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Dell SonicWALL Secure Mobile Access 8.5Administration Guide 93To activate or upgrade licenses or free trials on your appliance:1 On the System > Licenses page, click Activate, Upgrade, or Renew services. The LicenseManagement page is displayed.2 Enter your MySonicWALL user name and password into the fields and then click Submit. The displaychanges to show the status of your licenses. The services can have a Try link, an Activate link, or anUpgrade link.3 To activate a free trial, click Try next to the service that you want to try. The page explains that you willbe guided through the setup of the service, and that you can purchase a Dell SonicWALL productsubscription at any time during or after the trial. Click Continue, and follow the setup instructions.4 To activate a new license which you have already purchased on MySonicWALL or from your reseller, clickActivate next to the service that you want to activate. Enter your license activation key into the Activation Key field, and then click Submit.5 To upgrade an existing license with a new license that you have already purchased, click Upgrade nextto the service that you want to upgrade. Type or paste one or more new activation keys into the NewLicense Key # field(s), and then click Submit.6 After completing the activation or upgrading process, click Synchronize to update the appliance licensestatus from the Dell SonicWALL licensing server. Rebooting the appliance also updates the license status.Using a Spike LicenseA Spike License enables you to temporarily increase the number of remote users your appliance or SMA 500vVirtual Appliance can support if there is a sudden spike in remote access needs, such as during a period ofsevere weather or during a business event for remote participants. Licensed separately, this feature helps youaccommodate spikes in remote access traffic during planned or unplanned events.When you buy a Spike License, it is valid for a given number of users and days (total number of users supportedwhen the Spike License is activated, not the number in addition to your base license number). You can suspendand resume the use of the license as needed.More than one Spike Licenses can be uploaded to your appliance, but only one can be active at a time. |
