License requirements

System Manager is an unlicensed application and is free to download, install, and use. However, you require storage system software licenses to enable certain services and features on your storage system, such as NFS.

Depending on the platform model, some features require license keys. A license key enables you to unlock and use a single product or multiple products. License keys are provided on a per-system basis and must be added on each system for features to work correctly. Some features do not require individual license keys; they are provided free of cost or along with other features when you install a license key for a software pack.

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 a system’s serial number to find all license keys for the system, and you can search with a sales order number to find license keys for all systems on the order. If you cannot locate your license keys from the Software Licenses page, you should contact your sales or support representative.

Preinstalled software licenses

Many of the software licenses that are required for your storage system services and features should be installed on the storage system at the factory. Therefore, you should not have to enter the license code during initial setup of the storage system except for some special circumstances described below.

CIFS

The storage system requires a software license to enable CIFS service. The license is installed on the storage system at the factory per your order; therefore, the initial setup of your storage system does not involve entering license codes.

Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP)

Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) is a service that enables you to manage Fibre Channel target adapters for use with LUNs. The storage system requires a software license to enable the FCP service. You are provided with the appropriate license codes when your storage system or software is shipped from the factory or when you are provided instructions for obtaining the software over the Internet.

HTTP

The HTTP software license is required to enable HTTP service.

NFS

The storage system requires a software license to enable NFS services. The license is installed on the storage system at the factory per your order; therefore, you should not have to enter the license code for this software.

SnapRestore

SnapRestore enables you to revert a volume or file quickly to the state it was in when a particular Snapshot copy was created. The storage system requires a license to enable the SnapRestore service.