Brocade Fabric OS Software Licensing Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) - Manual (Page 22)

Available Brocade licenses (Continued) TABLE 1
License Description
WAN Rate
Upgrade 2 Provides unlimited WAN transmission throughput (other than the physical port limit) and
enables two 40 GbE ports on Brocade 7840 switch. You cannot use the 40 GbE ports without
the WAN Rate Upgrade 2 license.
You must have the WAN Rate Upgrade 1 license installed to install and activate the WAN
Rate Upgrade 2 license. You cannot remove the WAN Rate Upgrade 1 license before
removing the WAN Rate Upgrade 2 license.
NOTE
Available on the Brocade 7840 only.
Brocade 7800 Upgrade license
The Brocade 7800 has four Fibre Channel (FC) ports and two GbE ports active by default. The
number of physical ports active on the Brocade 7800 is fixed. There is one upgrade license to activate
the rest of the FC and GbE ports for a total of 16 FC ports and 6 GbE ports. The 7800 Upgrade license
activates FC and GbE ports, and also activates additional features outlined in the following table.
NOTE
You must reboot the Brocade 7800 switch after installing the 7800 Upgrade license.
Base to Upgrade license comparison TABLE 2
Feature Base model 7800 Upgrade license
Number of Fibre Channel (FC) ports 4 16
Number of GbE ports 2 6
Number of 10-GbE ports 0 0
Number of FCIP Tunnels 2 8
Tape Pipelining over FCIP Tunnel No Yes
ICL licensing
Brocade ICL links operate between the core blades of the DCX 8510 Backbone family, or between the
core blades of the DCX and DCX-4S Backbones. Typically, if both core blades are installed, then they
are active on the DCX and DCX-4S (or DCX 8510 family) Backbones.
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 license.
Brocade 7800 Upgrade license
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