This page provides the current Release Notes for Intel® Software License Manager, which provides the floating license server software for all Intel licensed development tools. The notes are categorized by version, from newest to oldest.
Click a version to expand it into a summary of new features and changes in that version since the last release.
2.12
Overview
- FlexNet Publisher* (FNP) 11.17.2
- Supported Platforms:
- Windows* 32-bit/Intel® 64 - Windows 10, Server 2012 & 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016
- Linux* 32-bit - minimum requirements: LSB 4.0, GLIBC-2.12 and Kernel 2.6.32 (RHEL 6 and 7, SLES 11 SP4 and 12 SP3)
- Intel® 64 - minimum requirements: LSB 4.0, GLIBC-2.12 and Kernel 2.6.32 (RHEL 6 and 7, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, and SLES 15, Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04 and 18.10, CentOs 6 and 7, Debian 8 and 9, Fedora 25 and 26)
- NOTE: This version or 2.11 is required for Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2020 Update 4 and its components.
What's New
- Updated to include more recent versions of 3rd party components, which include functional and security updates.
- Bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- All OS
- Fixes an issue with the lmgrd log file being overloaded with DPLT messages. More information here: https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Publisher-Knowledge-Base/DPLT-waiting-for-logger-to-connect/ta-p/158339
- Updated to include more recent versions of 3rd party components, which include functional and security updates. Users should update to the latest version.
- See FNP 11.17.2 defects fixed list.
Known Issues
- The ISLM installer will not detect whether Linux LSB (Linux Standard Base) 4.0 is installed on the license manager host system. The user MUST ensure LSB 4.0 is installed before installing the license manager. To check for LSB installed on your system, please run the command: "$ lsb_release -a"
- If you have old LSB version installed, please update to the LSB 4.0 or later before installing Intel Software License Manager version 2.10.0.
- If there is an LSB compatibility issue, the Flexera license manager might not start immediately after the installer has finished. Please run the following command to start the license manager: "$ lmgrd -c /opt/intel/serverlicenses/.lic"
- To detect whether lmgrd is running, use the command: "$ lmstat"
2.11
Overview
- FlexNet Publisher* (FNP) 11.17
- Supported Platforms:
- Windows* 32-bit/Intel® 64 - Windows 10, Server 2012 & 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016
- Linux* 32-bit - minimum requirements: LSB 4.0, GLIBC-2.12 and Kernel 2.6.32 (RHEL 6 and 7, SLES 11 SP4 and 12 SP3)
- Intel® 64 - minimum requirements: LSB 4.0, GLIBC-2.12 and Kernel 2.6.32 (RHEL 6 and 7, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, and SLES 15, Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04 and 18.10, CentOs 6 and 7, Debian 8 and 9, Fedora 25 and 26)
- NOTE: This version is required for Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2020 Update 4 and its components.
What's New
- Updated to include more recent versions of 3rd party components, which include functional and security updates.
- Bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- All OS
- Updated to include more recent versions of 3rd party components, which include functional and security updates reported in checkmarx scanning. Users should update to the latest version.
- See FNP 11.17.0 defects fixed list.
Known Issues
- The lmgrd log file may get overloaded with the following message: (INTEL) DPLT: waiting for logger to connect. This was reported by FlexNet here: https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Publisher-Knowledge-Base/DPLT-waiting-for-logger-to-connect/ta-p/158339
- The ISLM installer will not detect whether Linux LSB (Linux Standard Base) 4.0 is installed on the license manager host system. The user MUST ensure LSB 4.0 is installed before installing the license manager. To check for LSB installed on your system, please run the command: "$ lsb_release -a"
- If you have old LSB version installed, please update to the LSB 4.0 or later before installing Intel Software License Manager version 2.10.0.
- If there is an LSB compatibility issue, the Flexera license manager might not start immediately after the installer has finished. Please run the following command to start the license manager: "$ lmgrd -c /opt/intel/serverlicenses/.lic"
- To detect whether lmgrd is running, use the command: "$ lmstat"
2.10
Overview
- FlexNet Publisher* (FNP) 11.16.4
- Supported Platforms:
- Windows* 32-bit/Intel® 64 - Windows 10, Server 2012 & 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016
- Linux* 32-bit - minimum requirements: LSB 4.0, GLIBC-2.12 and Kernel 2.6.32 (RHEL 6 and 7, SLES 11 SP4 and 12 SP3)
- Intel® 64 - minimum requirements: LSB 4.0, GLIBC-2.12 and Kernel 2.6.32 (RHEL 6 and 7, SLES 11 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, and SLES 15, Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04 and 18.10, CentOs 6 and 7, Debian 8 and 9, Fedora 25 and 26)
- NOTE: This version is required for Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2020 and its components.
What's New
- Updated to include more recent versions of 3rd party components, which include functional and security updates.
- Bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- All OS
- Updated to include more recent versions of 3rd party components, which include functional and security updates. Users should update to the latest version.
- See FNP 11.16.4 defects fixed list.
