Deployment Guide

Enabling 10 Gbps operation on an FC port
Use the following procedure to enable 10 Gbps operation on an FC port on a Brocade 6510 or 6520
switch or an FC16-32 or FC16-48 blade:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions, or an account with OM
permissions for the license and SwitchPortConfiguration classes of RBAC commands.
2. Use the licenseAdd command to add the 10G license.
3. Use the licenseShow command to verify the license.
Bladed platforms only: If the results of the automatic license assignment are not what you
intended, use the licenseSlotCfg command to reassign the license to the desired blades.
4. Use the portCfgOctetSpeedCombo command to set the combination speed for the port octet to
a setting that supports 10 Gbps operations. Valid settings for 10 Gbps operations include:
• 2 - Auto-negotiated or fixed port speeds of 10 Gbps, 8 Gbps, 4 Gbps, and 2 Gbps
• 3 - Auto-negotiated or fixed port speeds of 16 Gbps and 10 Gbps
5. Use the portCfgSpeed command to set the port speed on each port you want to operate at 10
Gbps.
This example assigns a license to slot 4 on a DCX 8510-8 Backbone and enables 10 Gbps
operation on port 2 of the port blade in that slot. In this example, the 10G license was first
automatically assigned to slot 1.
8510-8switch:admin> licenseadd aTFPNFXGLmABANMGtT4LfSBJSDLWTYD3EFrr4WGAEMBA
8510-8switch:admin> licenseshow
aTFPNFXGLmABANMGtT4LfSBJSDLWTYD3EFrr4WGAEMBA
10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel (FTR_10G) license
Capacity 1
Consumed 1
Configured Blade Slots 1
8510-8switch:admin> licenseslotcfg -remove FTR_10G 1
8510-8switch:admin> licenseslotcfg -add FTR_10G 4
8510-8switch:admin> licenseshow
aTFPNFXGLmABANMGtT4LfSBJSDLWTYD3EFrr4WGAEMBA
10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel (FTR_10G) license
Capacity 1
Consumed 1
Configured Blade Slots 4
8510-8switch:admin> portcfgoctetspeedcombo 4/2 2
8510-8switch:admin> portcfgspeed 4/2 10
8510-8switch:admin>
This example assigns a license to a Brocade 6510 switch and enables 10 Gbps operation on port
2.
6510-switch:admin> licenseadd aTFPNFXGLmABANMGtT4LfSBJSDLWTYD3EFrr4WGAEMBA
6510-switch:admin> licenseshow
aTFPNFXGLmABANMGtT4LfSBJSDLWTYD3EFrr4WGAEMBA
10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel (FTR_10G) license
Capacity 1
Consumed 1
6510-switch:admin> portcfgoctetspeedcombo 2 2
6510-switch:admin> portcfgspeed 2 10
Enabling the 10-GbE ports on an FX8-24 blade
Use the following procedure to enable the 10-GbE ports on an FX8-24 blade:
1. Connect to the Brocade Backbone and log in using an account with admin permissions, or an
account with OM permissions for the license class of RBAC commands.
2. Use the licenseAdd command to add the 10G license.
Enabling 10 Gbps operation on an FC port
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