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System > Licenses
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 SonicWALL security appliance. The information listed in the Security Services Summary table is updated from your mysonicwall.com account. The System > Licenses page also includes links to FREE trials of SonicWALL Security Services.
Node License Status
A node is a computer or other device connected to your LAN with an IP address.
If your SonicWALL security appliance 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 SonicWALL security appliance 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.
Excluding a Node
When you exclude a node, you block it from connecting to your network through the security appliance. Excluding a node creates an address object for that IP address and assigns it to the Node License Exclusion List address group. To exclude a node:
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Select the node you want to exclude in the
Currently Licensed Nodes
table on the System > Licenses page, and click the  icon in the Exclude
column for that node.
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A warning displays, saying that excluding this node will create an address object for it and place it in the License Exclusion List address group. Click OK to exclude the node. |
You can manage the License Exclusion List group and address objects in the Network > Address Objects page of the management interface. Click the Node License Exclusion List link to jump to the Network > Address Objects page. See Chapter 25, Network > Address Objects for instructions on managing address objects.
Security Services Summary
The Security Services Summary table lists the available and activated security services on the SonicWALL security appliance.
The Security Service column lists all the available SonicWALL Security Services and upgrades available for the SonicWALL security appliance. 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 SonicWALL security appliance 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 “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
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 SonicWALL security appliance is deployed in a high security environment that does not allow direct Internet connectivity from the SonicWALL security appliance, you can enter the encrypted license key information from http://www.mysonicwall.com manually on the System > Licenses page in the SonicWALL Management Interface.
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Manual upgrade of the encrypted License Keyset is only for Closed Environments. If your SonicWALL security appliance 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
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Make sure you have an account at http://www.mysonicwall.com and your SonicWALL security appliance is registered to the account before proceeding. |
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After logging into www.mysonicwall.com, click on your registered SonicWALL security appliance listed in Registered SonicWALL Products . |
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Click the View License Keyset link. The scrambled text displayed in the text box is the License Keyset for the selected SonicWALL security appliance 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 SonicWALL security appliance. |
From the Management Interface of your SonicWALL Security Appliance
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Make sure your SonicWALL security appliance is running SonicOS Standard or Enhanced 2.1 (or higher). |
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Paste (or type) the Keyset (from the step 3) into the Keyset field in the Manual Upgrade section of the System > Licenses page (SonicOS). |
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Click the Submit or the Apply button to update your SonicWALL security appliance. The status field at the bottom of the page displays The configuration has been updated. |
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You can generate the System > Diagnostics > Tech Support Report to verify the upgrade details. |
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After the manual upgrade, the System > Licenses page does not contain any registration and upgrade information. |
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The warning message: SonicWALL Registration Update Needed. Please update your registration information remains on the System > Status page after you have registered your SonicWALL security appliance. Ignore this message. |