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# View license file

Unisphere supports electronic licensing (e-Licensing). e-Licensing is a license management solution to help you track and comply with software license entitlement.

## Steps

1. Select the storage system.
2. Click .
3. In the Settings dialog, click System and Licences > System Entitlements.

   Use the System Entitlement list to view all licensed features (including those features that are licensed with storage system-based entitlements and host-based keys, which are still required). In addition, you can obtain and install license files on storage systems.

   The License Usage information is displayed for the first of the listed storage systems. You can select a storage system from the drop-down list to view its license usage information.

4. Hover over the row whose license file you want to see and click .

   The following properties are displayed:

   - Feature Name—Name of the feature.
   - License—Whether the license is host-based (SE) or storage system-based (EMCLM).
   - Status—Whether the license is Enabled or Disabled.
   - Activation Type—Whether the feature's license is Permanent or an Evaluation copy. Evaluation licenses include an expiration date for reporting purposes only. The product title can still be used. Permanent licenses can be assigned to individual storage systems or to all the storage systems in the enterprise.
   - Activation Domain Type—Whether the permanent license is assigned to an individual storage system or to all the storage systems in the enterprise. This column is blank for Evaluation type licenses.
   - Install Date—Date the license file was installed on the storage system.
   - Capacity Type—Qualifies the capacity licensed. Possible values are:
     - Usable-TB—Indicates that the capacity that is licensed applies to the usable capacity of the storage system.
5. To view the formatted file or the raw output, click VIEW FILE.