License
The license mechanism of Energy Manager limits the number of the devices in the hierarchy. You can find the number of available licenses and used licenses by clicking ‘About’ in the banner area of Energy Manager.
You may use Energy Manager with either the hardware license Server Option Bundle or the Node License Pack.
The hardware license Server Option Bundle means that the following devices can be managed without consuming the licensed device number.
Lenovo server with hardware license
Unmanaged device (Energy Manager does not communicate with these devices at all)
The Node License Pack means that you may purchase license from Lenovo to manage devices besides Lenovo servers with hardware license. You need to follow the steps below to get the Node License Pack:
Purchase Node License Pack from Lenovo.
Import the license file by clicking the link ‘Import new licenses’ in the ‘About’ dialog.
For a newly installed Energy Manager, you may manage maximal 500 nodes and the effective time is 90 days. If this license expires and some managed devices don’t have hardware license, Energy Manager would stop working until a valid license imported. It means that if you need to manage devices besides Lenovo servers with hardware license when the license expires, you have to purchase the Node License Pack.
Only one license is available for an Energy Manager instance. Importing a new license file will overwrite the existing one.