The floating and named-user licenses for the Intel® Parallel Studio XE and Intel® System Studio products require that you provide host name and host ID information for the host computer that you install the associated license file on. To enable you to obtain the required license file, these unique values must be available when you register your product. Refer to the information below for help identifying the host name and host ID (i.e. Physical Address) for supported platforms.
Before registering your product and generating the license file, you should be familiar with the different license types and how they are used with the Intel® Software Development Products. License types supported are:
- Floating (counted)
- Named-user (uncounted)
Only counted licenses require use of the Intel® Software License Manager software on the host computer.
In this context the host computer is known as the “license server”. The “host ID” in this context, depending on terminology used for your host operating system, is a 12-character Physical (Ethernet adapter) Address or hardware (Ethernet) address.
The host name and host ID (i.e. Physical Address) are system-level identifiers on supported platforms used to generate the license file with specific host information for use only on the specified floating license server.
When entering the physical or hardware address as prompted by the Intel® Registration Center (IRC) , enter a 12-digit numeric value only and exclude all hyphens ("-") and colons (":"). For example, a host ID value of 30-8D-99-12-E4-87 should be entered as: 308D9912E487
This article pertains specifically to floating licenses. Please refer to How to find the Host ID for the Named-user license for information about the named-user license.
Refer to the Intel® Software License Manager FAQ for additional details including information about downloading the software license server software.
Identifying the hostname and host ID
Microsoft Windows*
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1. Launch a Command Prompt.
(Tip: Multiple methods exist for starting a Command Prompt, a few include:
Windows 7*: Open the Start Menu and go to All Programs -> Accessories.
Locate and use the Command Prompt shortcut.
Windows 8*: Open the Start screen. Click or tap on All apps and scroll right to locate the
Windows System folder. Locate and use the Command Prompt shortcut.
Windows 10*: Open the Start Menu and go to All apps -> Windows System.
Locate and use the Command Prompt shortcut.
On all systems you may use the hostname/getmac commands as demonstrated below:
2. Use hostname at the command prompt to display the host name.
3. Use getmac /v at the command prompt to display the host ID.
In the resulting output below, the hostname is my-computer and the host ID is 30-8D-99-12-E4-87
(i.e. the value corresponding to the Physical Address for the Ethernet Network Adapter)
C:\> hostname
my-computer
C:\> getmac /v
Connection Name Network Adapter Physical Address Transport Name
=============== =============== =================== ========================
Ethernet Intel(R) Ethern 30-8D-99-12-E4-87 \Device\Tcpip_{1B304A28-
Wi-Fi Intel(R) Dual B 34-02-86-7E-16-61 Media disconnected
On a system where the Intel® Software License Manager software is installed, you may elect to use lmhostid to obtain the hostname and host ID information for the system. For systems that report multiple host IDs, it may be necessary to use getmac /v to identify the host ID (i.e. Physical Address) associated with the Ethernet Network Adapter.
In the resulting output below, the hostname is my-computer and the host ID is 308d9912e487
(i.e. the value corresponding to the Physical Address for the Ethernet Network Adapter)
C:\> cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Intel\LicenseServer\" C:\> .\lmhostid -hostname lmhostid - Copyright (c) 1989-2017 Flexera Software LLC. All Rights Reserved. The FlexNet host ID of this machine is "HOSTNAME= my-computer" C:\> .\lmhostid lmhostid - Copyright (c) 1989-2017 Flexera Software LLC. All Rights Reserved. The FlexNet host ID of this machine is ""3402867e1661 308d9912e487"" Only use ONE from the list of hostids.
Linux*
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On all systems you may use the hostname/ifconfig commands as demonstrated below:
1. Use the command hostname to display the host name.
2. Use the command /sbin/ifconfig eth0 to display the HWaddr (i.e. hardware address) for the Ethernet adapter. On some systems it may be necessary to use: /sbin/ifconfig | grep eth
In the (partial) resulting output below, the hostname is my-othercomputer and the host ID is 00:1E:67:34:EF:18
(i.e. the value corresponding to the hardware (Ethernet) address)
$ hostname
my-othercomputer
$ /sbin/ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1E:67:34:EF:18
inet addr:10.25.234.110 Bcast:10.25.234.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
On a system where the Intel® Software License Manager software is installed, you may elect to use lmhostid to obtain the hostname and host ID information for the system. For systems that report multiple host IDs, it may be necessary to use the ifconfig command to identify the HWaddr (i.e. hardware address) for the Ethernet adapter.
In the resulting output below, the hostname is my-othercomputer and the host ID is 001e6734ef18
(i.e. the value corresponding to the hardware (Ethernet) address)
$ lmhostid -hostname lmhostid - Copyright (c) 1989-2017 Flexera Software LLC. All Rights Reserved. The FlexNet host ID of this machine is "HOSTNAME= my-othercomputer" $ lmhostid lmhostid - Copyright (c) 1989-2017 Flexera Software LLC. All Rights Reserved. The FlexNet host ID of this machine is ""001e6734ef18 001e6734ef19"" Only use ONE from the list of hostids.
OS X*
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On all systems you may use the hostname/ifconfig commands as demonstrated below:
1. Use the command hostname to display the host name.
2. Run the command /sbin/ifconfig en0 to display the ether (i.e. hardware address) for the Ethernet adapter.
In the (partial) resulting output below, the hostname is my-macmini and the host ID is 40:6c:8f:1f:b8:57
(i.e. the value corresponding to the hardware (Ethernet) address)
$ hostname
my-macmini
$ /sbin/ifconfig en0
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=10b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_HWTAGGING,AV>
ether 40:6c:8f:1f:b8:57
On a system where the Intel® Software License Manager software is installed, you may elect to use lmhostid to obtain the hostname and host ID information for the system. For systems that report multiple host IDs, it may be necessary to use the ifconfig command to identify the ether (i.e. hardware address) for the Ethernet adapter.
In the resulting output below, the hostname is my-macmini and the host ID is 406c8f1fb857
(i.e. the value corresponding to the hardware (Ethernet) address)
$ lmhostid -hostname lmhostid - Copyright (c) 1989-2017 Flexera Software LLC. All Rights Reserved. The FlexNet host ID of this machine is "HOSTNAME= my-macmini" $ lmhostid lmhostid - Copyright (c) 1989-2017 Flexera Software LLC. All Rights Reserved. The FlexNet host ID of this machine is ""7073cbc3edd9 406c8f1fb857"" Only use ONE from the list of hostids.
Refer to the Software EULA for additional details on the Floating license.
For CoFluent products: Please refer to product documentation for instructions on how to find your composite host ID for node-locked and floating licenses.