established successfully, the UIS-Sec portal of UIS Manager Standard Edition will automatically obtain all license information.

Figure-1 License management page