Check in and check out Citrix ADC VPX and BLX licenses 编辑

You can allocate VPX and BLX licenses to Citrix ADC instances on demand from Citrix Application Delivery Management (ADM). The ADM software stores and manages the licenses, which have a licensing framework that provides scalable and automated license provisioning. An instance can check out the license from the Citrix ADM when it is provisioned. When an instance is removed or destroyed, the instance checks back in its license to the Citrix ADM software.

Prerequisites

Make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

• You are using a Citrix ADC VPX image running software version 12.0.
  For example: NSVPX-ESX-12.0-xx.xx_nc.zip
• You have installed Citrix ADM running version 12.0.
  For example: MAS-ESX-12.0-xx.xx.zip

Note

To manage existing VPX licenses by Citrix ADM, you need to rehost the licenses to Citrix ADM.

Installing Licenses in Citrix ADM

Note

Before installing licenses, restart the Citrix ADM virtual appliance if you have changed the software edition or bandwidth.

To install license files on Citrix ADM:

1. In a web browser, type the IP address of the Citrix ADM (for example, http://192.168.100.1).

2. In User Name and Password, enter the administrator credentials.

3. Navigate to Infrastructure > Pooled Licensing.

4. In the License Files section, select one of the following options:

   • Upload license files from a local computer - If a license file is already present on your local computer, you can upload it to the Citrix ADM.
     To add license files, click Browse and select the license file (.lic) that you want to add. Then click Finish.

   • Use license access code - Citrix emails the license access code for the licenses that you purchase.
     To add license files, enter the license access code in the text box and then click Get Licenses.

   Note

   Make sure you are connected to internet before using license access code for installing the licenses.

   

   At any time, you can add more licenses to the Citrix ADM from the License Settings.

Verification

You can view the available and allocated licenses in the Citrix ADM GUI.

To display the licenses:

1. In a web browser, type the IP address of Citrix ADM (for example, http://192.168.100.1).

2. In User Name and Password, enter the administrator credentials.

3. On the Configuration tab, navigate to Infrastructure > Pooled Licensing > VPX Licenses.

   

4. You can view the allocated licenses in the table under the available licenses section.

Allocate VPX and BLX Licenses to an ADC instance by using the Citrix ADC GUI

1. In a web browser, type the IP address of the Citrix ADC instance (for example, http://192.168.100.1).

2. In the User Name and Password fields, enter the administrator credentials.

3. On the Configuration tab, navigate to Settings > Licenses > Manage Licenses, click Add New License, and select Use Remote Licensing > CICO Licensing.

4. Enter the details of the license server in the Server Name/IP Address field.

5. In the Username and Password fields on the above screen, enter Citrix ADM credentials and click Continue.

   

6. Select the license edition with the required bandwidth, click Get Licenses.

   

7. Click Reboot, your Citrix ADC instance reboots.

8. You can change or release the license allocation by navigating to System > Licenses > Manage Licenses, and selecting Change allocation or Release allocation.

   

9. If you click Change allocation, a pop-up window shows the licenses available on the license server. Select the required license, click Get Licenses.

   

Allocate VPX and BLX Licenses to an ADC instance by using the Citrix ADC CLI

1. In an SSH client, enter the IP address of the Citrix ADC instance, and log on by using administrator credentials.

2. To add a licensing server, enter the following command:

   add ns licenseserver (<licenseServerIP> | <serverName>) [-port <port number >]
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