Bind engine licenses to Firewall Cluster elements

After you have configured the Firewall Cluster elements, you must manually bind Management Server POL-bound licenses to specific nodes in Firewall Cluster elements.

Licenses are created based on the Management Server’s proof-of-license (POL) code or based on the appliance's proof-of-serial (POS) code. POS-bound appliance licenses are automatically bound to the correct Firewall element when the engine is fully installed. Each engine is licensed separately even when the engines are clustered.

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Steps

  1. Select Configuration, then browse to Administration.
  2. Browse to Licenses > Engine or Licenses > Firewall depending on the type of licenses you have.
    All installed licenses appear in the right pane.
  3. Right-click a Management Server POL-bound license and select Bind.
  4. Select the node and click Select.
    The license is now bound to the selected Firewall element.
    Tip: If you bound the license to an incorrect element, right-click the license and select Unbind.
    CAUTION:
    When you install or refresh the policy on the engine, the license is permanently bound to that engine. Permanently bound licenses can't be rebound to another engine without relicensing or deleting the engine element the license is bound to. Until you do that, the unbound license is shown as Retained.

Next steps

Transfer the configuration to the Firewall engines.