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 or if you want to add additional software licenses, you can add the software license through the Add Licenses dialog box.

Before you begin

•	The software license code for the specific Data ONTAP service must be available.

Steps

1.	From the home page, double-click the appropriate storage system.

2.	Expand the Cluster hierarchy in the left navigation pane.

3.	In the navigation pane, click Configuration > System Tools > Licenses.

4.	In the Licenses window, click Add.

5.	In the Add Licenses dialog box, enter the software license key and click Add.

For storage systems running Data ONTAP 8.2, you can add multiple licenses by entering the software license keys, separated by commas.

The new license is added.

For storage systems running Data ONTAP 8.2, the Add licenses status window displays the list of licenses that were added successfully. The window also displays the license keys of the licenses that were not added and the reason.

6.	Click Close.

Result

The software license is added to your storage system. The newly added license is also included in the list of licenses in the Licenses window.

Parent Topic: Managing licenses (cluster administrators only)

Related reference

Licenses window