Activating Subscription License
Contents
1.Log in to the System Management page.
2.In the System Management page, click Activate under the License tab. The activation wizard prompts.
3.Activate your subscription license:
1)Select Activate Subscription License and click Next.
2)Enter the license ID and activation key that you received from NetBrain, with your first name, last name, and email address.
3)Select the activation method based on your situation.
▪Online (recommended) — click Activate to connect to NetBrain License Server and validate your license information immediately.
Note: If your NetBrain Web/Web API Server is not allowed to access the Internet, you can configure a proxy server. Click the 
icon at the upper-right corner, select the Use a proxy server to access the internet check box and enter the required information.
▪Via Email — validate your license information by sending an email to NetBrain.
Note: Only use this activation method when your NetBrain Web/Web API Server is not allowed to access the Internet.
a)Follow the instructions to generate your license file. Attach the file to your email and send it to NetBrain Support Team. After receiving your email, the NetBrain team will fill in the license information on NetBrain License Server and generate the corresponding activation file, and then send it back to you.
b)Click Browse to select the activation file that you received from the NetBrain team, and then click Activate.
4)A message box will prompt you the subscription license has been activated successfully. Click OK.
4.A confirmation dialog box prompts and ask you whether to generate an initial tenant. Click Yes and the initial tenant will be created automatically with all purchased nodes assigned.
Note: If you want to create a tenant later, click No. See Creating a Tenant for more details.
5.Check the tenant and domain nodes. If there is more than one domain, you need to allocate the domain.
6.To browse the license information, navigate to License > Current License Term. See License Information for more details.
License Information
The following table includes the information about your activated license.
For Separate Pool:
Foundation License Information:
Item |
Description |
License ID |
The unique identifier for the license that you have activated. |
License Type |
The type of the license that you have activated.Subscription or Permanent. ▪Subscription license: After v8.0 we only support this license type. ▪Permanent: Using for the version before v8. 0. |
Term |
The validity period of your license. |
Status |
The usage status of your current license. |
Maximum Nodes Count |
The maximum foundation device nodes that you can discover and manage in the system. |
Concurrent Seat Count |
The maximum user accounts that can log in to the system concurrently. |
Other Network Module License Information:
Common information:
Item |
Description |
Term |
The validity period of your license. |
Status |
The usage status of your current license. |
MaximumCount Information:
Item |
Description |
Maximum Ports Count (ACI License only) |
The maximum number of Cisco ACI downstream ports on Leaf and FEX. |
Maximum Nodes Count (WAP License only) |
The maximum number of LWAP nodes on Leaf and FEX. |
Maximum CPU Sockets Count (vCenter/NSX-v License) |
The maximum number of physical CPUs of the ESXi host or the ESXi host running NSX-V. |
Maximum VPCs Count (Amazon AWS License only) |
The maximum number of VPCs managed by the account. |
Maximum vNets Count (Microsoft Azure License only) |
The maximum number of vNets managed by the account. |
Max Subnet Count (Google Cloud Platform License only) |
The maximum number of subnets managed by the Google Cloud Platform. (New Supported in this version) |
Function Module License Information:
Item |
Description |
Term |
The validity period of your license. |
Status |
The usage status of your current license. |
Maximum Node Count (Change Management Module License/Application Assurance Module License/Intent Base Automation Module License) |
The maximum number of nodes could be used for this function. |
For Universal Pool:
Basic License Information:
Item |
Description |
License ID |
The unique identifier for the license that you have activated. |
License Type |
The type of the license that you have activated. •Subscription or Permanent.Subscription license: After v8.0 we only support this license type. •Permanent: Using for the version before v8. 0. |
Term |
The validity period of your license. |
Status |
The usage status of your current license. |
Maximum Nodes Count |
The maximum device nodes that you can discover and manage in the system. |
Concurrent Seat Count |
The maximum user accounts that can log in to the system concurrently. |
Other Network Module License Information
Common information:
Item |
Description |
Term |
The validity period of your license. |
Status |
The usage status of your current license. |
Maximum Count Information:
Note: All the maximum count will show as “automatically assigned”, that means all the Network Module License node will be converted as total node count.
Item |
Description |
Maximum Ports Count (ACI License only) |
The maximum number of Cisco ACI downstream ports on Leaf and FEX. |
Maximum Nodes Count (WAP License only) |
The maximum number of LWAP nodes on Leaf and FEX. |
Maximum CPU Sockets Count (vCenter/NSX-v License) |
The maximum number of physical CPUs of the ESXi host or the ESXi host running NSX-V. |
Maximum VPCs Count (Amazon AWS License only) |
The maximum number of VPCs managed by the account. |
Maximum vNets Count (Microsoft Azure License only) |
The maximum number of vNets managed by the account. |
Max Subnet Count (Google Cloud Platform License only) |
The maximum number of subnets managed by the Google Cloud Platform. (New Supported in this version) |
Function Module License Information:
Item |
Description |
Term |
The validity period of your license. |
Status |
The usage status of your current license. |
Maximum Node Count (Change Management Module License/Application Assurance Module License/Intent Base Automation Module License) |
The maximum number of nodes could be used for this function. |
Note: The Next License Term tab will only become available if you’ve purchased a license of which start date is in the future.
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