53-1003164-01 05 February 2014 Network OS Software Licensing Guide Supporting Network OS v4.1.
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Contents Preface..................................................................................................................................... 3 Document conventions......................................................................................3 Text formatting conventions.................................................................. 3 Command syntax conventions.............................................................. 3 Notes, cautions, and warnings....................................
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Preface ● Document conventions......................................................................................................3 ● Brocade resources............................................................................................................ 5 ● Getting technical help........................................................................................................5 ● Document feedback...................................................................................................
Notes, cautions, and warnings Convention Description value In Fibre Channel products, a fixed value provided as input to a command option is printed in plain text, for example, --show WWN. [] Syntax components displayed within square brackets are optional. Default responses to system prompts are enclosed in square brackets. {x|y|z} A choice of required parameters is enclosed in curly brackets separated by vertical bars. You must select one of the options.
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About This Document ● Supported hardware and software.................................................................................... 7 ● What’s new in this document............................................................................................ 8 Supported hardware and software In those instances in which procedures or parts of procedures documented here apply to some switches but not to others, this guide identifies exactly which switches are supported and which are not.
What’s new in this document What’s new in this document This document supports Network OS 4.1.0; and the new licenses in this release include: • • 10 GbE Port Upgrade 40 GbE Port Upgrade For complete information, refer to the Release Notes.
Software Licensing Overview ● Licensing overview............................................................................................................9 ● How software licensing works........................................................................................... 9 ● License types.................................................................................................................. 10 ● Software licensing terminology.................................................................
License types License types The following license types are supported in Network OS: • • Permanent licenses - A permanent license (also referred to as a chassis-wide license) has no expiration date and is locked to a single switch identified by the switch license ID. The switch license ID is initially the same as the switch World Wide Name (WWN). The switch WWN may change through configuration changes on the product, but the switch license ID remains unchanged.
License requirements If a delivery method is not specified at the time of the order, the key will be delivered by the way of paperpack. License requirements The following table lists the license requirements by platform. TABLE 1 License requirements by platform Platform 40 Gb DCB ports 10 Gb DCB ports 1 Gb DCB ports 8 Gb FC ports License type POD sets and sizes Notes VDX 6710 N/A 6 48 N/A N/A N/A No POD license is required to enable DCB ports.
Software Licensing Overview TABLE 2 Brocade licenses for optional Network OS features License Description Dynamic Ports on Demand: A Dynamic POD license allows you to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning additional Ethernet ports on the Brocade VDX 6720 and VDX 6730 platforms. Licenses are assigned dynamically from a pool of resources based on either auto-detection of active links or explicit port reservation by the user.
Licensing restrictions and considerations TABLE 2 Brocade licenses for optional Network OS features (Continued) License Description 10 GbE Port Upgrade License function depends on the VDX 6740 model: • • PORT_10G_UPGRADE • For the Brocade VDX 6740 and VDX 6740T, this license adds 10 GbE ports in increments of eight ports (8, 16, 24) per license. For Brocade VDX 6740, ports operate at 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, or auto-sensing mode and VDX 6740T ports operate at 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, or autosensing mode.
Upgrade and downgrade considerations configuration, the Dynamic POD configuration is moderated and restricted by whatever POD licenses are present on the switch. For example, if you download a configuration file from a switch that has POD assignments beyond the base number of allowed Dynamic POD ports and there is no POD license installed, then the additional ports beyond the number of ports in the base Dynamic POD set will not be allowed.
Software Licensing Overview The following figure shows the software licensing portal login window. FIGURE 1 Brocade software licensing portal login window 4. From the License Management menu, select Brocade NOS > License Generation with Transaction key. The Brocade NOS License Generation window displays. FIGURE 2 Brocade Network OS License Generation window 5. Enter the requested information in the required fields. An asterisk (*) next to a field indicates that the information is required.
Viewing software license information from the Brocade software portal NOTE You can generate more than one license at a time. For each license request, enter the Unit's Unique ID and Transaction Key, and click Add. 6. When you have finished entering the required information, read the Brocade End User License Agreement, and select the I have read and accept check box. 7. Click the Generate button to generate the license. The results window displays an order summary and the results of the license request.
Software Licensing Overview The NOS Unit License Query window displays. FIGURE 3 License Query window 2. Enter the LID in the Unit ID field and the unique number in the Transaction key field, and click Search. In the NOS Unit License Query results window, the line items for Level 1 display hardware-related information and the line items for Level 2 display software-related information.
Viewing software license information from the Brocade software portal 18 Network OS Software Licensing Guide 53-1003164-01
Licensing Tasks ● Installing a license...........................................................................................................19 ● Displaying a license ....................................................................................................... 20 ● Displaying the switch license ID......................................................................................21 ● Removing licenses............................................................................................
