How many NetBotz 750 devices does the "SWDCEVMACT-DIGI" license cover?

[itaktau]

Good day!

We have 5 offices in different parts of the city. In the head office we bought a NetBotz 750 device with sensors, cameras and a "SWDCEVMACT-DIGI" license. Now the question: if we buy NetBotz 750 devices for the remaining offices, do we need to buy this license again for each office or is the already purchased "SWDCEVMACT-DIGI" license enough to cover all our 5 offices?

Thx.

[Cory_McDonald]

Hello @itaktau,

The SWDCEVMACT-DIGI is the activation license for an EcoStruxure IT Data Center Expert appliance.  The activation license enables the server to discover 25 nodes and the server comes with 1 surveillance node.  A surveillance license is needed for each camera that you wish to monitor / record motion for in Data Center Expert.

The 25 node license that gets enabled with the VM Activation allows you to discover up to 25 devices.  In your case if you only have NetBotz 750's, it would allow you to discover and monitor via SNMP up to 25 of them.

If each NetBotz appliance has 1 or more cameras, you will need to obtain a Surveillance license for each camera.  If a NetBotz appliance has 4 cameras, you will need 4 surveillance nodes for that specific NetBotz appliance setup.  If needed, you can find surveillance SKUs on apc.com: https://www.apc.com/us/en/search/?q=surveillance+node+digital&submit=Search

Kind Regards,

Cory

[itaktau]

Cory, thanks for the detailed answer. It turns out that if we have, for example, 4 cameras in the head office (the maximum supported number for our device), then our head office requires 5 licenses (1 + 4). And if the other offices have exactly the same configuration of NetBotz 750 + 4 cameras, then in principle this one license is enough for us to cover all devices in all offices, right? Or in addition to cameras, also temperature, humidity sensors, etc. also use up licenses?

Thx.

[APC_Steve]

Hi @itaktau ,

As Cory mentioned, the regular licenses support the devices themselves. If you have 2 NetBotz, you will use up 2 licenses. As for the cameras, DCE will only capture images from those cameras using surveillance licenses. Again, Cory mentioned that DCE has 1 by default.

If you have 2 NetBotz and a total of 8 cameras, you need 2 regular licenses (covered by the default 25 nodes) and you will need 8 surveillance licenses if you want DCE to capture those images. There is only 1 by default so you need 7 more. I believe the smallest surveillance license number is 10 nodes:
https://www.se.com/us/en/product/SWDCE10NSV-DIGI/license-ecostruxure-it-data-center-expert-digital-p...

Thanks,

Steve

[itaktau]

Hi Steve, thanks for the detailed answer.

Now we understand how the licenses work and that we need to buy 7 more licenses or more if we want to use more cameras.

Thank you guys so much for taking the time to answer our questions.

Have a great day!