Concept
License Information
The License Information in the Control Panel gives you an overview of the licenses in your EcoStruxure BMS.
Recommended Setup
It is recommended that you use one separate License server for every Enterprise Central and Enterprise Server. It is easier to get an overview of your licenses if you use a dedicated server for every Enterprise Central and Enterprise Server.
If two or more Enterprise Servers gets their licenses from the same license server, you cannot identify which Enterprise Server got the license.
Using a License Administrator on the same computer as the Enterprise Server or Enterprise Central makes your system less vulnerable to network failure.
If you do not use the recommended setup you get the system alarm "Invalid license server configuration".
Servers
The License Information is found in the Control Panel for every EcoStruxure BMS server but the information is slightly different for every server.
The Enterprise Central displays all licenses for the Enterprise Central. The License Information in Enterprise Central also displays information regarding all Enterprise Servers attached to the Enterprise Server and for all SmartX servers attached to the Enterprise Servers.
In the License Information in Enterprise Central you can select a specific Enterprise server and check the licenses for that server.
Enterprise server displays all licenses for the Enterprise Server and the attached SmartX servers.
SmartX server displays all licenses for the SmartX server.
License Status
You can use License information to check the license status for:
Enterprise Servers
SmartX servers
Fieldbus devices
Smart Drivers
SNMP Notifications
The information displays the status of the licenses on the License Server that is used by the Enterprise Central or the selected Enterprise Server. Licenses can have the following status:
Required : Displays the number of licenses that are required for your EcoStruxure BMS.
Used : Displays the number of licenses that are currently in use for your EcoStruxure BMS. If this number is lower than the number in Required, a license violation is displayed in the License Information. You also get a license violation bar in WorkStation. For more information, see License Violation Bar .
Available : Displays the number of available licenses that are activated on the License Server but not in use in your EcoStruxure BMS.
Activated : Displays the total number of licenses that are activated on the License server, used and unused.
License Information Enterprise Server and SmartX Server
License Information Enterprise Central
Licensing Overview