Starting with Smart Materials 2016 R1 (8.1.0), the 'Session Based License Check with an SPLM Server' (SBCS) was introduced. The license handling which was used in versions up to Smart Materials 8.0 is no longer supported in this mode.
From Smart Materials 2016 R4 (8.4.0) on, SBCS integrates with Intergraph Smart Licensing (ISL). This integration replaces the integration with SPLM. The name SBCS can now be understood as 'Session-Based Check Smart Licensing'.
This chapter describes the feature that supports a live retrieve and return of seats, from or to one or more keystores.
Any seat is pulled per session from ISL. We will not call getting a license seat 'check-out' because in ISL a 'check-out' alludes to offline-capability of ISL-client.