Administrator Guide

44 Web Tools Administrator’s Guide
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Licensed feature management
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To activate a license, perform the following steps.
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration
window” on page 31.
2. Select the License tab and click Add.
The Add License dialog box displays.
3. Paste or enter a license key in the field.
4. Click Add License.
5. Click Refresh to display the new licenses in the License tab.
Some licenses, such as the Trunking or Brocade 7800 upgrade license, do not take effect until
the switch is restarted.
Assigning slots for a license key
This feature allows to increase the capacity without disrupting the slots that already have licensed
features running.
NOTE
You can enable slot based licenses only on 10 Gigabit Ethernet (FTR_10G), Advanced Extension
(FTR_AE), and Advanced FICON Acceleration (FTR_AFA) features.
To assign slots for a license key, perform the following steps.
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration
window” on page 31.
2. Select the License tab.
3. Select the license key for which you want to assign slots from the License Administration table.
4. Click Assign Slot(s).
The Assign Slots window displays.
5. Select the slots you want to assign.
6. Click OK.
Removing a license from a switch
To remove a license from a switch in the Switch Administration window, perform the following
steps.
ATTENTION
Use care when removing licenses. If you remove a license for a feature, that feature no longer works.
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in “Opening the Switch Administration
window” on page 31.
2. Select the License tab.
3. Select the license key you want to remove.
4. Click Remove.