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# About licensing

This topic describes the types of licenses, how to purchase licenses, how licenses are delivered, and how to determine how many licenses you have available.

- License types

- Purchasing or obtaining licenses

- License delivery

- License key format

- Licensing and utilization statistics

- Licensing scenarios

- License reporting

## License types

### Server hardware licenses

The following types of licenses are available for managing or monitoring hardware in HPE OneView.

##### Managed hardware licenses

The following HPE OneView Advanced licenses provide support as listed below, and in addition, enable integration with other products.

`HPE OneView Advanced` | Provides an HPE OneView Advanced license and an iLO Advanced license. This license is intended for server hardware and enclosures you want to manage with HPE OneView. See Purchasing or obtaining licenses for more information.
`HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO` | Provides an HPE OneView Advanced license only. This license is intended for server hardware you want to manage with HPE OneView. This license is for servers with iLOs that are already licensed, or server hardware for which you do not require an iLO license. See Purchasing or obtaining licenses for more information. An HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO license provides support for all server hardware features on the appliance, with the following exceptions: Server hardware without an iLO Advanced license does not display utilization data. Rack mount servers without an iLO Advanced license cannot access the remote console.

##### Monitored hardware license

`HPE OneView Standard` | Provides an HPE OneView Standard license for all monitored server hardware. This license is automatically selected: for the enclosure when adding a monitored enclosure for the server when adding a monitored server for all ProLiant G6 server blades or G7 BL680c server blades when adding a managed enclosure HPE OneView does not manage the hardware running with an HPE OneView Standard license. See About monitored c7000 enclosures for more information.

When you add an enclosure or rack mount server to the appliance, you must specify one of these licenses. For examples, see “Licensing scenarios” in the online help.

##### More information

About HPE OneView Advanced licensing for managing server hardware
About HPE OneView Standard licensing for monitoring server hardware

### EULA

The appliance has a EULA (End-User License agreement) that you must accept before using the appliance for the first time. You can view the EULA from the Help sidebar and online at http://www.hpe.com/info/oneview/eula.

## About HPE OneView Advanced licensing for managing server hardware

This topic provides information about licensing for server hardware including server blades and rack mount servers. This section applies to HPE OneView Advanced and HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO licenses only.

The appliance uses server-based licensing, but server blades and rack mount servers are managed differently. Server blade licenses are managed at the enclosure level, and rack mount server licenses are managed at the server level. When you add an enclosure, you specify a license policy for all server blades in the enclosure. When you add a rack mount server, you specify a license type for that server. Both policy and type refer to either of the two licenses: `HPE OneView Advanced` or `HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO`.

An `HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO` license provides support for all server hardware features on the appliance, with the following exceptions:

- Server hardware without an iLO Advanced license does not display .

- Rack mount servers without an iLO Advanced license cannot access the remote console.

| NOTE: The appliance applies embedded (integrated) licenses to managed server hardware on which they reside.

### Server blade licensing at the enclosure level

A server blade licensing policy at the enclosure level is an efficient way to handle licensing for all servers in an enclosure.

When you add an enclosure to the appliance, you must choose a server hardware license policy. This sets the licensing policy for all server hardware in the enclosure. You cannot change the policy for an enclosure unless you remove and re-add the enclosure.

For more information on how the appliance handles enclosure licenses, see About licensing.

| NOTE: A license embedded on a managed server blade will override the enclosure license policy. If you add a managed server blade with an embedded license, the appliance assigns the embedded license to that server, regardless of the enclosure license policy. Embedded licenses on monitored server hardware are ignored.

Enclosure licensing policy behavior

When you add a managed enclosure to the appliance:

- You must choose a licensing policy: `HPE OneView Advanced` or `HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO`.

- A license embedded on the OA (Onboard Administrator) is added to the appliance license pool.

- If the server blade does not have an embedded license, the appliance attempts to assign a license from the pool.

- If there are not enough licenses to satisfy the policy, a notification is displayed that instructs you on how to address the issue.

