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Adding licenses

Your storage system software was installed at the factory. Storage Manager automatically adds the software to its list of licenses.

Before you begin

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

About this task

  • When you add a new license in a MetroCluster configuration, it is a best practice to add the license on the surviving site cluster as well.

  • You cannot use Storage Manager to add the Cloud Volumes ONTAP license. The Cloud Volumes ONTAP license is not listed in the license page. Storage Manager does not raise any alert about the entitlement risk status of the Cloud Volumes ONTAP license.

  1. Click Cluster > Settings.
  2. In the Licenses card, click the arrow icon .
  3. Click +Add.
  4. Either select Use 28 character license keys and type the value in the LICENSE KEYS field, or select the key file generated from the LKMS by clicking Browse.
  5. Click Save.

Result

The software license is added to your storage system and is displayed in the list of licenses in the Licenses window.

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