Administrator Guide
468 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
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Licensing overview
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FCIP High Performance Extension over FCIP/FC NOTE: Local and attached
switches. License is needed
on both sides of tunnel.
FCIP Trunking Advanced Extension Local and attached switches.
Fibre Channel
Routing/EX_Ports
Integrated Routing Local switch.
FICON No license required. N/A
FICON-CUP FICON Management Server Local switch.
FICON Tape Read and
Write Emulation over an
FCIP Tunnel
• FICON Tape
• High Performance Extension over FCIP/FC
license or Advanced FICON Acceleration
license on Brocade 7800
Local and attached switches.
FICON XRC Sequence
Emulation over an FCIP
Tunnel
• FICON XRC
• High Performance Extension over FCIP/FC
or Advanced FICON Acceleration license
on Brocade 7800
Local and attached switches.
FIPS No license required. N/A
Firmware download No license required.
NOTE: The firmwareDownload command is
provided automatically with Fabric OS
on the switch.
N/A
Full fabric connectivity Full Fabric
NOTE: Also called the Fabric license (visible in
licenseShow output) and the E_Port
Upgrade license.
Local switch. May be required on
attached switches.
In-flight encryption and
compression
No license required. N/A
Inband Management No license required. N/A
Ingress rate limiting Adaptive Networking with QoS. Local switch.
Inter-chassis link (ICL)
• ICL 1st POD (Ports on Demand) on the
Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone family only.
• ICL 2nd POD on the Brocade DCX 8510-8
only.
• ICL 8-link on the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S
only.
• ICL 16-link on the Brocade DCX only.
• Enterprise ICL on the Brocade DCX 8510
Backbone family only, for topologies with
more than four chassis with ICLs.
Local and attached platforms.
IPSec No license required. N/A
IPsec for FCIP tunnels High Performance Extension over FCIP/FC NOTE: Local and attached
switches. License is needed
on both sides of tunnel.
LDAP No license required. N/A
Logical fabric No license required. N/A
TABLE 70 License requirements and location name by feature (Continued)
Feature License Where license should be installed