- If you add server blades to the enclosure after it has been added to the appliance, the server hardware will use the enclosure license policy.

- There is no guarantee that an embedded OA license will be applied to the server blades in the enclosure that contains the embedded license.

- Licenses embedded on a server iLO are automatically added to the appliance and applied to the server hardware on which they are embedded.

- If the server hardware has an existing permanent iLO Advanced license, the appliance assigns an `HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO` license, regardless of the license type you choose.

- To change the server hardware license policy of an enclosure, you must remove the enclosure from management and then re-add it with the new license policy.

- When you add server hardware to the appliance, the iLO Advanced license that is part of the `HPE OneView Advanced` license is applied to the server hardware iLO.

- If a server blade does not have an iLO license and there are not enough of the selected license type available, the appliance will attempt to apply a demo iLO license to the server blade.

### About rack mount server licensing

Rack mount server licensing is managed at the server level.

When you add a rack mount server to the appliance, you must choose a license type. You cannot change the license type for a rack mount server unless you remove and re-add it.

| NOTE: Embedded licenses take precedent over the license type you choose. If you add a rack mount server to be managed with an embedded license, the appliance assigns the license to that rack mount server, regardless of the license type you choose.

Remote console support is not enabled if the rack mount server does not have an iLO license.

Rack mount server licensing behavior

When you add a managed rack mount server to the appliance:

- You must choose a license type: `HPE OneView Advanced` or `HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO`.

- A license embedded on the rack mount server iLO is automatically added to the appliance and applied to the rack mount server.

- If the server hardware has an existing permanent iLO Advanced license, the appliance assigns an `HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO` license, regardless of the license type you choose.

- If the rack mount server does not have an embedded license, the appliance attempts to assign a license from the license pool.

- If there are not enough licenses available, a notification is displayed that instructs you on how to address the issue.

- The iLO Advanced license that is part of your `HPE OneView Advanced` license is applied to the iLO when you add a rack mount server.

- To change the license type of a rack mount server that does not have an embedded license, you must remove the rack mount server from management and then re-add it with the new license type.

## About HPE OneView Standard licensing for monitoring server hardware

The HPE OneView Standard license applies to only monitored servers and enclosures and cannot be applied to managed servers. The HPE OneView Standard license is automatically applied when adding enclosures or server hardware to monitor.

The HPE OneView Standard license is automatically applied when adding an enclosure to be managed that contains any ProLiant G6 server blades or G7 BL680c server blades. These servers are added in a `Monitored` state.

## Purchasing or obtaining licenses

### Server hardware licenses

HPE OneView requires a license for each server that it manages or monitors.

- For monitored servers or enclosures, an HPE OneView Standard license is automatically applied at no charge.

- For managed servers or enclosures, an HPE OneView Advanced or HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO license is required.

Purchasing factory-integrated (embedded) software and hardware provides the best licensing experience because the Advanced license is delivered on the hardware and HPE OneView automatically adds the licenses to the license pool on discovery of the hardware.

If you purchase nonintegrated licenses, you must activate and register the licenses using the Hewlett Packard Enterprise licensing portal at https://myenterpriselicense.hpe.com. After you register your licenses, you add the license keys to the appliance. For examples, see “Licensing scenarios” in the online help.

## License delivery

Server hardware licenses

License delivery depends on how the license is purchased. The license delivery methods for HPE OneView Advanced and HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO are:

- Embedded on the server hardware iLO (software purchased, integrated with the hardware)

- Embedded on the enclosure OA (enclosure bundle license for 16 servers)

- Standalone, nonintegrated (purchased separately from the hardware)

##### More information

About HPE OneView Advanced licensing for managing server hardware

## License key format

For HPE OneView Advanced and HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO, the supported key format is:

<`encrypted key string`> "<`annotation`>"_<`optional encrypted key string`>

The encrypted key string is expected to be a series of character/number blocks separated by spaces. The annotation includes space separated fields representing an Hewlett Packard Enterprise sales order number, a product number, a product description, and an EON (entitlement order number). The iLO Advanced license key string, if present, uses the format: `xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx` and is preceded by an underscore (_). The `HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO` license does not include the iLO Advanced license key string.

