4.3.4.2 Installing a Floating License on a Windows Server

To install a floating license on a Windows server, perform the following procedure:

On the server machine, save the License.dat file into a flexlm folder on your c:\ drive.
Download the required license manager daemons to your server platform from www.microchip.com/en-us/products/fpgas-and-plds/fpga-and-soc-design-tools/fpga/licensing#downloads. Under Documents and Downloads, click the Daemons Download tab and select the appropriate platform download. Microchip recommends placing these files into the same location as the License.dat file.
Open License.dat and edit the SERVER line by replacing <put.hostname.here> with your hostname. Do not include the brackets. If necessary, change the port number (1702) to any unused port.
Libero floating licenses include Libero, Synplify ME Pro, Identify ME, Synphony Model Compiler ME, and Siemens ModelSim ME Pro tools. Edit each VENDOR and DAEMON line with the correct path to each vendor daemon, and then save the License.dat file. For example:
```
VENDOR snpslmd C:\flexlm\snpslmd 
DAEMON saltd C:\flexlm\saltd 
DAEMON actlmgrd C:\flexlm\actlmgrd
```
Important: Libero SoC versions 12.2 and later do not impose any restriction with the Synplify Pro tool. For Libero SoC versions 12.1 and earlier, Synopsys tools do not work beyond the distance of 50 miles or beyond the geographic locations.
Sign in to the server machine and run the following command from the command prompt to start the lmgrd License Manager on the server machine: C:flexlm/lmgrd -c C:flexlm/License.dat

If you prefer to have the License Manager output written to a log file, run the following command at the command prompt:

C:flexlm/lmgrd -c <path_to_License.dat>/License.dat -l <path_to_logfile>/license.log

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