Get Host ID

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If you are evaluating or purchasing then you will need to select a machine to act as the license server. All of the requests for licenses will be sent to this server. If you have a floating license, then you will be able to run Sonnet Suites on any supported platform in the network. If you are purchasing a node-locked license, then you must also get the hostid for the machine to which the software is locked.

For triple-redundant servers, list all three hostids.

For Linux PC license servers, your Host ID is the Ethernet address.

Get Host ID with Suites not yet Installed

If you have not yet installed Sonnet Suites, then you may obtain the hostid using the instructions below:

Linux PC:

Your hostid is your ethernet address. To obtain your ethernet address, enter the following command on the license server:

/sbin/ifconfig eth0

The value after HWaddr in the output is your ethernet address; you should remove the colons. An example is shown below with the ethernet address in bold. After removing the colons the value is 000BDBC7A4DE

11.02.0.059 alpha (mfg)> /sbin/ifconfig eth0

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0B:DB:C7:A4:DE

inet addr:192.56.4.17 Bcast:192.56.4.255 Mask:255.255.255.

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:409190 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:79932 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:512123697 (488.3 Mb) TX bytes:15198013 (14.4 Mb)


Get Host ID with Suites Installation Already Completed

This sections applies to all Linux license servers. If you have already installed the software from Sonnet, then you may obtain the hostid by performing the following:

    1.  Log on to the license server, open a terminal and type:

sonnet

    1.  When the Sonnet session window appears on your display select Admin - License from the main menu.

The Sonnet Administration dialog box appears with the License page displayed.

    1.  If it is not already selected, click on the Host IDs tab.

The Host IDs tab is displayed with the HostID for the server in the window.

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