One way to preserve copies of your licenses and license keys is to save the output of the showcodlicense -vcommand. You can cut-and-paste the this output to restore any lost license keys. For example:

XSCF> showcodlicense -v

 

 

Description

Ver

Expiration

Count

Status

-----------

---

----------

-----

------

PROC

01

NONE

3

GOOD

01:803a9241:000000002:0301010100:3:00000000:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

PROC 01 NONE 2 GOOD 01:803a9241:000000003:0301010100:2:00000000:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XSCF>

To restore lost licenses, enter a command similar to the following for each lost license:

XSCF> addcodlicense

01:803a9241:000000002:0301010100:3:00000000:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

License Allocation

The XSCF firmware allocates COD licenses automatically on a first-come, first- served basis. However, you can reserve licenses if you want to make sure a specific number of COD licenses are allocated to a particular domain.

Licenses are allocated to COD resources either when a domain with a COD board is powered on or when a new COD board is installed and powered on.

At board power on, the Service Processor determines which processing resources are in working order and requests licenses for them. The XSCF firmware checks its license database and current usage, determines which boards are COD boards, and allocates licenses to their resources. It then tells the Service Processor which resources to configure into the domain.

The Service Processor configures only the COD resources approved by the XSCF firmware. Any COD resource that remains unlicensed is not configured into the domain and is assigned a COD-disabledstatus.

When you remove a COD board from a domain through a reconfiguration operation, when a domain containing a COD board is shut down normally, or when the Service Processor detects a fault and unconfigures a board from the domain, the COD licenses for the resources on those boards are released and added to the pool of available licenses.

License allocation does not change during a Service Processor reboot or failover. All licenses remain allocated to their resources.

80 SPARC Enterprise Mx000 Servers Administration Guide • November 2007