Managing Riverbed Licenses : Managing licenses : Activating the token and installing the licenses
  
Activating the token and installing the licenses
This section describes how to activate a token, receive the license, and install the license on Edge. The procedure in this section describes both autolicensing and manual licensing.
1. Restart with a clean RiOS data store. For details, see Rebooting and shutting down Edge.
2. Log in to Edge and display the Management Console.
3. Choose Administration > Maintenance: Licenses to display the Licenses page.
4. Under License Request Token, enter the token number and click Generate License Request Key.
The console does not support pasting text directly into the field.
Edge performs autolicensing by default. With autolicensing, once you enter the token and click Generate License Request Key, Edge contacts the Riverbed licensing server and automatically downloads and installs the licensing keys.
For more information about autolicensing, including commands to enable or disable autolicensing and to configure a licensing server, see the Riverbed Command-Line Interface Reference Manual.
If you disable autolicensing or if Edge cannot connect to the licensing server, you can manually configure your licenses. With manual licensing, you enter the token and click Generate License Request Key and RiOS displays a license request key. Continue with the next step.
5. After you have obtained the license request key, go to the Riverbed Licensing Portal at https://licensing.riverbed.com (for unregistered users) or to the Licenses tab on the Riverbed Support site at http://support.riverbed.com/ to generate your license keys. The license keys include the VBASE license as well as any other licenses needed for the Edge model.
The Licensing Portal is a public site; the Riverbed Support site requires registration.
After your licenses are generated, they appear online and are also emailed to you for reference.
6. Return to the Administration > Maintenance: Licenses page and click Add a New License.
7. Copy and paste the license key into the text box. Separate multiple license keys with a space, Tab, or Enter.
8. Click Add.
9. Click Save to save your settings permanently.
10. Choose Administration > Maintenance: Services and click Restart to restart the optimization service.