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Manual Chapter : Add and activate a volume or utility license pool on a BIG-IQ not connected to the internet (manual method)

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BIG-IQ Centralized Management

  • 7.0.0
Manual Chapter

Add and activate a volume or utility license pool on a BIG-IQ not connected to the internet (manual method)

You must have a base registration key before you can add and activate a licensed pool. You get your from F5 Networks, typically in the form of an email If you do not have a base registration key, contact the F5 Networks sales group (
f5.com
).
You add and activate a pool license to make it available for assignment to BIG-IP devices in your network. If the BIG-IQ Centralized Management that you're activating a license on is not connected to the public internet, you can activate the registration key using this manual procedure, rather than automatically contacting the F5 license server.
Volume and utility pool licenses contain offerings.
Offerings
 are specific to the services based on F5 Networks' Good, Better, Best licensing structure. If you are manually contacting the F5 Networks license server to activate those registration keys, you must activate each associated offering individually.
  1. At the top of the screen, click
    Devices
    .
  2. On the left, click
    LICENSE MANAGEMENT
    Licenses
    .
  3. Click the
    Add License
     button.
  4. In the
    License Name
     field, type a name to identify this license.
  5. In the
    Base Registration Key
     field, type or paste the registration key, and into the
    Add-on Keys
     field, type or paste any associated add-on keys.
  6. For
    Activation Method
    , select
    Manual
     and click the
    Get Dossier
     button.
    The BIG-IQ system refreshes and displays the dossier in the
    Device Dossier
     field.
  7. Select and copy the text displayed in
    Device Dossier
    .
  8. Click the
    Access F5 manual activation web portal
     link.
    The F5 Product Licensing site opens.
  9. Click the
    Activate License
     link.
  10. Paste the dossier into the
    Enter Your Dossier
     box and click the
    Next
     button.
  11. Review the EULA, and if you agree with the terms, click the
    Accept
     button at the bottom of the screen.
  12. Select the license and copy and paste it into the
    License Text
     box.
  13. Click the
    Activate
     button at the bottom of the screen.
    The license displays in the list as
    Pending
    .
  14. Click the name of the license, then the name of a pending offering.
  15. Copy the contents of the
    Device Dossier
     box.
  16. Paste the dossier into the
    Enter Your Dossier
     box and click the
    Next
     button.
  17. Select the license and copy and paste it into the
    License Text
     box.
  18. Click the
    Activate
     button at the bottom of the screen.
  19. Repeat steps 14-18 for each pending offering.
If a license or offering fails to activate, the license displays with a yellow triangle next to it in the list. You'll need to reactivate that license and its offerings. For individual offerings, you can add an optional description for identification after activation.
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