Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.0.0 (53-1002148-02, June 2011)

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ICL licensing
Brocade ICL links operate between the core blades of the DCX 8510 family of enterprise-class
platforms, or between the core blades of the DCX and DCX-4S platforms. Typically, if both core
blades are installed then they are active on the DCX and DCX-4S (or DCX 8510 family)
enterprise-class platforms.
ICL ports on core blades of a DCX 8510-8 can be used only with an ICL (1st or 2nd) POD license.
ICL ports on core blades of a DCX 8510-4 can be used only with an ICL 1st POD licence.
ICL ports on core blades of a DCX can be used only with an ICL 16-link or 8-link license. ICL ports on
core blades of a DCX-4S can be used only with an ICL 8-link licence.
After the addition or removal of a license, the license enforcement is performed on the ICL ports
only when the portDisable and portEnable commands are issued on the ports. An ICL license must
be installed on the enterprise platforms at either end of the ICL connection.
ICL 1st POD license
This license activates half of the ICL bandwidth for each ICL port on the Brocade DCX 8510-8
platform by enabling only half of the ICL links available. This allows you to purchase half the
bandwidth of the Brocade DCX 8510-8 ICL ports initially and upgrade with an additional ICL license
to use the full ICL bandwidth later. This license is also useful for environments with ICL connections
between a Brocade DCX 8510-8 and a DCX 8510-4, as the latter supports half the bandwidth of the
DCX 8510-8 on each ICL port.
This license is available on the Brocade DCX 8510-8 and DCX 8510-4 platforms only.
ICL 2nd POD license
This license provides dedicated high-bandwidth links between two Brocade DCX 8510-8 platforms
without consuming valuable front-end ports. Each Brocade DCX 8510-8 platform must have the ICL
2nd POD license installed in order to enable the full number of ICL connections possible.
This license is available for the Brocade DCX 8510-8 only.
ICL 8-link license
This license activates half of the ICL bandwidth for each ICL port on the Brocade DCX platform by
enabling only half of the ICL links available. This allows you to purchase half the bandwidth of the
Brocade DCX ICL ports initially and upgrade with an additional ICL license to use the full ICL
bandwidth later. This license is also useful for environments with ICL connections between a
Brocade DCX and a DCX-4S, as the latter cannot support more than eight links on an ICL port.
This license is available on the DCX-4S and DCX platforms only.
Number of 10-GbE ports 0 0
Number of FCIP Tunnels 2 8
Tape Pipelining over FCIP Tunnel No Yes
TABLE 67 Base to Upgrade License Comparison (Continued)
Feature Base model Upgrade License