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, IBM site
number, and IBM 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 "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 Using the IBM Rational License Key Center to obtain 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 marketing representative.
- To evaluate an Rational 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 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 the temporary
license key from your PoE into License Key Administrator (LKAD).