Brocade FastIron Ethernet Switch Software Licensing Guide - Manual (Page 43)

• 2 pairs of 40 ports that are error-disabled by default.
• 2 ports that can be converted to eight ports using a breakout cable. The ports are error disabled by
default.
The ports on the rear panel are categorized into groups. Each group requires a Flexible PoD (FPoD)
license to enable the ports. For more information about using the FPoD license with a group of ports,
refer to Disabling the FPoD ports on the rear panel section.
• Group 1 = Ports 1/2/1 - 1/2/2. When enabled, these ports operate at 40 GbE.
• Group 2 = Ports 1/2/3 - 1/2/4. When enabled, these ports operate at 40 GbE.
• Group 3 = Ports 1/3/1-4, 1/3/5-8. When enabled, these breakout ports operate at 10 GbE.
The following is an illustration of the rear panel ports.
FIGURE 8 Brocade ICX 6650 rear panel ports on demand
Enabling ports on the front panel
By default, ports 1/1/33 to 1/1/56 are in an error-disabled state. Use the ICX6650-10G-LIC-POD license
to enable these ports. Once enabled, the ports are up at 10 GbE port speed. One ICX6650-10G-LIC-
POD license enables eight ports at a time in sequential order.
1. Download the ICX6650-10G-LIC-POD license from the Brocade software portal onto the Brocade
device.
2. Place the license file on a TFTP or SCP server to which the Brocade device has access to.
3. Use TFTP or SCP to copy the file to the license database of the Brocade device. To use TFTP to
copy the file to the license database of the Brocade device, enter the following command.
Brocade# copy tftp license 10.120.54.185 lic.xml unit 1
Brocade#Flash Memory Write (8192 bytes per dot)
Copy Software License from TFTP to Flash Done.
copy tftp license [IP_address| ipv6_address] license_filename_on_host unit unit_id
The IP_address variable is the address of the IPv4 TFTP server.
The ipv6_address variable is the address of the IPv6 TFTP server.
The license_filename_on_host variable is the file name of the license file.
The unit unit_id variable specifies a unit for which you want to add a software license file. The
unit_id variable is 1.
If you attempt to download the same license twice on the device, the following error message is
displayed on the console.
Can't add the license string - 93 (DUPLICATE_LICENSE)
Enabling ports on the front panel
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