Licenses for physical appliances
To unlock all the features and capabilities of the NetProfiler product, you must install feature licenses and capacity licenses, which you download from the Riverbed licensing website. Licenses for basic features are included with the software.
For each license, the Licenses page lists the license key, license description, installation date and status. A status of red indicates that the license is not valid. Yellow indicates that the license will expire within 10 days. Hover the mouse pointer over the status indicator to see the expiration date.
The Enable automatic license download from Riverbed option allows the NetProfiler to automatically connect to the Riverbed licensing web site and download the licenses that are assigned to it. The product downloads licenses at the time it is installed and then checks for any new licenses once per day thereafter while this option is enabled.
The Fetch Licenses button causes the NetProfiler to immediately connect to the Riverbed licensing web site and download any new licenses that you have purchased.
If the NetProfiler does not have Internet connectivity, you must generate license keys on the Riverbed licensing web site, and manually enter them into the list of licenses. more
If you purchase and download a license for a higher capacity than a current license, the NetProfiler uses the license with the higher capacity.
The licensing web site enables you to assign different feature and capacity licenses to different appliances. You can ship appliances to remote locations without concern for which appliance is to have which license. When you have the serial numbers and know where the appliances are deployed in the network, you can make the license assignments on the Riverbed licensing web site.
When all the appliances are to be licensed for the same features and capacities, the licensing web site handles this automatically. The appliances can automatically download their licenses without your needing to visit the licensing web site.