Administrator Guide

528 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
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10G licensing
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Before removing a 10G license from an entire platform (licenseRemove command) or from a
specific blade (licenseSlotCfg
--remove command), you must first deconfigure all affected FC ports
to no longer operate at 10 Gbps.
NOTE
An FC port that is operating at 10 Gbps FC speed on a 16-Gbps FC blade or 16-Gbps FC switch does
not need an Extended Fabrics license to be used for FC long distance connectivity.
FC ports licensed and configured to operate at 10 Gbps on a Brocade 6510 or 6520 switch or
16-Gbps FC port blade cannot interoperate with 10-Gbps FC ports on the M-6140 platform or the
FC10-6 blade. The new FC ports use different protocols and physical connections.
Enabling 10 Gbps operation on an FC port
Use the following procedure to enable 10 Gbps operation on an FC port on a Brocade 6510 or
6520 switch or an FC16-32 or FC16-48 blade:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions, or an account with
OM permissions for the license and SwitchPortConfiguration classes of RBAC commands.
2. Use the licenseAdd command to add the 10G license.
3. Use the licenseShow command to verify the license.
Bladed platforms only: If the results of the automatic license assignment are not what you
intended, use the licenseSlotCfg command to reassign the license to the desired blades.
4. Use the portCfgOctetSpeedCombo command to set the combination speed for the port octet to
a setting that supports 10 Gbps operations. Valid settings for 10 Gbps operations include:
• 2—Auto-negotiated or fixed port speeds of 10 Gbps, 8 Gbps, 4 Gbps, and 2 Gbps
• 3—Auto-negotiated or fixed port speeds of 16 Gbps and 10 Gbps
5. Use the portCfgSpeed command to set the port speed on each port you want to operate at 10
Gbps.
Example of assigning a 10G license on an FC port blade and enabling 10 Gbps operation on a port
This example assigns a license to slot 4 on a DCX 8510-8 Backbone and enables 10 Gbps
operation on port 2 of the port blade in that slot. In this example, the 10G license was first
automatically assigned to slot 1.
8510-8switch:admin> licenseadd aTFPNFXGLmABANMGtT4LfSBJSDLWTYD3EFrr4WGAEMBA
8510-8switch:admin> licenseshow
aTFPNFXGLmABANMGtT4LfSBJSDLWTYD3EFrr4WGAEMBA
10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel (FTR_10G) license
Capacity 1
Consumed 1
Configured Blade Slots 1
8510-8switch:admin> licenseslotcfg -remove FTR_10G 1
8510-8switch:admin> licenseslotcfg -add FTR_10G 4
8510-8switch:admin> licenseshow
aTFPNFXGLmABANMGtT4LfSBJSDLWTYD3EFrr4WGAEMBA
10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel (FTR_10G) license
Capacity 1
Consumed 1
Configured Blade Slots 4
8510-8switch:admin> portcfgoctetspeedcombo 4/2 2