Problems with automatic license activation If connections problems occur with the automatic license activation procedure, the system  times out after 3 minutes with an error.  Check whether the personal computer that is used to connect to the Storwize V7000 GUI and  activate the license can access the internet. If you cannot complete the automatic activation  procedure, use the manual activation procedure that is described in 12.3.5, “Activate the  license manually” on page 617.  Although authorization codes and encryption license keys use the same format (four groups  of four hexadecimal digits), you can only use each of them in the appropriate activation  process. If you use a license key when the system expects an authorization code, the system  displays an error message, as shown in Figure 12-16. Figure 12-16 Authorization code failure 616  Implementing the IBM Storwize V7000 with IBM Spectrum Virtualize V8.2.1