Working with Licenses

You can view current licenses, verify your license count, and add new licenses from the License page. When you add switches to a stack, one AirWave license covers the switch stack.

Figure 1 illustrates this page, and Table 1 describes the contents.

Figure 1  Home > License Page Illustration

Adding licenses

To add a license:

  1. Open the email containing your license key, and select and copy the text of that license.
  2. From the Home > License page, click Add. A pop up window opens.
  3. Paste the text of the license into the pop up window, and click Add. The HPE Aruba Networking End-User License Agreement appears.
  4. Review the license agreement, then click I Accept. The newly added license displays in the License table.

Viewing licenses

You can click in the license table to view a pop up that shows details of any license key.

Table 1: License Table Fields and Descriptions

Field

Description

Organization

Displays the organization listed on your license key.

Product

This product description is read directly from the license key.

Package

Displays the license type. For example, this could be a license for an enterprise AirWave server, or a smaller license to support additional devices.

Type

Shows whether the license is for a Conductor Console, an AirWave server, or a failover server.

Device Count

Number of devices supported by the license.

IP Address

IP address of the AirWave server using the license. This address is read directly from the license key.

Days Remaining

Remaining number of days on a trial license.

Expiration Date

Expiration date of the temporary or evaluation license.

Valid

Indicates that the license is valid and active.

Configuring License Expiration Email Notifications

For licenses with an expiration date, the administrator can configure email messages to notify specified parties of when a license is set to expire. AirWave sends an expiration notification email six months, three months, one month, and one week prior to expiration. Additionally, the email lists time remain for each expiring license installed on the AirWave server. This feature is disabled by default.

To configure Expiry Notifications:

  1. Navigate to Home > License > Expiry Notification Settings.
  2. Check the Receive Email Notifications check box to enable.
  3. Insert any number of email addresses separated by spaces, commas, or semicolons.
  4. Click Save.