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Preparing for Installation
Before you install 3WXM, make sure you have the appropriate
administrative privileges on the system and a license key if required. If you
plan to install the HP OpenView plug-in for 3WXM, which allows you to
integrate 3WXM into an HP OpenView environment, make sure that HP
OpenView is already installed.
User Privileges Before you install 3WXM, make sure that you are logged in as a user who
has permission to install software, or as an administrator.
After you install 3WXM, you can configure 3WXM access privileges for
the user accounts on the machine. Likewise, you can configure access
privileges for 3WXM Services, if installed. Access privileges for the 3WXM
client are completely independent of access privileges for 3WXM Services,
and are configured separately.
Serial Number,
License Key and
Activation Key
The serial number is generated automatically when the 3WXM software
is installed.
The license key is included with your 3WXM software packaging. You will
need a separate license key for each host on which you plan to run
3WXM. The license supplied with 3WXM allows you to manage up to 10
wireless switches. If you plan to manage more wireless switches, you will
also need an Unlimited Device license key (3CWXMUPA). You will need a
separate Unlimited Device license key for each host on which you plan to
run 3WXM to manage more than 10 devices.
If you do not have a license key, you can run 3WXM for 30 days. Once
this trial period is over you will need to purchase a license to continue
running the 3WXM software.
When you initially run the 3WXM software, it will ask if it is to be run as a
trial or as a fully licensed version. In the latter case, it will then ask for the
license key. The software will then display the serial number and ask for
an activation key.
To obtain an activation key, you must register the product with 3Com. If
you press the Get Activation Key button, your web browser will be
automatically launched at the correct pages for registering the product.
Once registration is complete, your activation key will then be displayed
and e-mailed to you.