Inventors:
Gary Michael Wassermann - Davis CA, US
Abdullah Metin Sagal - Roseville CA, US
David Mark Nelson - Chico CA, US
Dante Vitale - Colfax CA, US
International Classification:
G06F 21/00
G06F 9/445
Abstract:
A method of activating a network appliance that can include obtaining a computer hardware module having installed an open architecture operating system and licensing architecture software with a hardware module identification, receiving a user registration identification that is preconfigured in accordance with a user's selection compute resource application(s) for a selected duration of time, and submitting the hardware module identification and user registration identification to an internet-based license database server for providing an activation license or install key. Additional steps include accepting an install key from the license database server comprising a module identification code and software product selector code, entering the install key into the licensing architecture software on the hardware module, using the module identification code to enable the hardware module, and using the software product selector code to enable the one or more compute resource application for the selected duration of time.