Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000606-02, June 2008)

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Swapping port index

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.

You must disable the port or switch before reserving or releasing a license.

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.

The License column identifies the port license status:

• If the port has a license allocated, the License field contains the value Yes.

• If the port does not have a license allocated and there are no free licenses that can be

allocated, the License field contains the value No.

• If the port does not have a license allocated and there are licenses that can be

allocated to the port, the License field contains the value Possible.

You can reserve or release a license on any port that has a license allocated.

To reserve a license, click Reserve License in the Port Administration window.

To release a license, click Release License in the Port Administration window.

Swapping port index

If a port malfunctions, or if you want to connect to different devices without having to re-wire your

infrastructure, you can move traffic from one port to another (swap ports) without changing the I/O

Configuration Data Set (IOCDS) on the mainframe computer.