Managing Licenses

Client Access Licenses (CALs) control how many WAVE broadband clients can sign-in to the system simultaneously. If this number is exceeded, then WAVE broadband clients can no longer sign-in, and their WAVE clients will inform them that no licenses are currently available. WAVE 3000 Server CALs do not affect radio operation and only apply to WAVE broadband clients.

CALs are part of a single license, or “Entitlement Identification,” (EID) purchased from Motorola. Each EID contains a number of CALs that can be distributed across different WAVE 3000 Server deployments. For example, an EID with 30 CALs could be added to three different WAVE 3000 Servers, and the 30 CALs can be distributed in any combination among those three WAVE 3000 Servers.

Internet access is required to add EIDs and distribute CALs. When an EID is added to a WAVE 3000 Server, the WAVE 3000 Server system contacts the Motorola licensing server to retrieve the number of CALs currently available for the EID. If the licensing server cannot be contacted, then the CALs cannot be distributed. Once CALs are distributed from an EID to a WAVE 3000 Server, the number of CALs associated with the WAVE 3000 Server are updated in the licensing server. If additional CALs are required, then you must purchase a new EID. You may add any number of EIDs to a WAVE 3000 Server.

In This Section

Adding a New License and Distributing CALs

Adding CALs from an Existing EID

Transferring a WAVE 3000 Server License