Rockwell Automation Activate Rockwell Software Products - Manual (Page 2)

What do I need to activate my Rockwell Automation software products?
Have these items before you begin:


Activation Certificate, which is enclosed in a red envelope with the Rockwell
Automation software product and contains the following information:
- Serial Number
- Product Key
- License Type


FactoryTalk Activation Manager software, which is available
- On your Rockwell Automation software product CD, or
- On the FactoryTalk Services CD, or
- On the http://licensing.software.rockwell.com website and can be
downloaded


At least one of the following methods for acquiring activations:
- Internet access from the computer the software products will be installed on, or
- Internet access from another computer at the site, or
- If the site does not have Internet access, you can get the activation information
by telephone or fax. See “For additional help”.
What are activation types?
There are two different types of activations for Rockwell Automation Software
products.
• Node-Locked activation – the activation is locked to a particular piece of computer
hardware, such as an Ethernet card, a hard disk drive, or a dongle with no ability to
share the activation.
• Concurrent activation – the activation is locked to a computer acting as an
activation server that manages a pool of activations and shares them with other
computers over a network connection, or the activation is locked to a dongle that is
connected to a computer acting as an activation server.
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