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from the single POD license port set. When this set is full, the remaining port assignments are
associated with the double POD license port set.
The association of a specific port to a POD set matters only when you want to remove a POD license
from the system. Ports assigned to the double POD license port set are disabled first. The last-assigned
licenses are released when you remove POD licenses. Refer to
Releasing a port from a POD set on
page 29 for more information.
Activating the Dynamic POD feature
Use the following procedure to activate the Dynamic POD feature.
1. Verify the current states of the ports with the show ip interface brief command.
The command output indicates whether a port is licensed.
2. Install the Brocade Dynamic POD license.
3. Use the shutdown and no shutdown commands to disable and re-enable the ports.
Alternatively, you can disable and re-enable the chassis to activate ports.
4. Use the show ip interface brief command to verify the newly activated ports.
5. Use the show interface tengigabitethernet rbridge-id/slot/port command to display port details.
The following example shows a Brocade VDX 6720-24 without a Dynamic POD license installed.
The 16 ports in the base port set are online and assigned. The remaining 8 ports are unassigned
and are down.
switch# show ip interface brief
Interface IP-Address Status Protocol
========= ========== ====== ========
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/1 unassigned up up
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/2 unassigned up up
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/3 unassigned up up
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/4 unassigned up up
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/5 unassigned up up
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/6 unassigned administratively down down (No DPOD License)
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/7 unassigned administratively down down (No DPOD License)
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/8 unassigned up up
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/9 unassigned up up
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/10 unassigned up up
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/11 unassigned administratively down down (No DPOD License)
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/12 unassigned administratively down down (No DPOD License)
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/13 unassigned up up
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/14 unassigned up up
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/15 unassigned up up
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/16 unassigned up up
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/17 unassigned administratively down down (No DPOD License)
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/18 unassigned administratively down down (No DPOD License)
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/19 unassigned administratively down down (No DPOD License)
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/20 unassigned administratively down down (No DPOD License)
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/21 unassigned up up
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/22 unassigned up up
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/23 unassigned up up
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/24 unassigned up up
The following example displays details for a single port that is offline because it does not have a
Dynamic POD license.
switch# show interface tengigabitethernet 5/0/6
TengigabitEthernet 5/0/6 is down, line protocol is down (No DPOD License)
Hardware is Ethernet, address is 0005.1eb6.0a25
Current address is 0005.1eb6.0a25
Tracking status: Disabled
Tracked interfaces: None
Pluggable media present, Media type is sfp
Interface index (ifindex) is 1744896001
MTU 2500 bytes
Activating the Dynamic POD feature
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