Software Licensing Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) Manual

License requirements and location name by feature (Continued)TABLE 6
Feature License Where license should be
installed
Speed 8 Gbps license needed to support 8 Gbps on the
Brocade 300, 5100, 5300, and VA-40FC switches and
embedded switches only.
NOTE
The 8 Gbps license is installed by default, and you
should not remove it.
A 10-Gb FCIP/Fibre Channel license is needed to
support 10Gb FC ports on FC16-32 blades, FC16-48
blades, and the Brocade 6510 and 6520, as well as to
support the 10Gb Ethernet ports on FX8-24 blades.
(See the Ports feature above for more information.)
Local switch
SSH public key No license required. N/A
TACACS+ No license required. N/A
Top Talkers Advanced Performance Monitoring Local switch and attached
switches.
Traffic Isolation No license required. N/A
Trunking • ISL Trunking or
• ISL Trunking Over Extended Fabrics
For ICL trunking, no license is required.
Local and attached switches.
Two-to-four domains in a
fabric
Value Line (Two/Four) Local switch. May be
required on attached
switches.
USB usage No license required. N/A
Virtual Fabrics No license required. N/A
Web Tools • No license required for non-8 Gbps platforms.
• The Enhanced Group Management (EGM)
license is required for 8 Gbps platforms.
NOTE
A limited set of features is accessible using Web Tools
without a license. Additional switch management
features are accessible with the EGM license.
Local and any switch you will
be managing using Web
Tools.
Zoning No license required. N/A
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