Installing a Secure Excelerator License

You must purchase and install a Secure Excelerator license for each appliance on which you are installing Secure Excelerator.

Three levels of Secure Excelerator licenses are available. The license you need depends on the number of processors on your appliances and how many of those processors you want Secure Excelerator to use:

• The base license supports one processor.
• The first-level multiprocessor license supports up to four processors.
• The second-level multiprocessor license supports up to eight processors.

Purchasing a Secure Excelerator License

To purchase a license, complete the following steps:

1. Contact your Novell Authorized Reseller or visit the Volera product Web pages on Novell com.

2. If so instructed, download the Secure Excelerator product and associated license files.

3. Install the license on the appliance using one of the following methods:

   • If you have direct access to the appliance, you can use a floppy disk and the command line interface to install the license. Continue with the instructions in Installing the License from Floppy Disk .
   • If you do not have direct access to the appliance, you can install the license using FTP. See the instructions in Installing the License Using FTP .

Installing the License from Floppy Disk

Complete the following steps:

1. Insert the floppy disk containing the license file in the appliance's floppy disk drive.

   For more information, see Purchasing a Secure Excelerator License .

2. At the system prompt, enter

   importlicense floppy

3. Remove the diskette and store it in a safe location.

4. Continue with Installing Secure Excelerator .

Installing the License Using FTP

If you have not used an FTP connection to manage your appliance, you should review the information in FTP Services in the Volera Excelerator 2.3 Administration Guide.

Complete the following steps:

1. Launch your FTP application and enter an appliance IP address that is enabled for FTP access.

   For instructions on enabling FTP access, see Setting Up Appliance FTP Services in the Volera Excelerator 2.3 Administration Guide.

2. Log in to the appliance using the Config username.

3. If you have set a Config username password, enter it when prompted. Otherwise, press Enter.

4. FTP the license file from your workstation to the appliance's /ETC/PACKAGE directory.

5. Continue with Installing Secure Excelerator .