Users Guide

Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 21
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Temporary licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .530
Restrictions on upgrading temporary slot-based licenses . . .531
Date change restriction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .531
Configupload and download considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . .531
Expired licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .531
Universal temporary licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532
Extending a universal temporary license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532
Universal temporary license shelf life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532
Viewing installed licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .532
Activating a license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .533
Adding a licensed feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .533
Removing a licensed feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .534
Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .535
Displaying installed licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .536
Activating Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .537
Dynamic Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .537
Displaying the port license assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .538
Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .538
Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .539
Reserving a port license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .540
Releasing a port from a POD set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .540
Chapter 22 Inter-chassis Links
Inter-chassis links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .543
License requirements for ICLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .544
ICLs for the Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone family. . . . . . . . . . . . . .544
ICL trunking on the Brocade DCX 8510-8 and DCX 8510-4 . .545
ICLs for the Brocade DCX Backbone family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .546
ICL trunking on the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S. . . . . . . . . . . . .547
Virtual Fabrics considerations for ICLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .547
Supported topologies for ICL connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .547
Mesh topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .547
Core-edge topology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .549
Chapter 23 Monitoring Fabric Performance
Advanced Performance Monitoring overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551
Types of monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551
Restrictions for installing monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .552
Virtual Fabrics considerations for Advanced Performance
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .552
Access Gateway considerations for Advanced Performance
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553