Deploying/Using new IP license - Deploying/Using new IP license - UG1227

ISE 14.7 VM for Windows 10 & 11 User Guide: Installation, Licensing and Release Notes (UG1227)
Document_ID
UG1227
Release_Date
2025-05-16
Revision
14.8 English
Deploying a new IP license requires attaining a floating license that is hosted on the Windows 10 host computer.
  1. To attain the hostid of the Windows 10 computer, open a Windows Command Prompt and navigate to the tps\FlexLM directory of the install. By default this is C:\Xilinx\14.7_VM\tps\FlexLM.
  2. Issue the following command: lmutil lmhostid. This command generates at least one hostid, multiple ones are separated by spaces, to use when requesting a floating license for the paid IP. Additionally run lmutil lmhostid -hostname to get the hostname of the Windows 10 host computer used when generating the license.
  3. After all information has been collected, request a floating license from AMD.
  4. After the IP license is acquired from AMD, put the file somewhere on the Windows 10 host computer file system. Then, open a new Command Prompt and again navigate to the tps\FlexLM directory of the install and launch lmgrd -c <license file location> -z.
    Note: IMPORTANT: The lmgrd command must be active. Rather than closing the command window, you can minimize it.
  5. To connect the Virtual Machine to the lmgrd instance running on the Windows 10 host, the IP address of the VirtualBox Host-Only Network must be known. To determine this run ipconfig from a Windows Command Prompt, and look for the Ethernet adapter VirtualBox Host-Only Network entry. Use the IPv4 Address to access the license. For example:
  6. In the ISE Virtual Machine open a Linux terminal window, Applications > System Tools > Terminal, in the window type: export XILINXD_LICENSE_FILE=2100@192.168.56.1
  7. To verify that the IP license is available to ISE tools, open Project Navigator and go to Help > Manage Licenses to determine if the license is available.
  8. If the license is not available, close Project Navigator. In a Windows 10 command window, change the directory to c:\Xilinx\14.7_VM\tps\FlexLM and type:
    lmutil lmstat -a -c 2100@192.168.56.1

    or the appropriate IP address listed in Figure 5-1 to see if the license is being served by the server. If it is not, there might be a problem with the firewall on the host. One way to circumvent this is to open the license file in a text editor and where the hostname is given as the SERVER, change that to the IP address, save the file, and relaunch lmgrd.