NerveCenter Rules for Managing Serial Numbers

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NerveCenter Rules for Managing Serial Numbers

NerveCenter tracks how many serial numbers are registered for a particular NerveCenter Server and what types of serial numbers they are (permanent or evaluation). NerveCenter follows certain rules to manage serial numbers. For example, when removing serial numbers, NerveCenter will not allow you to delete your last serial number.

The following table summarizes the rules that NerveCenter follows to manage serial numbers.

NerveCenter Rules for Serial Numbers

If you currently have ...	NerveCenter does the following ...
No serial number	Accepts either an evaluation or permanent serial number. Does not manage a network until you have added at least one valid evaluation or permanent serial number.
Evaluation serial number	Accepts a permanent serial number to replace the evaluation number. Add the permanent number first and then you can delete the evaluation number. Does not accept any additional evaluation serial numbers. Does not allow you to delete the last serial number. Does not accept duplicate entries for the same serial number.
Expired evaluation serial number	Automatically removes the expired number from the list and reduces accordingly the total number nodes and clients that are managed. Accepts either a valid evaluation or permanent serial number.
One or more permanent serial numbers	Accepts any number of additional permanent serial numbers. Accepts a single valid evaluation serial number; a second evaluation serial number will not be accepted. Allows you to delete any of the serial numbers except the last one. Does not accept duplicate entries for the same serial number.

Caution You will not be able to restore the original imputil.ini after making changes to the file, unless you first make a backup copy.

Caution If you are configuring either the section [CONFIG_PLATFORM_NETNODENOTIFY] or [CONFIG_PLATFORM_MAPSUBNETS], you need to include all values, including old values. ImportUtil deletes values from the NerveCenter configuration settings that are not included in these sections. Please read the comments before each section in this file for more information.

Note

NerveCenter notifies you upon successful completion of the reconfiguration.

For more information about each section in imputil.ini, refer to Information About imputil.ini Sections.

Information About imputil.ini Sections

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CONFIG_PLATFORM

CONFIG_PLATFORM_MAPSUBNETS

CONFIG_PLATFORM_NETNODENOTIFY

CONFIG_SERVER

CONFIG_SERVER_PATH

CONFIG_SERVER_PAGER

CONFIG_SERVER_SNMP

CONFIG_SERVER_SNMPV3

CONFIG_SERVER_LOGS

CONFIG_SERVER_MSMAIL

CONFIG_SERVER_SMTPMAIL

IMPORT_MODEL

IMPORT_NODE

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Please send comments or corrections to Information Development	This file was last updated on 10 October 2000