Managing feature licenses (cluster administrators only)

Installing license keys, also known as license codes, enables you to use certain features, services, or packs on your cluster.

You must install license keys on your cluster before you can use the products or features that require them. You install each key one time to license the entire cluster. License keys are issued based on the number of nodes in your cluster. If you add new nodes to your cluster, you need to add new licenses that are valid for the new total number of nodes in the cluster.

You can find license keys for your initial or add-on software orders at the NetApp Support Site under My Support > Software Licenses. For instance, you can search with your software serial number to find all license keys for your cluster, and you can search with a sales order number to find all license keys related to the order. If you cannot locate your license keys from the Software Licenses page, you should contact your sales or support representative.

You can add, delete, and display information about feature licenses by using the system license commands.

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Adding licenses

If your storage system software was installed at the factory, System Manager automatically adds the software to its list of licenses. If the software was not installed at the factory, you can add the software license from the Add License dialog box.

Deleting licenses

You can use the Licenses window to delete an expired software license. However, you cannot delete the disk sanitization license after it is installed on your system.