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Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 89
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Port activation
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Ports on Demand is ready to be unlocked in the switch firmware. The license might be part of the
licensed Paper Pack supplied with the switch software, or you can purchase the license separately
from your switch vendor, who will provide you with a key to unlock it. You can install up to two Ports
on Demand licenses on each switch.
Table 9 lists the ports that are enabled by default settings and the ports that can be enabled after
you install the first and second Ports on Demand licenses for each switch type, and the ports that
can be enabled with the Dynamic PODs feature.
When using the Brocade 4016, 4018, 4020, 4024, 4424, 5424, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480, 6505,
6510, 6520, and NC-5480 switches, you can enable the Dynamic Ports on Demand (DPOD)
feature, which allows you to select the ports to be enabled (instead of predefined sets of ports)
after the POD license is installed. Web Tools allows you only to enable or disable the DPOD
functionality on a port. To configure DPOD, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.
In the Port Admin tab, the Licensed attribute for a port indicates whether a port is licensed (yes),
whether it can be licensed (possible) because there are free licenses available (only applicable with
the Dynamic POD feature), or whether it is not licensed and cannot be licensed because there is no
available license.
TABLE 9 Ports enabled with POD licenses and DPOD feature
Switch name Enabled by
default
Enabled with Ports on Demand
licenses
Enabled with the Dynamic Ports on
Demand feature
Brocade
Encryption
0-15 Not supported Not supported
Brocade 6505 0-11 12-23
Brocade 6510 0-23 24-35, 36-47
Brocade 6520 0-47 48-71, 72-95
Brocade VA-40FC 0-23 24-31, 32-39 Not supported
Brocade NC-5480 1-8, 17-20 0, 9-16, 21-23
Brocade 5480 1-8, 17-20 0, 9-12, 13-16, 21-23 Any available ports
Brocade 5470 0-7, 15, 16 8-14, 17-19
Brocade 5460 0-3, 6-13 4, 5, 14-25
Brocade 5450 1-10, 19-22 0, 11-18, 23-25
Brocade 5424 1-8, 17-20 0, 9-16, 21-23 Any available ports
Brocade 5300 0-47 48-63, 64-79 Not supported
Brocade 5100 0-23 24-31, 32-39 Not supported
Brocade 5000
Brocade 4100
0-15 16-23, 24-31 Not supported
Brocade 4900 0-31 32-47, 48-63 Not supported
Brocade 4424 1-8, 17-20 0, 9-16, 21-23
Brocade 4024 1-8, 17-20 9-12, 13-16, 21-23 Any available ports
Brocade 4020 0-7, 15, 16 8, 9, 17-19, 10-14 Any available ports
Brocade 4018 0-11 12-17 Any available ports
Brocade 4016 0-7, 10-13 8, 9, 14, 15 Any available ports
Brocade 300 0-7 8-15, 16-23 Not supported