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# Install licenses

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

## Prerequisites

- To complete this task, you must be an Administrator or StorageAdmin.
- Before you can use Unisphere to manage a storage system, you must first install a license on the storage system.
- To obtain storage system-based licenses from the support website, you need the License Authorization Code (LAC) identification number from the LAC letter that is emailed to you.
- Licenses can only be installed on storage systems running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079).

## About this task

This procedure explains how to install storage system and host-based licenses.

To install licenses:

## Steps

1. Select the storage system.
2. Click .
3. Click System and Licences.
4. Do the following, depending on the license type:
   Storage system-based licenses:
   1. Click Systems Entitlements.
   2. Click Get File.
      The support website opens. From there, you can obtain new license files (by downloading or through email). Follow the instructions on the website. Ensure that you download or copy the license file to a location on the SMAS server.
   3. Click Load File.
   4. Click Choose File and select the license file.
      The selected file's content loads for you to preview before loading it on the storage system.
   5. To load the license file on the storage system, click OK.
   Host-based licenses:
   1. Click Solutions Enabler.
      The Solutions Enabler license key list view is displayed.
   2. Click Load Key.
   3. Type the License Key.
   4. Click OK.