Understanding Hostids

FlexNet Embedded uses system identifiers, called hostids, for identification. When the FlexNet Embedded local license server communicates with the back office, FlexNet Operations, to obtain its pool of licenses, the back office uses the server’s hostid to identify that particular server. Similarly, when the client requests a license from the license server, the client includes a hostid in the request to which the license server binds the licenses sent in the response.