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6 Managing Licenses
Some of the features described in this chapter are not included in HP Storage Essentials Standard Edition. To determine which features apply to your product, see the List of Features.
Standard Edition supports a subset of the devices supported by Enterprise Edition. For a list of the devices supported by Standard Edition, see your product’s Support Matrix. The List of Features and the support matrix are also accessible from the Documentation Center (Help > Documentation Center in Storage Essentials).
This chapter contains the following topics:
•Importing a License File, page 170
•Viewing Cumulative Licenses, page 171
•Viewing a Specific License, page 171
•License Setup for Array Performance Pack, page 172
•Upgrading License from Standard Edition to Enterprise Edition, page 174
About the License
The management server restricts the number of elements it manages through its license. It is important you keep your license up to date with the requirements of your network. The management server has several different types of license restrictions, as shown in Table 14 on page 167.
Table 14 License Restrictions
Type of Restriction | Description | Unit of Measurement |
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MAPs | The management software restricts the | Number of MAPs |
| number of hardware elements it manages |
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| through the use of managed access points |
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| (MAPs) for hardware. A MAP is the sum of |
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| all storage access ports of all hardware |
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| elements that the management server |
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| manages. See Table 15 on page 169 for |
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| more information. |
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