Centralized Licensing on EcoStruxure BMS Servers Connected to Internet Workflow

Use this workflow to add licenses to EcoStruxure BMS servers with access to Internet.

Related information can be found in the sections after the flowchart.

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Figure: EcoStruxure BMS server licensing workflow

Install certificates on the EcoStruxure BMS server

Install certificates if you use HTTPS for communication.

Entitlements

Make sure that you have the Entitlements containing the licenses. You need the email with the entitlement during the process.

Make sure that the EcoStruxure BMS server have access to Internet

The EcoStruxure BMS server must have access to Internet for the activation process.

Add an entitlement in Device Administrator

In Device Administrator, you add entitlements that contains products and licenses.

This is done so that you can view all licenses that are available to be assigned and then activated.

Make sure that you have the HTML entitlement certificate file or the entitlement ID available .

There are two different procedures to add and set up an entitlement when you have a EcoStruxure BMS server connected to internet:

When the HTML entitlement certificate file is available.

This is the preferred and easiest method.

For more information, see Adding an Entitlement using the HTML file when an EcoStruxure BMS Server is Connected to License Activation Server .
When the HTML entitlement certificate file is not available you must use the entitlement ID.

For more information, see Adding an Entitlement without the HTML file when an EcoStruxure BMS Server is Connected to License Activation Server .

Assign licenses to the EcoStruxure BMS server

Use the License Products available in the entitlements to assign License Features to the EcoStruxure BMS servers.

For more information, see Assigning Licenses .

Activate licenses onthe EcoStruxure BMS server

For more information, see Activating Licenses Online .