Which version of the license server daemons should I run, and where do I find them?

ARM's development tools use FLEXnet (formerly FLEXlm) license management from Acresso.  Utilities are provided for running a license server on the platforms supported by the tools.

What software is needed to run a license server?

License server software consists of two parts: the ARM license server vendor daemon "armlmd" and the Acresso FLEXnet license server daemon "lmgrd".

Which platforms are support?

A list of supported platforms can be found in the product documentation, and also in the following FAQs:

  On what platforms will my ARM development tools work?

  On what platforms are the Fast Models (System Generator) supported?

Where can I get the license utilities?

For RVDS users, the utilities are included on the install media. 

  <install media>/Utilities/FLEXlm/

If you are using RVDS 3.0 or later, the utilities for all platforms can be copied from the Utilities/FLEXnet subdirectory of your RVDS installation at: %ARMROOT%/Utilities/FLEXlm.

The latest ARM supported versions can also be downloaded from the ARM website.

  FLEXnet Downloads

Which version of armlmd/lmgrd should I use?

You should use the version of armlmd/lmgrd supplied with your tools, or the latest version available from the ARM website.  It is strongly recommended that that you use matching armlmd/lmgrd versions.

It may be possible to use an older version of armlmd/lmgrd than supplied with the tools, but this is NOT recommended or supported.

The table below lists the minimum version of the FLEXnet/FLEXlm utilities required to successfully run a license server for the corresponding ARM toolchain in the left column.

ARM Toolchain	Recommended version of FLEXnet/FLEXlm utilities
RVDS 4.0 Professional	10.8.5.0
RVDS 4.0 Standard	10.8.5.0
RVDS 3.1 Professional	10.8.5.0
RVDS 3.1 Standard	10.8.5.0
RVDS 3.0	10.8
RVDS 2.2	9.2+
RVDS 2.1, 2.1.1	9.2+
RVDS 2.0	9.0#, 9.2+
ADS 1.2.1	9.0#, 9.2+
RVD 1.6.1	8.1b*
RVCT 2.0	8.1b
RVCT 1.2	8.1b
RVARMulator 1.3.1	8.1b
ADS 1.2	7.2i

+For Red Hat Linux 9, a separate version of the FLEXlm 9.2 utilities is available, and is supplied as flexlm92_redhat9.tar.

#For Solaris 2.6, FLEXlm 9.2 tools must be used instead of FLEXlm 9.0.

*Standalone versions of RVD 1.6.1 were shipped with FLEXlm 8.2a tools; this version of the utilities is not compatible with RVCT 2.0 licenses.