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CLi19
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6 years ago
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ModelSim floating license question

Hi, Question background: Our FPGA team used to buy fix license for altera ModelSim, now they are all expired. We now want to setup a floating license server on a dedicated PC. Question: Before p...
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    AR_A_Intel
    6 years ago
    Hello Welcome to INTEL forum. Based on my understanding, 1 floating license means 1 seat available in the floating license if user purchase 3 seats for the floating license 3 users can use the license at the same time. 3 users mean any 3 as the license is not tied to a specific host ID, if fixed license, only the user with the specific host ID can use the license. Example, you have 10 users connected to license server, 3 of 10 user can use the license at the same time regardless of their host ID/Mac Add. But for fix license only user with the specific host ID can use the license and can’t be share with another user.
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AR_A_Intel
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6 years ago
Hello Welcome to INTEL forum. Based on my understanding, 1 floating license means 1 seat available in the floating license if user purchase 3 seats for the floating license 3 users can use the license at the same time. 3 users mean any 3 as the license is not tied to a specific host ID, if fixed license, only the user with the specific host ID can use the license. Example, you have 10 users connected to license server, 3 of 10 user can use the license at the same time regardless of their host ID/Mac Add. But for fix license only user with the specific host ID can use the license and can’t be share with another user.
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CLi19
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6 years ago

Thanks for the answer. Clear and easy to understand.