Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.0.0 (53-1002148-02, June 2011)

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8G licensing
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ICL 16-link license
This license provides dedicated high-bandwidth links between two Brocade DCX chassis, without
consuming valuable front-end ports. Each Brocade DCX chassis must have the ICL 16-link license
installed in order to enable the full number of ICL connections possible (16-links in the case of a
DCX chassis).
This license is available for the Brocade DCX only.
8G licensing
ATTENTION
This license is installed by default and you should not remove it. Port operation might become
disrupted, and ports might be prevented from operating at 8 Gbps when the license is removed.
The 8 Gbps license applies to the Brocade 300, 5100, 5300, and VA-40FC switches and the 8
Gbps embedded switches; this license does NOT apply to the Brocade 6510.
The following list describes the basic rules of using, adding, or removing 8G licenses:
• Without an 8G license, even if there is an 8 Gbps SFP plugged into a port in an applicable
platform, the port would be enabled to run at a maximum speed of 4 Gbps.
• To obtain an 8G license, only the License ID from the switch is required. When you add the 8G
license, you must enter either the portDisable and portEnable commands on each individual
port on the switch, or the switchDisable and switchEnable commands on the switch, to enable
8 Gbps features.
• When you remove the 8G license, the ports which are online and already running at 8 Gbps are
not disturbed until the port goes offline or the switch is rebooted. The switch ports return to
their pre-licensed state maximum speed of 4 Gbps.
Slot-based licensing
Slot-based licensing is used on the Brocade DCX 8510 family, DCX and DCX-4S platforms to
support the FX8-24 blade and on the Brocade DCX 8510 family to support also the 16 Gbps FC port
blades (FC16-24 and FC16-48). License capacity is equal to the number of slots. These licenses
allow you to select the slots that the license will enable up to the capacity purchased and to
increase the capacity without disrupting slots that already have licensed features running. Each
slot-based license key is for a single feature.
Features utilizing slot-based licenses on the FX8-24 blade include:
• 10GbE
• Advanced Extension
• Advanced FICON Acceleration
Features using slot-based licenses on the 16 Gbps FC port blades include 10 Gbps FC port
operation.