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Appendix A: Hostids for FLEXlm-Supported Machines 

FLEXlm uses different machine identifications for different machine architectures. For example, all Sun Microsystems, Inc. machines have a unique hostid, whereas all DEC machines do not. For this reason, the ethernet address is used on some machine architectures as the `hostid'. An ethernet address is a 6-byte quantity, with each byte specified as two hexadecimal digits. Specify all 12 hex digits when using an ethernet address as a hostid. For example, if the ethernet address is 8:0:20:0:5:ac, you would specify `0800200005ac' as the hostid. The program lmhostid will print the exact hostid that FLEXlm expects to use on any given machine.

The following table lists alternate methods to obtain the required hostid for each machine architecture: Numeric, 32-bit hostids are normally used in hexadecimal format. On some systems, including HP and SGI, the system command returns the number in decimal format. Since v3.0 of FLEXlm, a '#' before the hostid, indicates to FLEXlm that this is a decimal number. For example, if the HP uname -i command returns `2005771344', FLEXlm will accept `#2005771344'. Or it can be converted to hexadecimal. On Unix system, you can convert to hex with the following script:

% echo 2005771344 16o p | dc
778DA450

Hostid Table

PLATFORM	ADDRESS TYPE	COMMAND	EXAMPLE
AIX	32-bit hostid	uname -m	(returns 000276513100), then remove last 2 digits, and use  remaining last 8 digits 02765131
DEC Alpha	ethernet address	netstat -i	080020005532
HP	32-bit hostid	uname -I	and convert to hex, or prepend with #778DA450 or #2005771344
	ethernet address	lanscan	(station address without leading `0x') 0000F0050185
Linux	ethernet address	/sbin/ifconfig	eth0 and remove colons from Hwaddr 00:40:05:16:E5:25 00400516E525
SCO	Hostid String	uname -x (returns SCO00354), then  prefix with `ID_STRING='	`ID_STRING=' ID_STRING=SCO00354
SGI	32-bit hostid	/etc/sysinfo -s,	convert to hex, or prefix '#'69064C3C or #1762020412
SUN	32-bit hostid	hostid	170a3472
VAX or VMSAlpha or OpenVMS	ethernet address	ncp	0800200055327
Windows	ethernet	lmutil lmhostid	0800200055327
	Disk serial number	DIR C: (look for `Volume Serial Number is', and remove `-')	DISK_SERIAL_NUM= 1CA25283
	Dongle- parallel port hardware key	lmhostid- flexid	FLEXID=72850003

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