Licensing

Mentor® software uses the Mentor Standard Licensing (MSL) system to administer software licenses. MSL is based on FlexNet™ licensing and uses the FlexNet license file format.

Refer to the Mentor Standard Licensing Manual (mgc_licen.pdf) for details, including:

  • FlexNet components and the benefits of MSL overview

  • License types

  • License file format

  • How to determine your host id for licensing

  • Additional licensing resources

  • License configuration and management on Linux1/UNIX and on Microsoft® Windows®

  • Environment variables to control your licensing environment

  • Troubleshooting for common licensing issues

  • Mentor and key FlexNet licensing utilities that provide the ability to manage your licenses and license servers

  • Advanced topics such as the vendor daemon options file, license ordering in a license file, firewall considerations, and the removal of expired licenses from your license file

  • Glossary of terms

For more information about FlexNet components, refer to the FlexNet Publisher License Administration Guide published by Flexera Software.

1 Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.