Licenses

Sonnet provides four types of licenses: standard evaluation, node-locked, university and floating. The types of licenses are described below.

Standard Evaluation: This license provides you with a copy of Sonnet on one machine and expires at the end of the evaluation period. This license type does not require running the license manager, FLEXnet. You follow the instructions in Chapter 2 to install the software on the machine on which you wish to run Sonnet.

University: This license provides you with a copy of Sonnet on one machine. This license type does not require running the license manager, FLEXnet. You perform a standard installation on the machine on which you wish to run the software.

Node-locked: This provides a single license for one designated machine. This license type requires that you run the license manager, FLEXnet. Typically, you perform a standard installation on the machine on which you wish to run the software.

Floating: This provides one or more licenses available for a network of machines. The number of machines on the network may exceed the number of licenses; however, the number of copies of Sonnet which are being used at any one time is limited to the number of licenses purchased. This license type requires you to run the license manager, FLEXnet. If a hardware key is used, it should be attached to only the license server. The other machines (clients) in the network do not require a hardware key.

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