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Note: The EICL license supports a maximum of nine DCX 8510 chassis connected in a full mesh topology or up
to twelve DCX 8510 chassis connected in a core-edge topology. Refer to the Brocade SAN Scalability
Guidelines document for additional information.
WAN Rate Upgrade 1 License
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WAN Rate Upgrade 1 License — The WAN Rate Upgrade 1 license provides the additional WAN throughput up
to 10 Gbps on Brocade 7840. The base configuration of Brocade 7840 without the WAN Rate Upgrade 1
license provides WAN throughput up to 5 Gbps.
WAN Rate Upgrade 2 License
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WAN Rate Upgrade 2 License — The WAN Rate Upgrade 2 license provides unlimited WAN throughput (other
than the hardware limit) on Brocade 7840. The WAN Rate Upgrade 2 licenses also enable the use of two
40GbE ports on Brocade 7840. The 40GbE ports cannot be configured without the WAN Rate Upgrade 2
license. A WAN Rate Upgrade 1 license must be installed on a Brocade 7840 before a WAN Rate Upgrade 2
license is installed. A WAN Rate Upgrade 1 license cannot be removed before the WAN Rate Upgrade 2 license
has been removed.
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Note: The WAN Rate Upgrade 1 and WAN Rate Upgrade 2 licenses apply only to Brocade 7840. They control
the aggregate bandwith for all tunnels on a Brocade 7840. The entire capacity controlled by the licenses
can be assigned to a single tunnel subject to hardware limitation, or a portion of the capacity can be
assigned to multiple tunnels. The total bandwidth aggregated for all tunnels should not exceed the limits
established by the licenses.