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Subject:    RE: [Dragonidsuser] Licensing options
From:       "Burke, John" <jburke () enterasys ! com>
Date:       2006-06-15 13:13:14
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That is perfect. Thank you!

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From: dragonidsuser-admin@enterasys.com [mailto:dragonidsuser-admin@enterasys.com] On \
                Behalf Of Skowronek, Kurt
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 7:54 AM
To: Dragon IDS User List
Subject: RE: [Dragonidsuser] Licensing options



Short answer is yes( if they are under a current maintenance contract), you can \
upgrade and yes you can transfer the license to a hardware only appliance – the \
system name ( hostname ) must remain the same or you will need to submit a request \
for a change.

 

Upgrading the firmware on existing ds003 appliances, which are the sr1200( dual \
Pentium3 with 512 mb ram) or FE200s.    

 

So you can run Dragon 7 in the sr1200 with caveat – per the 7.2+ release notes:

The FE/GE-200 appliance will be supported with the Dragon 7.2 appliance image if the \
following conditions are

met. Please note that older version of Dragon 7x are not supported, IPS will not be \
supported, and performance will

not be guaranteed

􀂙 SysKonnect nic cards must be replaced with Intel based nic cards

􀂙 Memory must be upgraded to 1 gig if used as a sensor, 2 gig if used as an EMS

 

The more significant issue is of support.  These appliance come off support at the \
end of this year(EOSL) Dec 31 2006.  

These appliances will not support any upgrade beyond 7.x    So after the effort and \
expense of upgrading the service life is still constrained to about maybe 1 year out.

 

I have been suggesting to my customer to budget for hardware upgrades an to take \
advantage of the economic efficiencies associated with bigger appliance and virtual \
sensors if physically possible.

 

A current ge500 and easily handle the load of 2 fe200.   Lower administration, lower \
maintenance cost, longer life span and as the need to greater speed is introduced you \
can spin a virtual sensor of a new appliance( which needs to be purchased and \
licensed)  but you are not carry the cost of the device while the performance \
requirement is not there.

 

This is the rational that I have leading with and we have several customers that \
still have lot's of fe200s.

 

k.

 

________________________________

From: dragonidsuser-admin@enterasys.com [mailto:dragonidsuser-admin@enterasys.com] On \
                Behalf Of Burke, John
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 1:27 PM
To: Dragon IDS User List
Subject: [Dragonidsuser] Licensing options

 

 

What are our upgrade options with the dragon 5.0 appliances? The situation is 2 x \
DS003 and 1 x DS006 still under contract running 6.0 firmware.

 

Can these appliance be upgraded to be for 7.x compatible?

Is the license transferable to new hardware?

Since everything is still under contract can the licenses be upgraded to 7.x

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

 


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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=532111213-15062006><FONT face="Courier New" 
color=#0000ff size=2>That is perfect. Thank you!</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<HR tabIndex=-1>
<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> dragonidsuser-admin@enterasys.com 
[mailto:dragonidsuser-admin@enterasys.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Skowronek, 
Kurt<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 15, 2006 7:54 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Dragon IDS 
User List<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Dragonidsuser] Licensing 
options<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Short answer is yes( if 
they are under a current maintenance contract), you can upgrade and yes you can 
transfer the license to a hardware only appliance – the system name ( hostname ) 
must remain the same or you will need to submit a request for a 
change.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Upgrading the firmware 
on existing ds003 appliances, which are the sr1200( dual Pentium3 with 512 mb 
ram) or FE200s.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">So you can run Dragon 7 
in the sr1200 with caveat – per the 7.2+ release 
notes:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The FE/GE-200 appliance will be supported with the 
Dragon 7.2 appliance image if the following conditions 
are<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">met. Please note that older version of Dragon 7x are not 
supported, IPS will not be supported, and performance 
will<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">not be guaranteed<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">􀂙</SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Wingdings-Regular size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings-Regular"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">SysKonnect nic cards must be replaced with 
Intel based nic cards<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">􀂙</SPAN></FONT><FONT 
face=Wingdings-Regular size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings-Regular"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT 
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Memory must be upgraded to 1 gig if used as 
a sensor, 2 gig if used as an <st1:place 
w:st="on">EMS</st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The more significant 
issue is of support.&nbsp; These appliance come off support at the end of this 
year(EOSL) Dec 31 2006.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">These appliances will 
not support any upgrade beyond 7.x&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;So after the effort and 
expense of upgrading the service life is still constrained to about maybe 1 year 
out.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have been suggesting 
to my customer to budget for hardware upgrades an to take advantage of the 
economic efficiencies associated with bigger appliance and virtual sensors if 
physically possible.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">A current ge500 and 
easily handle the load of 2 fe200.&nbsp;&nbsp; Lower administration, lower 
maintenance cost, longer life span and as the need to greater speed is 
introduced you can spin a virtual sensor of a new appliance( which needs to be 
purchased and licensed)&nbsp; but you are not carry the cost of the device while 
the performance requirement is not there.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">This is the rational 
that I have leading with and we have several customers that still have lot's of 
fe200s.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">k.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN 
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face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> 
dragonidsuser-admin@enterasys.com [mailto:dragonidsuser-admin@enterasys.com] 
<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Burke, 
John<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wednesday, June 14, 
2006 1:27 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> Dragon 
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">IDS</st1:PersonName> User List<BR><B><SPAN 
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Dragonidsuser] Licensing 
options</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN 
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" color=blue size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">What are our 
upgrade options with the dragon 5.0 appliances? The situation is 2 x DS003 and 1 
x DS006 still under contract running 6.0 firmware.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" color=blue size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Can these 
appliance be upgraded to be for 7.x compatible?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" color=blue size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Is the license 
transferable to new hardware?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" color=blue size=2><SPAN 
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">Since 
everything is still under contract can the licenses be upgraded to 
7.x</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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