Installing Floating Codewords for PC Systems (Hardware Key) ============================================ The following instructions will guide you through the steps to install your new floating codewords. If you would like more detailed instructions, please refer to to Chapter 4 of the "Installation on PC Systems" guide. The complete installation guide can be found on the web at: http://www.tm.agilent.com/tmo/hpeesof/support/supp150.html You should also review the important note about FLEXlm software at the end of these instructions. We recommend you use Windows NT, Windows 2000 or UNIX to serve your floating licenses. Windows 95 and 98 do not provide a mechanism for automating the startup of FLEXlm on every reboot of the license server. If your new license.dat file contains more than 1 SERVER line, you have Redundant Server licenses. You must follow the procedure below on each of the SERVER machines. If your new license.dat file contains PACKAGE lines, then you are using ALPS or Packaged licenses. The formatting of the Packaged licenses is critical. Make sure the COMPONENT line is one single continous line, with no line breaks. Installation Instructions ------------------------- 1. Save the attached license.dat file to your ADS installation directory: c:\AdvDesSys1.5\licenses\license.dat Note: The license.dat file must be on the machine that will be your license server. This doesn't necessarily have to be the machine you install and run ADS on. 2. Edit the new license.dat file using Microsoft Notepad and make sure the information on the SERVER and DAEMON lines is correct. For example, given a single license server with the following information: Hostname: joshua Hardware key FLEXID: 8-5E700059B957 FLEXlm software: d:\AdvDesSys1.5\licenses\bin the license.dat would need to look like this (your license.dat will most likely contain more INCREMENT lines): SERVER joshua FLEXID=8-5E700059B957 1700 DAEMON hpeesofd d:\AdvDesSys1.5\licenses\vendors\hpeesofd.exe INCREMENT Schematic hpeesofd 1.5 20-sep-2002 5 \ CC2A85FDE319DF5DE477 VENDOR_STRING=s=5E700059B957 INCREMENT Design_sync hpeesofd 1.5 30-jun-2001 5 \ 9C1AE53BC308C2FCAD74 VENDOR_STRING=s=5E700059B957 INCREMENT Graphics_server hpeesofd 1.5 30-jun-2001 0 \ 6C7A458BB99D45C32CAD VENDOR_STRING=s=5E700059B957 INCREMENT System_freq hpeesofd 1.5 30-jun-2001 0 \ 1C1A35FBF1DC3DC7F44F VENDOR_STRING=s=5E700059B957 Your license.dat file may contain PACKAGE and COMPONENT lines if you purchased ALPS or Packaged licenses. If you have more than 1 SERVER line, you need to do this on each of the SERVER machines. Make sure all copies of the license.dat file have correct hostname and path information. SERVER joshua FLEXID=8-5E700059B957 1700 SERVER mojave FLEXID=8-5E700073EF30 1700 SERVER oasis FLEXID=8-5E70005DE3EFA 1700 DAEMON hpeesofd d:\AdvDesSys1.5\licenses\vendors\hpeesofd.exe INCREMENT Schematic hpeesofd 1.5 20-sep-2002 5 \ CC2A85FDE319DF5DE477 VENDOR_STRING=s=5E700059B957 . . . 3. Start FLEXlm manually using the new license.dat file to check for any errors or problems. If your license.dat file has more than 1 SERVER line, you need to start FLEXlm on all of the SERVER machines. To start FLEXlm, cd \AdvDesSys1.5\licenses\bin lmgrd -app -c ..\license.dat -l flex.log Minimize the DOS command prompt (do not close the DOS window!). Read the \AdvDesSys1.5\licenses\flex.log file and make sure there are no errors. Once all license servers have started FLEXlm, you can confirm the licenses are available as follows: cd \AdvDesSys1.5\licenses\bin lmutil lmstat -a -c ..\license.dat | more lmutil lmdiag -c ..\license.dat 4. Configure the Windows system environment for EEsof software. If your license.dat resides in your ADS installation directory, \AdvDesSys1.5\licenses, you don't need to do anything more unless another program that uses FLEXlm has set an environment variable named LM_LICENSE_FILE. If this is the case, please follow the directions below, otherwise skip to step 5. On NT systems, the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable can be accessed by selecting Start>Settings>Control Panel, double-clicking on the System icon, and selecting the Environment tab. Find the LM_LICENSE_FILE variable and modify it to include the path to the ADS license.dat. For example: LM_LICENSE_FILE=c:\acme\license.dat,c:\AdvDesSys1.5\licenses\license.dat or LM_LICENSE_FILE=1700@acme,1700@joshua On Windows 95/98 systems, the LM_LICENSE_FILE environment variable is set in autoexec.bat. Edit your autoexec.bat, make the necessary changes to LM_LICENSE_FILE and reboot your PC. 5. You should now be able to start ADS. 6. Windows NT systems should install FLEXlm as a service that starts automatically at boot time. An install utility is supplied with ADS, \AdvDesSys1.5\licenses\bin\install.exe. Please see page 4-15 in the installation manual for complete instructions on using install.exe. Need More Help? --------------- Be sure to look at the Installation Guide for your system for more detailed instructions. Agilent EEsof EDA SupportWeb contains a knowledge database accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at: http://edasupportweb.agilent.com/ For further assistance, please contact Agilent EEsof EDA Technical Support. Current phone numbers can be found at: http://www.tm.agilent.com/tmo/hpeesof/support/supp101.html In the United States and Canada, call 1-800-473-3763. You may also reach us by E-mail: eesof-asia_support@agilent.com (Asia) eesof-europe_support@agilent.com (Europe) eesof-japan_support@agilent.com (Japan) eesof_korea@agilent.com (Korea) eesof_support@agilent.com (USA and Canada) Important Note About FLEXlm Software ------------------------------------ Always use the latest versions of lmgrd and hpeesofd available. As of ADS 1.5, the lmgrd and hpeesofd supplied by Agilent EEsof EDA are v7.0g. You may be able to get a newer version of lmgrd from the Globetrotter Software web site: http://www.globetrotter.com/flexlm/lmgrd.shtml Agilent EEsof EDA is the only source for hpeesofd. If you need hpeesofd for any of the Agilent EEsof EDA supported platforms, go to: ftp://ftp.eesofeda.agilent.com/dist/support/FLEXlm/ The latest versions of lmgrd and hpeesofd are always backward compatible. That is, all new versions of lmgrd and hpeesofd are designed to work with software that may have been designed using a previous version of lmgrd and/or hpeesofd. pc_fl_newbuy_hwkey.txt r05.22.2001