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The SMC license can contain a license counter value (e.g. 50). Meaning that SMC can manage up to (e.g 50) units. I used the work “unit” and not “engine” because the relation is not always 1 to 1. Such value can be defined in the license itself. By default there are:

• 1.0 for FW engine
• 1.0 for IPS
• 0.2 for SOHO engine
• 0 for a free device

At upload time the SMC add all such values and it the sum is minor or equal the max counter then upload is possible otherwise is refused. Most but not of such information can be found in the GUI. It is possible to see the details of the counting process from the SMC traces.

Step (1)

Add this line log4j.category.com.stonesoft.h2a.mgtserver.license=DEBUG to the file defaultlog.config

Step (2)

Restart the management server

Step (3)

Upload a policy. The management server trace file (Stonegate/temp folder) will contain the counting process: the COUNT_FACTOR for each component, the cumulated value and the maximum value allowed for the such SMC.

written by maurob - 1,294 views \\ tags: counting, license