Information provided by your Proof of Entitlement certificate.
The IBM Proof
of Entitlement certificate (PoE) is a document that IBM sends
to customers who purchase software products. The PoE confirms to you the eligible
products and level of use for which you are authorized. It includes important
order information such as your IBM customer
number, IBM site
number, and IBM order
number. IBM emails
the PoE by default to the Primary Site Contact on the order from the email
account "Passport_Advantage@ibm.com" and with the subject of either "IBM Passport Advantage® Proof of Entitlement" or "IBM Passport
Advantage Express Proof of Entitlement".
The
information, especially the account number, on this certificate verifies that
your company has purchased licenses to operate
IBM Rational® products.
- To get your Authorized User, Authorized User Fixed Term License (FTL),
or floating license keys, supply information from your PoE certificate to
the License Key Center. See Requesting license keys for
more information about the License Key Center.
- If you have purchased an IBM Rational XDE® product, the
single-string desktop key on the PoE is your permanent license. Do not order
a permanent license key from License Key Center.
Optionally, you can enable floating license enforcement for Rational XDE.
- To evaluate most Rational products,
get a temporary key from a sales representative.
- To evaluate an Rational product
based on the Eclipse framework, download the product. Depending on the product,
you will have 30 to 60 days to evaluate the product. After evaluation, either
purchase a permanent activation kit or implement IBM Rational Common Licensing.
- If you are unable to access the License Key Center or
there is a delay in receiving your permanent keys, enter thetemporary license
key from your PoE into License Key Administrator (LKAD).