PLDS licensing

Last Updated : Dec 12, 2023 |

IP Office uses the Avaya Product Licensing and Delivery System (PLDS) to manage licenses. PLDS is an online, web-based tool for managing license entitlements and electronic delivery of software and related license files. PLDS provides customers, Avaya Partners, distributors, and Avaya Associates with easy-to-use tools for managing license entitlements and electronic delivery of software and related license files. Using PLDS, you can perform operations such as license activations, license upgrades, license moves, and software downloads. You can access PLDS from http://plds.avaya.com/.

PLDS license files

Licenses are delivered from PLDS with license files. A PLDS license file is generated for installing on a specific machine. There are two deployment options:

  • PLDS Nodal license files are generated for and installed on particular IP Office nodes.

  • PLDS WebLM license files are generated for and installed on a WebLM server that can license multiple IP Office nodes.

WebLM centralized licensing is supported in IP Office Server Edition and in IP Office Branch deployments, but not in non-Branch deployments of IP Office Standard mode.

PLDS host ID

Each PLDS license file must be created with the PLDS host ID of the system where the license file is to be loaded. PLDS Nodal license files are machine specific and you must specify the host ID in the PLDS host ID field in IP Office Manager or Web Manager.

System Type

Description

IP500 V2 Systems

You can find the PLDS host ID in the Licensing tab of IP Office Manager and Web Manager. The PLDS host ID is made of the two digits 11, followed by the 10 digit feature key serial number printed on the IP Office SD card. If the SD card is changed, the PLDS host ID will also change.

IP Office Linux Server

The PLDS host ID can be found on the server labeling, the server packaging label, and the system ignition Login screen. The PLDS host ID is derived from the system ID. If the system ID changes, the PLDS host ID will also change.

WebLM

The WebLM host ID is the Mac address of the WebLM server. The WebLM host ID must be used when generating a PLDS license file for the WebLM server in order to implement a centralized licensing scheme for multiple IP Office systems.

The WebLM host ID can be found on the server labeling, the server packaging label, the system ignition Login screen, and through the WebLM management interface.

In a virtual environment, the WebLM host ID is a virtual Mac address that starts with the letter V.
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