Brocade FastIron Ethernet Switch Software Licensing Guide - Manual (Page 33)

Licensing for Ports on Demand
● Overview of licensing for Ports on Demand.................................................................... 31
● Configuring PoD on an interface..................................................................................... 32
● Configuring the upper PoD ports in a stack for ICX 6610 devices only.......................... 32
● Displaying license configuration for PoD ports after a license upgrade.......................... 33
● Upgrading or downgrading configuration considerations for PoD...................................36
● Ports on Demand licensing on the ICX 6650.................................................................. 40
The following table lists the individual BrocadeFastIron switches and the software licensing features
they support.
Supported software PoD licensing features TABLE 5
Feature FSX 800 FSX
1600 FCX ICX 6610 ICX 6450
ICX 6650 ICX 7750
PoD licensing No No Yes Yes Yes
No
License
generation No No Yes Yes Yes
No
License query No No Yes Yes Yes
No
Deleting a
license No No Yes Yes Yes
No
Overview of licensing for Ports on Demand
NOTE
Licensing for Ports on Demand is applicable to ICX 6610 , ICX 6450, and ICX 6650 devices.
You can use the Ports on Demand (PoD) feature to enable 1 Gbps ports to 40 Gbps port speed.
By default, regardless of what SFP+ media optic is used, the ICX 6610 device has eight active 1 Gbps
uplink ports. To increase the uplink capacity of four ports from 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps port speed, purchase
a single ICX6610-10G-LIC-POD license. To increase the uplink capacity of all eight ports from 1 Gbps
to 10 Gbps port speed, purchase a second ICX6610-10G-LIC-POD license.
NOTE
For 10Gbps PoD licenses, the ICX 6610 device does not support a trial license along with a permanent
license at the same time even for different ports. The permanent license causes the trial license to be
marked as obsolete.
The ICX 6450 device has four active uplink and stacking ports on slot 2. By default, regardless of what
SFP+ media optic is used, ports 1 and 3 are 10 Gbps ports. By default, without a license at bootup,
ports 2 and 4 come up in 10 Gbps port speed in an error disabled state. To enable ports 2 and 4 to 10
Gbps port speed, purchase the ICX6450-2X10G-LIC-POD license. For more information about enabling
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