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14 years ago

How to setup floating license for a client PC?

I have a floating license for Altera software including Quartus II, Modelsim SE, Nios II. I setup a license server successfully according to instruction from http://www.altera.com/literature/manual/quartus_install.pdf?gsa_pos=1&wt.oss_r=1&wt.oss=installation%20and%20licensing.

As the license type supports up to three PCs, I want to license two other PCs as well. However, I am not sure how to configure license for all three PCs. Whether I have to 'rehost' in Sefl-service Licensing Center three times or I can setup one server and two other will share license file from this server. I could not find from related materials and the licensing center. So I am trying to post here with a hope that someone who has similar experience or knows related material can help to give me a solution or a clue.

Thanks in advance.

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    14 years ago

    For Modelsim-SE, usually you'd setup the main server with the floating licenses using FlexLM, and then specify the license server on the client machines, eg., if the server machine is 'fred', and 'bob' is a client, then 'bob' will have the environment variable

    LM_LICENSE_FILE = 1717@fred

    Where 1717 is the license server port number on 'fred'. The LM_LICENSE_FILE variable can be a comma separated list of servers.

    Cheers,

    Dave