HP Manager Software manual Installing 3WXM

22CHAPTER 1: INSTALLING 3WXM

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 the monitoring service, if installed. Access privileges for the 3WXM client are completely independent of access privileges for the monitoring service, and are configured separately.

Serial Number and 3WXM comes with a base license key, which is provided on the CD cover. License Key To use 3WXM, you need to enter the base key and an activation key,

which you obtain from 3Com. The base key and activation key enable you to manage up to 10 wireless LAN switches. To manage more than 10 wireless LAN switches, you also need an upgrade key and additional activation key, which you obtain from 3Com.

Each time you start 3WXM, it checks the license information. If the product is not licensed, the License wizard is displayed.

HP OpenView If you want to integrate 3WXM into your HP OpenView environment, you Network Node have the option of installing the HP OpenView plug-in required to use

Manager Network Node Manager with 3Com products. Make sure that HP OpenView is already installed before installing 3WXM with the plug-in.