Brocade Fabric OS Software Licensing Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) User Manual
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Contents
Text formatting conventions.................................................................. 3
Command syntax conventions.............................................................. 3
Notes, cautions, and warnings.............................................................. 4
Brocade resources............................................................................................ 5
Contacting Brocade Technical Support.............................................................5
Document feedback.......................................................................................... 6
Supported hardware and software.................................................................... 7
What’s new in this document............................................................................ 8
Licensing overview............................................................................................9
How software licensing works........................................................................... 9
License types.................................................................................................. 10
Software licensing terminology....................................................................... 10
Obtaining a license..........................................................................................10
Viewing software license information from the Brocade licensing portal........ 13
Available Fabric OS licenses.......................................................................... 15
Brocade 7800 Upgrade license.......................................................................20
ICL licensing....................................................................................................20
8G licensing.................................................................................................... 22
10G licensing.................................................................................................. 23
Slot-based licensing........................................................................................ 24
Upgrade and downgrade considerations............................................ 24
Restrictions on upgrading temporary slot-based licenses...................25
Date change restriction....................................................................... 25
Configupload and download considerations....................................... 26
Expired licenses.................................................................................. 26
Universal temporary licenses.............................................................. 26
Extending a universal temporary license............................................ 26
Universal temporary license shelf life..................................................26
Software licensing configuration tasks............................................................ 27
Licensing commands...................................................................................... 28
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