Administrator Guide

378 Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide
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Ports on Demand
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ATTENTION
Licenses are not interchangeable between units. For example, if you bought a POD license for a
Brocade 300, you cannot use that license on a Brocade 5100 or VA-40FC. The licenses are based
on the switches WWN and are not interchangeable.
Table 80 shows the ports that are enabled by default and the ports that can be enabled after you
install the first and second Ports on Demand licenses for each switch type.
Ports on Demand is ready to be unlocked in the switch firmware. Its license key may be part of the
licensed paperpack supplied with switch software, or you can purchase the license key separately
from your switch vendor. You may need to generate a license key from a transaction key supplied
with your purchase. If so, launch an Internet browser and go to the Brocade Web site at
http://www.brocade.com. Click Products > Software Products > Software License Keys and follow
the instructions to generate the key.
Each Ports on Demand license activates the next group of ports in numerical order in either
four-port or eight-port increments, depending on the model. Before installing a license key, you
must insert transceivers in the ports to be activated. Remember to insert the transceivers in the
lowest group of inactive port numbers first. For example, if only 16 ports are currently active and
you are installing one Ports on Demand license key, make sure to insert the transceivers in ports
16 through 23. If you later install a second license key, insert the transceivers in ports 24 through
31. For details on inserting transceivers, see the switch’s Hardware Reference Manual.
ATTENTION
If you enable or disable an active port you will disrupt any traffic and potentially lose data flowing on
that port.
If the port is connected to another switch, you will segment the switch from the fabric and all traffic
flowing between the disabled port and the fabric will be lost.
If you remove a Ports on Demand license, the licensed ports will become disabled after the next
platform reboot or the next port deactivation.
TABLE 80 List of available ports when implementing PODs
Platform Available user ports
No POD license POD1 or POD2 present Both POD license present
Brocade 300 0-7 0-15 0-23
Brocade 4100 0-15 0-23 0-31
Brocade 4900 0-31 0-47 0-63
Brocade 5000 0-15 0-23 0-31
Brocade 5100 0-23 0-31 0-39
Brocade 5300 0-47 0-63 0-79
Brocade 5410 0-11 n/a 0-11
Brocade 5424 1-8 and 17-20 POD1: 0, 9-16, and 21-23 0-23
Brocade 5450 1-10 and 19-22 POD1: 0, 11-18, and 23-25 0-25
Brocade 5480 1-8 and 17-20 POD1: 9-12 and 21-22
POD2: 0, 13-16, and 23
0-23
Brocade 8000 24 Gbe 24 Gbe and 8 FC 24 Gbe and 8 FC
Brocade VA-40FC 0-23 0-31 0-39