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Steelhead Appliance Installation and Configuration Guide
Managing Riverbed Licenses
Automatic Licensing
Automatic Licensing
Automatic licensing allows the Steelhead appliance, once connected to the network, to automatically
contact the Riverbed Licensing Portal to retrieve and install license keys onto the appliance. Automatic
licensing simplifies inventory management and provides an automated mechanism of fetching licenses for
Riverbed products without having to manually activate individual appliances and licenses.
If you are behind a firewall you can retrieve licenses at the Riverbed Licensing Portal using the email option
or by downloading and XML file to the Central Management Console. For detailed information, see
“Retrieving Licenses Using the Riverbed Licensing Portal” on page 21
Automatic licensing also works over a web proxy. For details on setting up a web proxy, see the
Steelhead
Appliance Management Console User’s Guide
.
Tip:
If automatic licensing fails an error message is displayed in the Management Console. Go to the Riverbed Licensing
Portal and follow the instructions for retrieving your licenses.
To view licenses on a new Steelhead appliance
Connect the new Steelhead appliance to the network.
The Steelhead appliance automatically contacts the Riverbed Licensing Portal which downloads and
installs the licenses. The Management Console Licensing page displays a success message or the Alarm
Status page reports an actionable error message.
To replace expired licenses
Purchase new downloadable licenses to replace the expired license.
At the time of the next scheduled automatic license fetch, the Steelhead appliance automatically
contacts the Riverbed License Portal and downloads the new licenses. The Management Console
Licensing page displays a success message or the Alarm Status page reports an actionable error
message. You do not need to delete the expired license. The system uses the license with the latest
expiration date.
To fetch a license on demand
1.
In the Management Console choose Configure > Maintenance > Licenses to display the Licenses page.
2.
Click
Fetch Updates Now
.
The Management Console Licensing page displays a success message or the Alarm Status page reports
an actionable error message.
Note:
Only administrator users can fetch and install licenses. For detailed information on administrator and monitor
users, see the
Steelhead Appliance Management Console User’s Guide
.
