Type of License
The ADINA system license purchased by IPPT PAN (from AMAS funds) is so called
distributed license. This means that the system must be individually installed on
each end user computer. The end user performs all the FEM operations on his own
computer.
The program with manuals and examples occupies approximately 200 MB disk space.
The ADINA system is available on several operating platforms.
The type of licensing policy and licensing procedure depends on the operating
system.
We will discuss here only two the most popular operating platforms in IPPT
intranet.
In the Windows systems (95/98/NT/2000) ADINA uses
so called network licensing.
In the Linux systems ADINA uses so called node locked
licensing.
We will describe installation process for both of
these systems below.
The base for the licensing is the unique network card signature. Hence the
computer on which ADINA system is to be used must be equipped with network card.
Installation process Windows systems (network license)
The procedure for installation of ADINA System on machines with Windows operating system
(Windows 95/98/NT/2000) is as follows:
- Please contact with ADINA administrator in IPPT in order to get CD-
ROM disk with ADINA software
ADINA Administrator:
Andrzej Ziolkowski,
tel. 204. room 609
email: aziolk@ippt.gov.pl
- Insert the ADINA
System CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive, and the Setup program should should start
automatically. If the Setup program does not start, choose Run from
the Start menu, and click the Browse… button to select \Win32\Setup.exe
from the CD-ROM, then click OK to start the Setup program.
- During installation process please select custom installation. Scroll down
Select Components Window (shown below) and necessarily mark "Sentinel
License Manager" for
installation.
- When prompted for the type of ADINA floating license, select
Educational (it is not default option).
- Next, enter the IP of the ADINA license server in IPPT intranet namely
148.81.55.247, and follow the prompts accordingly.
This completes the setup of ADINA system for end users machines.
The process of license verification is transparent for the end user as the ADINA system automatically contacts network license server for checking
validity of license.
The amount of data sent through the network during this process is very small.
Installation process Linux systems (node lock license)
The procedure for installation of ADINA System on machines with Linux operating system is as follows:
- Please contact with ADINA administrator in IPPT in order to get CD-
ROM disk with ADINA software
ADINA
Administrator:
Andrzej Ziolkowski,
tel. 204. room 609
email: aziolk@ippt.gov.pl
- Insert the ADINA System CD in the CD-ROM drive and mount the drive.
Notes:
The <ADINA Home Directory> is the directory where you run the
<CD-ROM mount directory>/setup to load the ADINA programs.
When installing the ADINA programs, please answer no when prompted
“Would you like to install the license passwords now?”
- Follow the instructions and prompts of the setup script.
This completes first part of the setup of ADINA system for end users machines.
- Run program adhostid located in ADINA Home Directory.
- Send obtained host id to ADINA administrator.
- In two, three days you will obtain license file node lock number.
- Introduce license lock number on request when starting ADINA System
This finally completes the setup of ADINA system for end users on Linux machines.
The process of license verification in the case of node locked licensing
system is performed locally. The computer with this type of license does not
need any network connection although it requires presence of the network card.
