Synopsys FPGA Licensing Guide

Chapter 3: License Configuration Configuring Windows License Servers
– Change to the directory where you installed your Synopsys FPGA tool
(for example, C:\Program Files\Synplicity\fpga_90) and type the following:
bin\lmutil lmstat -a | more
The status returned should confirm that the server is up and that
licenses are available. For the licensing example above, it should
confirm that genie is up, that the synplctyd license daemon is running,
and that there are four licenses available.
You can now set up the client license on the same machine or a different
one. See Setting up a Windows Client, on page 3-29 or Setting up a Linux
or Solaris Client, on page 3-30 for details.
Configuring the Windows Firewall for Client Access
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) and later enhance the security capabilities
of the Windows operating system. If you are using a Windows XP machine
with an SP2 or later update as your floating license server, you must
configure the XP firewall application to allow client access to the floating
license ports.
The license manager daemon (lmgrd.exe) and the synplctyd license daemon are
separate processes and each requires a separate port to run its associated
driver. For floating licenses, you must define both a TCP variable for the
license manager daemon and a PORT variable for the synplctyd license
daemon. Once you have defined them, you add them to the list of exceptions
in the firewall application.
Do the following:
1. Open the license file and edit it to define the variables for the daemons:
– Add a TCP port variable to the SERVER line for the license manager
daemon lmgrd.exe.
– Add a PORT variable to the DAEMON line for the synplctyd license
manager daemon.
The following is an example:
SERVER
LO
FLEXID=9-089Dxxxx TCP:7952
DAEMON synplctyd c:\synlm\synplctyd.exe PORT=7900
FEATURE synplify_asic_f synplctyd 2006.120 31-dec-2006 1 \
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