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The System > Licenses page provides links to activate, upgrade, or renew SonicWALL Security Services licenses. From this page in the SonicWALL Management Interface, you can manage all the SonicWALL Security Services licensed for your SuperMassive. The information listed in the Security Services Summary table is updated from your mysonicwall.com account.
The following graphic shows the System > Licenses page with the Security Services Summary table.
As you scroll down the page, the System > Licenses page also shows your Support Service status.
When you scroll down the page to the bottom, the System > Licenses page also includes links to FREE trials of SonicWALL Security Services.
A node is a computer or other device connected to your LAN with an IP address.
If your SuperMassive is licensed for unlimited nodes, the Node License Status section displays the message: The SonicWALL is licensed for unlimited Nodes/Users. No other settings are displayed.
If your SuperMassive is not licensed for unlimited nodes, the Node License Status table lists how many nodes your security appliance is licensed to have connected at any one time, how many nodes are currently connected, and how many nodes you have in your Node License Exclusion List.
The Currently Licensed Nodes table lists details on each node connected to your security appliance. The table is not displayed if no nodes are connected.
The Security Services Summary table lists the available and activated security services on the
SuperMassive.
The Security Service column lists all the available SonicWALL Security Services and upgrades available for the SuperMassive. The Status column indicates is the security service is activated (Licensed), available for activation (Not Licensed), or no longer active (Expired). The number of nodes/users allowed for the license is displayed in the Count column. The Expiration column displays the expiration date for any Licensed Security Service.
The information listed in the Security Services Summary table is updated from your mysonicwall.com account the next time the SuperMassive automatically synchronizes with your mysonicwall.com account (once a day) or you can click the link in To synchronize licenses with mysonicwall.com click here in the Manage Security Services Online section.
For more information on SonicWALL Security Services, see SonicWALL Security Services.
Manage Security Services Online
To activate, upgrade, or renew services, click the link in To Activate, Upgrade, or Renew services, click here. Click the link in To synchronize licenses with mysonicwall.com click here to synchronize your mysonicwall.com account with the Security Services Summary table.
You can also get free trial subscriptions to SonicWALL Content Filter Service and Client Anti-Virus by clicking the For Free Trials click here link. When you click these links, the mysonicwall.com Login page is displayed.
Enter your mysonicwall.com account username and password in the User Name and Password fields and click Submit. The Manage Services Online page is displayed with licensing information from your mysonicwall.com account.
Manual Upgrade allows you to activate your services by typing the service activation key supplied with the service subscription not activated on mysonicwall.com. Type the activation key from the product into the Enter upgrade key field and click Submit.
Manual Upgrade for Closed Environments
If your SuperMassive is deployed in a high security environment that does not allow direct Internet connectivity from the SuperMassive, you can enter the encrypted license key information from mysonicwall.com manually on the System > Licenses page in the SonicWALL Management Interface.
Note Manual upgrade of the encrypted License Keyset is only for Closed Environments. If your SuperMassive is connected to the Internet, it is recommended you use the automatic registration and Security Services upgrade features of your appliance.
From a Computer Connected to the Internet
1. Make sure you have an account at http://www.mysonicwall.com and your SuperMassive is registered to the account before proceeding.
2. After logging into www.mysonicwall.com, click your registered SuperMassive listed in Registered SonicWALL Products.
3. Click the View License Keyset link. The scrambled text displayed in the text box is the License Keyset for the selected SuperMassive and activated Security Services. Copy the Keyset text for pasting into the System > Licenses page or print the page if you plan to manually type in the Keyset into the SuperMassive.
From the Management Interface of your SuperMassive
1. Make sure your SuperMassive is running the latest version of SonicOS.
2. Paste (or type) the Keyset (from the step 3) into the Keyset field in the Manual Upgrade section of the System > Licenses page (SonicOS).
3. Click the Submit or the Apply button to update your SuperMassive. The status field at the bottom of the page displays The configuration has been updated.
4. You can generate the System > Diagnostics > Tech Support Report to verify the upgrade details.
Note After the manual upgrade, the System > Licenses page does not contain any registration and upgrade information.
CAUTION The warning message: SonicWALL Registration Update Needed. Please update your registration information remains on the System > Status page after you have registered your SuperMassive. Ignore this message.