Known Issues
- The ISLM installer will not detect whether Linux LSB (Linux Standard Base) 4.0 is installed on the license manager host system. The user MUST ensure LSB 4.0 is installed before installing the license manager. To check for LSB installed on your system, please run the command: "$ lsb_release -a"
- If you have old LSB version installed, please update to the LSB 4.0 or later before installing Intel Software License Manager version 2.10.0.
- If there is an LSB compatibility issue, the Flexera license manager might not start immediately after the installer has finished. Please run the following command to start the license manager: "$ lmgrd -c /opt/intel/serverlicenses/.lic"
- To detect whether lmgrd is running, use the command: "$ lmstat"
2.9
Overview
- FlexNet Publisher* (FNP) 11.16.2.1
- Supported Platforms:
- Windows* 32-bit/Intel® 64 - Windows 10, Server 2012 & 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016
- Linux* 32-bit/Intel® 64 - SUSE Enterprise Linux* Ver 11/12, Red Hat Enterprise Linux* Ver 6/7, Ubuntu* Ver 16.04/18.04/18.10, and Linux LSB 4.0 compliance with Kernel 2.6.32
- NOTE: This version is required for Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2019 Update 4 and its components.
What's New
- Updated to include more recent versions of 3rd party components, which include functional and security updates.
- Bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- All OS
- Issue requiring the setting of INTEL_NO_CONNECTION_CHECK during product installation is fixed for Intel® Parallel Studio XE Release 2019 Update 4. Versions of Intel Parallel Studio XE prior to 2019 update 4 may still require this environment variable to be set.
- Updated to include more recent versions of 3rd party components, which include functional and security updates. Users should update to the latest version.
- See FNP 11.16.2.1 defects fixed list.
Known Issues
- Support for the BORROW feature has been temporarily removed. If you have problems using the BORROW feature, please contact support.
- The ISLM installer will not detect whether Linux LSB (Linux Standard Base) 4.0 is installed on the license manager host system. The user MUST ensure LSB 4.0 is installed before installing the license manager. To check for LSB installed on your system, please run the command: "$ lsb_release -a"
- If you have old LSB version installed, please update to the LSB 4.0 or later before installing Intel Software License Manager version 2.9.
- If there is an LSB compatibility issue, the Flexera license manager might not start immediately after the installer has finished. Please run the following command to start the license manager: "$ lmgrd -c /opt/intel/serverlicenses/.lic"
- To detect whether lmgrd is running, use the command: "$ lmstat"
2.7
Overview
- FlexNet Publisher (FNP) 11.15.1.0
- Supported Platforms:
- Windows* 32-bit/Intel® 64 - Windows 10, Server 2012 & 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016
- Linux* 32-bit/Intel® 64 - SUSE Enterprise Linux Ver 11/12, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ver 6/7, and Linux LSB 4.0 compliance with Kernel 2.6.27
- NOTE: This version is required for Intel® Parallel Studio XE 2019 and its components.
What's New
- Removed statistic collection
- Improved support for the FlexLM server and vendor ports
- Updated the installer UI for GDPR compliance
- Bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- All OS
- Fixed hostname lookup for installation causing invalid license errors
- Fixed installation crashes
- Windows*
- Fixed installation log to write to the correct folder
- Fixed silent installation activation error
- Fixed automatic launch of the license manager service after successful installation
- Latest patch includes a fix for the Windows installer in the initial 2.7 release, and no longer requires Visual C++ redistributables to be installed.
Known Issues
- The initial release of version 2.7.0.007 of the Intel Software License Manager fails to install on Windows in some cases. This is due to a missing Microsoft* DLL needed to extract the msi file. Included in the error log is: "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run." and "error code: 1603"
This issue has been fixed in the latest patched version 2.7.1.014 available from the Intel Registration Center.
2.6
Overview
- FlexNet Publisher (FNP) 2016 R2 SP1 (11.14.1.1)
- Supported Platforms:
- Windows* 32-bit/Intel® 64 - Windows 10, Server 2012 & 2012 R2, and Windows Server 2016
- Linux* 32-bit/Intel® 64 - SUSE Enterprise Linux Ver 11/12, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ver 6/7, and Linux LSB 4.0 compliance with Kernel 2.6.27
What's New
- Updated the installer UI to the 2018 look and feel
- Bug fixes
Bug Fixes
- All OS
- Fixed INTEL vendor daemon crash due to out of memory error
- Improved installer error message for unregistered serial numbers
- Linux*
- Fixed incorrect error about invalid licenses in the serverlicense folder
- Fixed problem with installing the license manager on a machine with several network cards
- Windows*
- Improved error messaging on Finish screen in the installer
- Added an error message if the HostID is invalid but the hostname is valid
Known Issues
- Installer incorrectly reports an invalid license when checking the connection to the license manager. Try setting environment variable INTEL_NO_CONNECTION_CHECK=1 to fix the problem.
- Installer reports an invalid license if the hostname in the license file does not contain the value returned by the hostname OS command. More information here.
- In Windows*, the license manager may fail if the INTEL service is unable to write the log file due to lack of permissions. More information here.