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Setting up a per core sum based license

In the Mid Tier interface, the per core sum based license type is based on the sum of all unique CPU cores associated with products that are associated with the certificate. 


The following figure shows how to set up a per core sum based license:

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To set up a per core sum based license and calculate compliance

  1. In Mid Tier, on the IT Home page, select Product Catalog > Product Catalog console.
  2. Create a new Product Catalog entry for Product Type as Software and CI Type as Product.
  3. Click the Model/Version tab and enter values for the Model/Version and Market Version, and set Requires Contract to Yes.
  4. On the IT Home page, select Product Catalog > Product Catalog console and create a new product catalog entry for Product Type as Hardware and CI Type as Processor.
  5. On the IT Home page, select Asset Management > Manage CI and create a Computer System CI.
  6. On the IT Home page, select Asset Management > Manage CI and create a Processor CI. 
  7. Complete the product categorization using the values from step 4 as well as specific fields on the Specification tab (Processor Family - optional, Processor Type - required, Number of Cores - required).
  8. On the IT Home page, select Asset Management > Manage CI. 
  9. On the Computer System CI, Relationships tab, relate both the Product and Processor CIs as components or hosted system components.
  10. On the IT Home page, select Contract Management > Contract Console and create a new software contract for your software. 
  11. On the newly created software contract create a license certificate. Use the product categorization from step 2. Select the License type as Per Core Sum Based.
  12. On the IT Home page, select Asset Management > SAM Console > Manage License Jobs.
  13. Create a new license job for Per Core Sum Based.

  14. Run the license job.
    The Product CI is connected. The number deployed on the certificate sums the cores for each unique processor related to the computer system where the product is installed.

    Example

     A Processor CI has two cores. Two processors with eight cores each are related to your Computer System CI. When the license engine runs, 16 licenses are shown as deployed.

    CPU1 = 8

    CPU2 = 8

    8 + 8 = 16

 

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