Adding an FCoE license TABLE 3 Requirements for activating a license after installation License Description PORTS_ON_DEMAND_1 One of the following actions may be required depending on the configuration: PORTS_ON_DEMAND_2 • • Enabling the ports or the chassis. Disabling and then re-enabling the ports or the chassis. FCOE_BASE You must enable any Fibre Channel (FC) ports that you wish to use (applicable only if the product includes FC ports).
Displaying the switch license ID xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Layer 3 license Feature name:LAYER_3 License is valid The following example displays a Brocade VDX 8770 licensed for Advanced Services. This configuration enables the use of Layer 3, FCoE, and VCS features.
Licensing Tasks TABLE 4 Requirements for deactivating a license after removal (Continued) License Description PORT_10G_UPGRADE Port reservations for non-Base ports provisioned by the license must be released first. Removal of a port reservation provisioned by this license is blocked if the port is in a configuration not allowed on a 1 GbE port, such as Brocade Trunking or FCoE. PORT_40G_UPGRADE Port reservations for non-Base ports provisioned by the license must be released first.
Extending a time-based license First Ports on Demand license - additional 10 port upgrade license Feature name:PORTS_ON_DEMAND_1 License is valid xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Second Ports on Demand license - additional 10 port upgrade license Feature name:PORTS_ON_DEMAND_2 License is valid Extending a time-based license You extend a time-based license by adding another temporary license or by installing a permanent license. Re-installing a temporary license that has expired is not permitted.
Licensing Tasks NOTE After adding an FCoE or DPOD license, you must disable and re-enable all affected ports. The VCS Fabric license does not require re-enabling. You can disable and then enable each affected port, or you can enter the chassis disable command followed by the chassis enable command to re-enable the entire chassis. switch# chassis disable switch# chassis enable 3. If the license does not appear in the show license command output, then it was not installed.
Dynamic Ports on Demand Licensing ● Dynamic Ports on Demand overview.............................................................................. 25 ● Managing automatic POD port assignments...................................................................26 ● Mapping port assignments to a POD port set................................................................. 26 ● Activating the Dynamic POD feature ..............................................................................
Managing automatic POD port assignments TABLE 5 List of available ports when implementing Ports on Demand Platform Base port set Single POD set Double POD set Total ports Brocade VDX 6720-24 16 +8 N/A 24 Brocade VDX 6720-60 40 +10 +10 60 Brocade VDX 6730-32 16 +8 N/A 24 Brocade VDX 6730-76 40 +10 +10 60 If you purchase both a PORTS_ON_DEMAND_1 (POD1) license and a PORTS_ON_DEMAND_2 (POD2) license for the Brocade VDX 6720-60 or VDX 6730-76, the system has a "double" POD license.
Activating the Dynamic POD feature from the single POD license port set. When this set is full, the remaining port assignments are associated with the double POD license port set. The association of a specific port to a POD set matters only when you want to remove a POD license from the system. Ports assigned to the double POD license port set are disabled first. The last-assigned licenses are released when you remove POD licenses. Refer to Releasing a port from a POD set on page 29 for more information.
Adding a Dynamic POD license LineSpeed: Auto - 10000 Mbit, Duplex: Full Flowcontrol rx: on, tx: on Adding a Dynamic POD license The following example adds a second Dynamic POD license on the local switch and verifies the transaction. The command prompts you to disable and then re-enable the port or the switch.
Overriding Dynamic POD assignments Overriding Dynamic POD assignments You can override the automatic port license assignments by releasing Dynamic POD assignments from a port and by reserving an assignment for a specific port. Reserving a port assignment Reserving an assignment for a port assigns that port to a Ports on Demand (POD) license regardless of whether the port is online or offline. Reserving assignments allocates the POD license to specified ports.
Dynamic Ports on Demand Licensing To prevent a port from coming back online and taking a POD assignment, disable the port and save the running configuration. This action will disable the port persistently. A port POD assignment can only be released if the port is currently offline. Use the shutdown command to disable the port or use the chassis disable command to disable the switch if you plan to release multiple ports. 1. Enter the global configuration mode by issuing the configure terminal command. 2.
Index 10 GbE Port Upgrade 11 40 GbE Port Upgrade 11 A activating a license after installation 19 activating POD 27 Advanced Services 11 B Base Port Set 25 Brocade VCS Fabric 11 C configuration managemet 13 D display licenses 20 Double POD License 25 downgrade considerations 14 Dynamic POD 13 Dynamic POD license 11 Dynamic Ports on Demand 25 E electronic transaction key 14 extending a temporary license 23 F FCoE license 11 G generic rules 13 I individual time-based license 10 installation example 20
display 28 override 29 release 29 reserve 29 Ports on Demand Base port set 25 Double POD set 25 port assignments 26 Single POD set 25 R remove feature 21 removing licensed feature 21 requirements for deactivating a license 21 S shelf life of temporary licenses 10 show license 9, 19–21, 23 show license id 14, 21 Single POD License 25 software license terminology 10 software licensing portal 9, 14, 16 T temporary license 10 temporary license types 10 time-based license 9, 10 time-based licenses 11, 13 t
