Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide v6.0.0 (53-1000606-01, April 2008)

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Activating ports

If you remove a Ports on Demand license, the licensed ports are disabled after the next platform

reboot or the next port deactivation.

Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand

You must be logged in as Admin to enable or disable the Dynamic PODs feature.

NOTE

The Dynamic PODs feature is supported on the Brocade 4018, 4020, and 4024 switches only. If you

click the Enable DPOD button on an unsupported switch, an error message displays.

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

2. Click the FC Ports or GigE Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, click the switch or the slot that contains the port.

4. Click the Enable DPOD button to enable the licensing mechanism to be dynamic. If the button

says Disable DPOD, the licensing mechanism is already set to dynamic.

The existing POD associations and assignments are set as the initial Dynamic POD

associations.

Two fields are displayed:

• Available Licenses indicate the number of free licenses. These can be allocated for

any port.

• Total Licenses indicate the total number of licenses.

Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand

NOTE

Disabling DPODs causes traffic disruption. Any prior port associations and assignments are lost the

next time the switch is rebooted.

You must be logged in as Admin to enable or disable the Dynamic PODs feature.

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

2. Click the FC Ports or GigE Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, click the switch or the slot that contains the port.

4. Click the Disable DPOD button to set the licensing mechanism to static. If the button displays

Enable DPOD, the licensing mechanism is already set to static.

Reserving and releasing licenses on a port basis

You must be logged in as Admin to reserve and release licenses.

NOTE

If the Admin Domains feature is enabled, the Dynamic POD configuration is only applied to the ports

if the switch is a member of the current Admin Domain.

The Dynamic PODs feature is supported on the Brocade 4018, 4020, and 4024 switches only.