Desktop Installation
Planning and Installation Guide
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Small Business Edition and License Control
The Small Business Edition (SBE) adds enforcement and branding to the ShoreTel
product, and provides tighter enforcement on existing licensing. When an existing
ShoreTel system is upgraded to the current software release, an enforcement scheme
will require the user to enter a key.
When the user launches Director, he is asked to enter either an SBE or EE key (see
below for details). A button on the page can be used to request a key based on the MAC
address of the machine. If an invalid key is entered or if the field is left empty, it will
activate an expiration time bomb and will allow login.
The user will be nagged to comply with the license requirement, and if no action is
taken, Director will be locked after 45 days (although the phones will continue to
work), and the user will effectively be forced into complying with the licensing
requirements by purchasing the appropriate key for their environment.
The user will be forced to purchase one of two keys available in this release:
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SBE key - required for Small Business Edition
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This key is for smaller sites that do not have remote offices
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Use of this key will result in the display of SBE branding (on the initial login
page above the navigation pane)
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The number of users will be restricted to no more than 50
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Users will be unable to add an additional site key
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EE key - required for Enterprise Edition
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This is for larger sites with more than one site
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Existing branding will be displayed
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System behaves as it does today, except that number of sites is enforced via
nagging
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Block adding an additional SBE or EE key
Details:
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The licensing scheme will count the number of sites.
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For an SBE system, the following features will be disabled:
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AMIS
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SMDI
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On-net Dialing
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PSTN failover
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A simple form of node-locking based on MAC shall be implemented.
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Automate system license fulfillment and provide assistance for license auditing
For instructions on configuring SBE licensing via Director, please refer to the ShoreTel
6.1 Administration Guide.
Other Considerations
Windows Accounts and the ShoreWare Call Manager
You must log in to your computer with your Windows account information to gain
access to the ShoreWare Call Manager application. If multiple users share the same
