ESXi 4.0 installed installed vsphere expired license

Don't know what to do here. I'm just trying to add a license. My demo expired on esxi and I found solutions to add a license but they all seem to involve "BUYING" something. While I don't mind not buying something I really evaluated anythign enough to know what to buy. No, I just plug my license key. When I opened vSphere and click on home - & gt; I don't see that administration roles, I don't see anything that indicates licenseing.

I have to BUY vCenter install a key?

Sorry, I was thinking about VI - 3 - follow the procedure below:

License a host without vCenter Server

If you are directly connected to the host through the vSphere Client, you register the host.

Procedure

1 in the vSphere Client, click the Configuration tab.

2 under the software, click licensed features.

3 click on change.

4 assign a license key.

-Select assign an existing license key to this host and select a license key in the product list.

-Select assign a new license key at this host, click on the Enter key and enter a license key, and an optional

the license key label.

5 click OK.

This from the Installation Guide - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40_u1/vsp_40_u1_esxi_i_vc_setup_guide.pdf

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