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Optionally Licensed Software
Fabric OS v7.4 includes all basic switch and fabric support software, as well as optionally licensed software
that is enabled via license keys.
Optionally licensed features include:
Brocade Ports on Demand
Brocade Ports on DemandBrocade Ports on Demand
Brocade Ports on Demand
— Allows customers to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning additional ports via
license key upgrade. (Applies to select models of switches).
Brocade Extended Fabrics
Brocade Extended FabricsBrocade Extended Fabrics
Brocade Extended Fabrics
— Provides greater than 10km of switched fabric connectivity at full bandwidth over
long distances (depending on platform this can be up to 3000km).
Note:
Note:Note:
Note: If a port on 16G FC blades or a 16G switch is configured to operate at 10G speed, Extended fabrics
license is not needed to enable long distance connectivity on that port.
Brocade ISL Trunking
Brocade ISL TrunkingBrocade ISL Trunking
Brocade ISL Trunking
— Provides the ability to aggregate multiple physical links into one logical link for
enhanced network performance and fault tolerance. Also includes Access Gateway ISL Trunking on those
products that support Access Gateway deployment.
Brocade Advanced Performance
Brocade Advanced PerformanceBrocade Advanced Performance
Brocade Advanced Performance Monitoring — All Advanced Performance Monitoring features are obsolete in
FOS v7.4. This license remains to provide end users with Fabric Watch license to upgrade to Fabric Vision
capabilities.
Brocade Fabric Watch
Brocade Fabric WatchBrocade Fabric Watch
Brocade Fabric Watch — All Fabric Watch features are obsolete in FOS v7.4. This license remains to provide
end users with Advanced Performance Monitoring license to upgrade to Fabric Vision capabilities.
Brocade Fabric Vision
Brocade Fabric VisionBrocade Fabric Vision
Brocade Fabric Vision — Enables MAPS (Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite), Flow Vision, and ClearLink
(D_Port) to non-Brocade devices. MAPS enables rules based monitoring and alerting capabilities, provides
comprehensive dashboards to quickly troubleshoot problems in Brocade SAN environments. Flow Vision
enables host to LUN flow monitoring, application flow mirroring for non-disruptive capture and deeper analysis,
and test traffic flow generation function for SAN infrastructure validation. D_Port to non-Brocade devices
allows extensive diagnostic testing of links to devices other than Brocade switches and adapters.
FICON Management Server
FICON Management ServerFICON Management Server
FICON Management Server
— Also known as “CUP” (Control Unit Port), enables host-control of switches in
Mainframe environments.
Enhanced Group Management
Enhanced Group ManagementEnhanced Group Management
Enhanced Group Management — This license enables full management of devices in a data center fabric with
deeper element management functionality and greater management task aggregation throughout the
environment. This license is used in conjunction with Brocade Network Advisor application software and is
applicable to all FC platforms supported by FOS v7.0 or later.
Note:
Note:Note:
Note: This capability is enabled by default on all Gen 5 65XX model switches and DCX 8510 platforms, and on
DCX and DCX-4S platforms that are running Fabric OS v7.0.0 or later. Gen 5 embedded switches
receive this capability by default with FOS v7.2.1 and later. Individual upgrade is required when
upgrading directly to FOS v7.2.1 on Gen 5 embedded switches. Subsequent group operations on Gen 5
embedded switches including group upgrade are supported.
Adaptive Networking with QoS
Adaptive Networking with QoSAdaptive Networking with QoS
Adaptive Networking with QoS — This license was deprecated beginning with FOS v7.2. All functionality
enabled by the license is now part of base FOS firmware capabilities.
Server Application Optimization
Server Application OptimizationServer Application Optimization
Server Application Optimization
— This license was deprecated beginning with FOS v7.2. All functionality
enabled by the license is now part of base FOS firmware capabilities.
Integrated Routing
Integrated RoutingIntegrated Routing
Integrated Routing
— This license allows any port in a DCX 8510-8, DCX 8510-4, Brocade 6510, Brocade
6520, DCX-4S, DCX, 5300, 5100, 7800, 7840, or Brocade Encryption Switch to be configured as an Ex_port or
VEx_port (on some platforms) supporting Fibre Channel Routing.
Encryption Performance Upgrade
Encryption Performance UpgradeEncryption Performance Upgrade
Encryption Performance Upgrade — This license provides additional encryption processing power. For the
Brocade Encryption Switch or a DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4, the Encryption Performance License
can be installed to enable full encryption processing power on the BES or on all FS8-18 blades installed in a
DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510-8/DCX 8510-4 chassis.
DataFort Compatibility
DataFort CompatibilityDataFort Compatibility
DataFort Compatibility — This license is required on the Brocade Encryption Switch or DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510-
8/DCX 8510-4 with FS8-18 blade(s) to read and decrypt NetApp DataFort-encrypted disk and tape LUNs.
DataFort Compatibility License is also required on the Brocade Encryption Switch or DCX/DCX-4S/DCX 8510-
8/DCX 8510-4 Backbone with FS8-18 Encryption Blade(s) installed to write and encrypt the disk and tape
LUNs in NetApp DataFort Mode (Metadata and Encryption Algorithm) so that DataFort can read and decrypt