Example `HPE OneView Advanced` key:

ABKE C9MA T9PY 8HX2 V7B5 HWWB Y9JL KMPL K6ND 7D5U UVQW JH2E ADU6 H78V ENXG TXBA KFVS D5GM ELX7 DK2K HKK9 DXLD QRUF YQUE BMUF AQF2 M756 9GVQ QZWD LY9B V9ZF BG2B JKTG 2VCB LK4U R4UR V886 3C9X MQT3 G3AD LVKK 5LRG E2U7 GHA3"Order1 Number2 HPE OneView_Example_License EON3"_35T9X-ZQR9V-716S8-TD48P-JLBTW

## Licensing and utilization statistics

The appliance gathers and reports utilization statistics for server hardware that has an iLO Advanced license, including monitored servers and enclosures. Utilization statistics are not available for server hardware that does not have an iLO Advanced license.

## Licensing scenarios

The way in which the appliance handles license assignments depends on the following:

- Whether the enclosure or server hardware has an embedded license

- The license type you choose when you add the enclosure or server hardware

- Whether there are available licenses in the appliance license pool (for server hardware without an embedded license)

The following table describes how the appliance handles licensing for different user actions.

Licensing scenarios

User action | License policy or type | Result | Notes
--- | --- | --- | ---
Add a managed enclosure with embedded `HPE OneView Advanced` or `HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO` license. | The embedded license takes precedent over the enclosure license policy you select. | Embedded OA licenses are added to the appliance pool and applied to server hardware that is not licensed. | Because the embedded licenses from an enclosure are placed in a pool, these licenses are available to apply to any server managed by the appliance.
Add managed server hardware with embedded `HPE OneView Advanced` or `HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO` license. | Embedded licenses are applied to the server hardware regardless of the license type you select. | Embedded licenses are assigned to the server hardware on which they reside. |
Add managed server hardware with an existing, permanent iLO Advanced license. | The server hardware will be assigned an `HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO` license regardless of the license policy or type. | `HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO` Licenses available in the pool The appliance assigns a license to the server hardware. No `HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO` licenses available in the pool The appliance issues a warning that there are not enough licenses to satisfy the policy. |
Add a managed enclosure or server hardware with no embedded license. | Any | Licenses available in the pool The appliance assigns a license to the server hardware. No licenses available in the pool The appliance issues a warning that there are not enough licenses to satisfy the policy. | After the 60-day trial period, a message notifies you when there are not enough licenses for the number of managed server hardware.
Add a managed enclosure with ProLiant G6 or Proliant BL680 G7 servers. | Any | The G6 servers will be assigned an `HPE OneView Standard` license while the other servers are assigned the `HPE OneView Advanced` or `HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO` license you specified. |
Add enclosure to monitor the hardware | All the server hardware in the enclosure will be assigned an `HPE OneView Standard` license. | `HPE OneView Standard` license The appliance automatically assigns this license when adding an enclosure for monitoring the hardware. Embedded licenses on monitored server hardware are ignored. |
Remove a monitored enclosure | `HPE OneView Standard` | The license is unassigned from the server hardware. |
Remove managed server hardware. | `HPE OneView Advanced` (applied to server hardware). | The license remains assigned to the server hardware. | If the server hardware is re-added, it will be assigned the same license. Removing server hardware with licenses assigned to them can cause the number of licensed servers shown in the licensing graphs to be greater than the number of servers currently being managed because the licenses are still being counted as assigned to server hardware.
Remove managed server hardware. | `HPE OneView Advanced w/o iLO` or `HPE OneView Advanced` (license not yet applied to server). | The license is unassigned from the server hardware. |

## License reporting

Basic license reporting indicates whether the appliance has enough licenses for the managed server hardware in your environment.

##### More information

About HPE OneView Advanced licensing for managing server hardware
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