53-1003251-01 July 2014 Brocade Virtual ADX Licensing Guide Supporting Brocade Virtual ADX version 03.1.
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Contents Preface..................................................................................................................................... 5 Document conventions......................................................................................5 Text formatting conventions.................................................................. 5 Command syntax conventions.............................................................. 5 Notes, cautions, and warnings....................................
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Preface ● Document conventions......................................................................................................5 ● Brocade resources............................................................................................................ 7 ● Contacting Brocade Technical Support.............................................................................7 ● 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.
Brocade resources Brocade resources Visit the Brocade website to locate related documentation for your product and additional Brocade resources. You can download additional publications supporting your product at www.brocade.com. Select the Brocade Products tab to locate your product, then click the Brocade product name or image to open the individual product page. The user manuals are available in the resources module at the bottom of the page under the Documentation category.
Document feedback • Brocade Supplemental Support augments your existing OEM support contract, providing direct access to Brocade expertise. For more information, contact Brocade or your OEM. • For questions regarding service levels and response times, contact your OEM/Solution Provider. Document feedback To send feedback and report errors in the documentation you can use the feedback form posted with the document or you can e-mail the documentation team.
Brocade Virtual ADX Licensing ● License types.................................................................................................................... 9 ● Software license terminology.......................................................................................... 10 ● Obtaining and installing a license file.............................................................................. 10 ● Deleting a license.................................................................................
Software license terminology Premium Plus. For more information about support level agreements (SLAs), please refer to http:// www.brocade.com/services-support/support-plans/direct-support/index.page • Subscription License - a subscription license enables all applicable Brocade Virtual ADX software features to perform based on specified individual throughput levels for a specific annual term or period. Brocade Essential Support is provided as part of the subscription license for the specified annual term.
Obtaining a license file You can download the license file and transfer it to a TFTP server for upload to a Brocade Virtual ADX instance. Obtaining a license file Complete the following steps to generate and obtain a license for Brocade Virtual ADX: 1.
Verifying the license file installation Verifying the license file installation To display information about all software licenses in the license database, use the show license command.
Deleting a license Deleting a license A license will remain in the license database until it is deleted. To delete a license, enter commands such as the following at the Privileged EXEC level of the CLI. Use the show license command to identify the index number of the license that you want to delete.
Console, and Syslog messages for trial license expiration Console, and Syslog messages for trial license expiration Twenty days prior to the date that a trial license is set to expire and each day until the last day, the following warning message will appear daily on the console. On the day that the license will expire, the warning message will appear every two hours. Syslog messages will also be generated.
Brocade Virtual ADX Licensing Explanation Indicates that the license package has been deleted. Message Level Informational Message License: Package package_name with SERIAL-NUMBER serial_number will expire in number days/hours, use license delete to remove it. Explanation The trial license is about to expire. This message will begin to display 20 days before the expiration date, and every 2 hours on the last day that the license will expire.
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Scalability ● Overview......................................................................................................................... 17 ● Distributed Multi-Core System........................................................................................ 17 ● Backward and forward compatibility................................................................................18 ● License options and system requirements......................................................................
Backward and forward compatibility 1. Enter the configure command to access global configuration mode. Virtual ADX# configure terminal 2. Use the following command to reserve a core for the management process. Virtual ADX(config)# system reserve-management-cpu Backward and forward compatibility Brocade Virtual ADX Version 03.1.00 can recognize and support the previously purchased licenses installed for the earlier release of Brocade Virtual ADX (e.g. Version 03.0.00). Brocade Virtual ADX Version 03.0.
Scalability TABLE 3 Maximum values of system parameters for Brocade Virtual ADX licenses System Parameter Developer, VADX- VADX-LIC-1G and VADX-LIC-5G LIC-10M and VADX-LIC-3G VADX-LIC-200M VADX-LIC-10G MAC entries 8192 32768 32768 32768 VLANs 256 4095 4095 4095 Virtual interfaces (VEs) 256 4095 4095 4095 IPv4 ARP entries 4096 65535 65535 65535 IPv4 static ARP entries 256 1024 1024 1024 IPv4 cache entries 4096 32768 32768 32768 IPv4 routes 2048 16384 16384 16384 IPv4 st
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