Using your Proof of Entitlement certificate
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 the eligible products and level of use for which you are authorized. It includes important order information such as your IBM customer number, site number, and order number. IBM e-mails the PoE by default to the Primary Site Contact on the order from the e-mail account "Passport_Advantage@ibm.com" and with the subject of either "IBM Passport Advantage® Proof of Entitlement" or " Passport Advantage Express Proof of Entitlement".
The information, especially the account number, on this certificate verifies that your company
has purchased licenses to operate DevOps
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 Using the IBM DevOps License Key Center to obtain license keys for more information about the Rational Common Licensing.
- If you have purchased a DevOps 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 DevOps XDE.
- To evaluate most DevOps products, get a temporary key from a marketing representative.
- To evaluate an DevOps product based on the Eclipse framework, download the product. Depending on the product, you have 30 - 60 days to evaluate the product. After evaluation, either purchase a permanent activation kit or implement Rational Common Licensing.
- If you are unable to access the License Key Center or there is a delay in receiving your permanent keys, enter the temporary license key from your PoE into License Key Administrator (LKAD).