Registering your license and obtaining a license key

To register your license and obtain a license key:

  1. Log on to the My Networking portal at http://www.hp.com/networking/mynetworking.

  2. Select My Licenses.

    Locate the Order number or Registration ID field, as shown in Figure 26.

    Entering an order number or registration ID

    Entering an order number or registration ID

  3. Enter your order number or registration ID in the field provided (above), and then click Next.

    • If you enter a registration ID, go to step 5.

    • If you enter an order number, the Email field appears, as shown in Figure 27.

    Entering an e-mail address

    Entering an e-mail address

  4. In the Email field, enter either the “Ship to” or “Sold to” e-mail address listed in your sales order confirmation, and then click Next.

    A license selection screen appears, as shown in Figure 28.

    Selecting licenses

    Selecting licenses

  5. Select the license type, enter the quantity to be registered to your Install ID, and then click Next.


    NOTE:

    • For an HP VAN SDN Ctrl Base SW w/ 50–node E-LTU license, the quantity must be 1.

    • For HP VAN SDN Ctrl 50–node E-LTU or HP VAN SDN Ctrl HA E-LTU licenses, quantity is the number of licenses to be installed with a single Install ID.

    • For information on using this process for an application license, see the administrator guide for that application.


    The registration details screen appears, as shown in Figure 29.

    Entering the install ID

    Entering the install ID

  6. In the Install ID field, enter your Install ID number. (See “Identifying the install ID”.

  7. Optional: Enter a Friendly name and Customer notes for this license.

  8. Click Next.

    The end user software license agreement screen appears, as shown in Figure 30.

    Accepting the license agreement

    Accepting the license agreement

  9. To continue after reading the license agreement, select I accept all of the above terms, and then click Finish.

    The confirmation screen appears, as shown in Figure 31.

    Reviewing your registration

    Reviewing your registration

  10. Review your license registration details, and record the License key listed.

  11. Optional: To download the license key file, click Save as, and then save it to your local hard drive.

  12. Optional: To e-mail the registration details:

    1. Enter one or more e-mail addresses, separated by a comma or semi-colon in the field provided.

    2. Optional: Enter Comments about this license.

    3. Click Send email.

  13. Optional: If you want to register additional licenses for this order:

    1. Click Register more for this order to return to the license selection screen shown in Figure 28.

    2. Repeat steps 5 through 13 until you have registered all licenses.

To view your license information:

  1. Click on My Licenses on the My Networking portal.

    My Licenses tab

    My Licenses tab

  2. Click on View Licenses to see a screen similar to the following.

    Viewing licenses

    Viewing licenses

  3. To view the information for the license you just loaded, click on the Select button for that license. You will then see a screen similar to the following:

Figure 34.

Viewing your license and other information

Viewing your license and other information

Record the license key in the above screen for use when you activate the license on the controller.