Features on Demand

IBM® Features on Demand provides optional software that is available for Flex System Manager Types 7955, 8731, and 8734 and IBM Flex System Manager management software. You can also use the management software to enable optional features for managed compute nodes.

Features on Demand provides a convenient way for you to order and activate optional features from IBM through the management software web interface. You can also upload compute node Features on Demand keys to the management node and administer the keys to managed compute nodes through the management software.

Any Features on Demand software that were ordered with your IBM Flex System Manager management node, and were installed during the manufacturing process, are preactivated and do not require manual activation through the management software interface.

If you ordered the Features on Demand software separately from your IBM Flex System Manager management node, without the assembly option, you must activate it manually in the management software.

If you did not order management software Features on Demand when you ordered the Flex System Manager Types 7955, 8731, and 8734 management node, you can purchase Features on Demand as you would any other software and hardware option. You can redeem Features on Demand for the management software by emailing IBM Features On Demand license key support, at: FOD@us.ibm.com.