Cadence Allegro and OrCAD 17.2-2016 Installation Guide for Windows
April 2016 43 Product Version 17.2-2016
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Installing Client on a Remote Computer
After installing the License Manager software and products on a file server, you can set up
remote client computers. The file server can be any computer on which you have installed
Cadence® Allegro® and OrCAD® products.
Note: The ADW product line, individual ADW products, and product family names have been
re-branded in Release 17.2-2016. The Allegro Design Workbench (ADW) is now referred to
as Allegro Engineering Data Management (EDM).
Note: The system that has Cadence Allegro and OrCAD products installed acts as a file
server. You can also run all installed products from the file server and Start menu entries are
created in the file server along with the creation of all environment variables required to run
the installed products.
You can install the client either interactively using the Installation Wizard or unattended in the
silent mode. Both types of installations will add a standard shortcut to the start menu as Start
– All Programs – Cadence Release , for example, Start – All Programs –
Cadence Release 17.2-2016.
Note: This chapter discusses interactive installation of the client. To learn about silent or
unattended installation, refer to Performing Silent Installations on page 61.
Remote client computers access the license server and the products (on the file server) over
a network. The remote client computer itself does not have the License Manager software or
any of the products installed on it. Instead, a minimum of files are installed (system DLLs,
registry entries, and environment variables) and icons that point to the products on the file
server are put into the Start menu on the remote client computer. In addition, the remote client
installation creates a Start menu command (Start–All Programs–Cadence–License
Manager–License Client Configuration Utility) that updates the CDS_LIC_FILE
environment variable on the remote client computer with the licensing information on the file
server.
Note: You can use a UNC path or a mapped drive to specify the file server location.If you use
a mapped drive and UAC (User Account Control) is on, browse to the location instead of
typing the path to the server location. Specifying a UNC path is recommended as mapped
drive might not be accessible due to company specific IT policies.
