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+# IBM(c) 2013 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+
+#This module provides various functions and lookup tables specific to deployment of Microsoft windows
+package xCAT::WinUtils;
+use strict;
+
+#the list of KMS client keys per technet that are supposed to be used when an enterpise has KMS set up..
+#ms uniquely identifies the version and 'flavor', processor architecture does not factor in
+#reference: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj612867.aspx
+#fyi, hyper-v 2012 has no license key, it's a free product
+my %kmskeymap = (
+	"win8-professional" => "NG4HW-VH26C-733KW-K6F98-J8CK4",
+	"win8-professional_n" => "XCVCF-2NXM9-723PB-MHCB7-2RYQQ",
+	"win8-enterprise" => "32JNW-9KQ84-P47T8-D8GGY-CWCK7",
+	"win8-enterprise_n" => "JMNMF-RHW7P-DMY6X-RF3DR-X2BQT",
+	"win2012-standard" => "XC9B7-NBPP2-83J2H-RHMBY-92BT4", #note that core and non-core share KMS key
+	"win2012-datacenter" => "48HP8-DN98B-MYWDG-T2DCC-8W83P",
+	"win7-professional" => "FJ82H-XT6CR-J8D7P-XQJJ2-GPDD4",
+	"win7-professional_n" => "MRPKT-YTG23-K7D7T-X2JMM-QY7MG",
+	"win7-professional_e" => "W82YF-2Q76Y-63HXB-FGJG9-GF7QX",
+	"win7-enterprise" => "33PXH-7Y6KF-2VJC9-XBBR8-HVTHH",
+	"win7-enterprise_n" => "YDRBP-3D83W-TY26F-D46B2-XCKRJ",
+	"win7-enterprise_e" => "C29WB-22CC8-VJ326-GHFJW-H9DH4",
+	"win2k8r2-standard" => "YC6KT-GKW9T-YTKYR-T4X34-R7VHC",
+	"win2k8r2-enterprise" => "489J6-VHDMP-X63PK-3K798-CPX3Y",
+	"win2k8r2-datacenter" => "74YFP-3QFB3-KQT8W-PMXWJ-7M648", #note, itanium had a different key, but we won't support that...
+);