Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000599-02, June 2008)

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licensePort
Manages the Dynamic Ports On Demand (POD) license assignment.
Synopsis licensePort --release portnum
licensePort --reserve portnum
licensePort --show
lcensePort --method dynamic | static
Description Use this command to manage the Dynamic Ports on Demand license assignments. In the Dynamic
POD method, the ports are assigned to a POD license in order to come online until they equal the
number of online licensed ports. This command provides the mechanism to make adjustments to
the dynamic assignments to adjust to specific site requirements. These options are used in the
case where there are more online ports than the purchased POD licenses can support.
Note The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place. Refer
to chapter 1, "Understanding Admin Domain Restrictions" and Appendix A, "Command Availability"
for details.
Operands This command has the following operands:
--release portnum
Releases a license assignment from a port when the switch is using the
Dynamic POD method. This option can only be applied to a port that is offline.
--reserve portnum
Reserves a license assignment for a port when the switch is using the
Dynamic POD method. This option can only be applied to a port that is offline.
The port number is the number of the port to which to assign or from which to
remove a POD license.
--show Displays the POD license assignments.
--method Selects the POD method.
dynamic Selects Dynamic POD method.
static Selects Static POD method.
Examples To release and reserve a port from a Dynamic POD license assignment:
switch:admin> licensePort --release 5
To reserve a Dynamic POD license assignment for a port:
switch:admin> licensePort --reserve 5
To change the POD license method to the Dynamic method:
switch:admin> licensePort -method dynamic
To display the POD license assignments:
switch:admin> licensePort --show
20 ports are available in this switch
1 POD license is installed