Installing Your Licenses
You must request and install new license codewords for IC-CAP 2008. To learn how to request codewords, see Get Codewords for IC-CAP 2008. Use the steps in the following sections to install your IC-CAP licenses. If you have not done so, please review Before You Begin. Ideally, you should have installed IC-CAP before you complete these steps. For details on installing IC-CAP on a PC running Windows, please refer to Installing IC-CAP.
Use one of the following methods to run the FLEXnet licensing system on your PC:
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Install a Macrovision FLEXid hardware key. |
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Read your LAN card's ethernet ID. |
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IC-CAP 2008 installs version 11.4.1 of FLEXnet. Make sure you use the latest version of the FLEXnet software, drivers, and hardware key as needed on all IC-CAP systems and license servers.
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Installing a Hardware Key
One way to run the FLEXnet licensing system on your PC is to install the Macrovision FLEXid hardware key (also called a dongle) on a parallel port of your computer. In a node-locked environment, it is installed on the local computer. In a floating license environment, it is only required on the server.
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Before you install the key, make note of the hardware key ID number that is printed on the key. If you have not already received your security codewords from Agilent EEsof, you will need to provide this number when you request codewords, as explained in Get Codewords for IC-CAP 2008.
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Installing the FLEXid Driver
The FLEXid driver is automatically installed during the IC-CAP installation providing it was not already installed. If the FLEXid driver already exists, the installation program may not load the new FLEXid driver. In this case, you need to complete the following steps to install the latest FLEXid driver. Be aware that this procedure requires system administrator privileges. Macrovision recommends that you install the FLEXid System Driver with their installer, which is included in the IC-CAP installation image that you downloaded and unzipped or on the installation CD.
To install the Macrovision FLEXid Driver:
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Locate the installation image that you downloaded and unzipped or place the installation CD in your CD drive. |
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Select Start > Run (or use your Windows Explorer and skip the next step). |
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In the Run box, click Browse. |
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Change to the location of the installation image or CD drive. |
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If you wish to remove any existing FLEXid drivers, locate and double-click the FLEXidCleanupUtility.exe file. This starts the Macrovision FLEXid Cleanup Utility program. Click the Next button. When the process is complete, click Finish to close the utility. |
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Locate and double-click the FLEXid_Dongle_Driver_Installer.exe file. This starts the Macrovision FLEXid Drivers installation program. For additional information, see the FLEXid_README.pdf file also located in the installation image. |
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Select the features you want to install, then click the Next button. |
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Click the Install button. |
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When the process is complete, a dialog box with a message to restart your system is displayed. |
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Restart your computer. The driver will not become active until your PC is rebooted. |
Using Ethernet ID
Another way to run the FLEXnet licensing system on your PC is to read your LAN card's ethernet ID and have Agilent EEsof Business Support tie this ID to your IC-CAP codewords. To use this method, do the following:
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Make sure that you have TCP/IP and IPX/SPX network protocols loaded on your PC. The IPX/SPX protocol is required by FLEXnet. To get help on network protocols, refer to your Windows Help for Network Protocols: |
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Enter network protocols. |
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Click on the Display button. |
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Select To install a network protocol. |
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Click on the Display button. |
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Follow the help instructions, which will ask you to click in the help dialog box to continue. |
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If you already have TCP/IP and IPX/SPX network protocols loaded, these items will be displayed. If you don't have both, choose the Add button and select the needed protocols from the list that appears. For example, select NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Transport to add the IPX/SPX network protocol. |
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Verify that you can read your LAN card's ethernet address. For all versions of Windows, run the following FLEXnet command from the MS DOS Command Prompt: |
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cd \ICCAP_2008\licenses\bin
lmutil lmhostid
- To obtain your LAN card's ethernet address before you have IC-CAP installed, type:
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ipconfig /all
- If lmutil lmhostid does not return the expected ethernet address of your LAN card, make sure you have the IPX/SPX (NWLink IPX/SPX Compatible Transport) protocol loaded.
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Before you can use your LAN card's ethernet ID, you will have to let Agilent EEsof Business Support tie this ID to your IC-CAP codewords. If you have not already received your security codewords from Agilent EEsof, you will need to identify this number on your Codeword Request Form, as explained in the section, Determining License Type.
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Determining License Type
Look at the INCREMENT lines in your license.lic file to determine the type of licenses you have. If the INCREMENT lines contain the strings HOSTID= and uncounted, then your licenses are node-locked. Otherwise, your licenses are floating.
For example:
Node-locked License
INCREMENT dev_bjt_gp_ee agileesofd 2.7 19-apr-2008 uncounted \
VENDOR_STRING="00008OXXXXXX : SYAQRDS F1AQCOM CNEXTBD FBLCHLO \
WYGJYZD WTFLQZD WQYQBHI EFZ" HOSTID=00008OXXXXXX \
START=20-oct-2005 SIGN="036D 9DA2 5AA3 74FF 32AC B41E 77AA \
3C4E FBF6 BCF0 2402 613E EB0B 377A 65EB B916 109D 8F98 BA59 \
DC85 CAE9"
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For Node-locked licenses, refer to Installing Node-Locked Licenses.
Floating License
INCREMENT dev_bjt_gp_ee agileesofd 2.7 19-apr-2008 2 \
VENDOR_STRING="0008XXOOXXOO : SYAQRDS F1AQCOM CNEXTBD FBLCHLO \
WYGJYZD WTFLQZD WQYQBHI EFZ" START=20-oct-2005 SIGN="030F 496F \
0869 F6A0 FD20 66E6 1DBF A981 22C3 4143 4B02 A946 49DC DB3B \
A791 8140 ACEB 3211 7AFE 5FFD 7143"
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For Floating licenses, refer to Installing Floating Licenses on a PC Server.
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