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Brocade Fabric OS Software Licensing Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) User Manual

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Adding a licensed feature............................................................................. 28
Activating a slot-based licensed feature....................................................... 29
Assigning a license to a slot..........................................................................29
Assigning 10G licenses.................................................................................29

Enabling 10 Gbps operation on an FC port...................................... 30
Enabling the 10-GbE ports on an FX8-24 blade............................... 30

Removing software licenses......................................................................... 31

Removing a licensed feature.............................................................31
Removing a license from a slot.........................................................32
Removing an expired license............................................................32

Viewing information about software licenses................................................ 32

Viewing licenses installed on a switch.............................................. 32
Viewing the license ID using a Telnet session..................................33
Viewing the license ID using Web Tools...........................................33

Troubleshooting licensing issues.................................................................. 34
Activating or removing licenses using Web Tools.........................................34

Activating a license on a switch........................................................ 34
Assigning slots for a license key....................................................... 36
Removing a license from a switch.....................................................36

Ports on Demand Licensing...................................................................................................37

Ports on Demand overview...........................................................................37
Activating Ports on Demand using a Telnet session.....................................39
Activating Ports on Demand using EZSwitchSetup...................................... 39
Activating Ports on Demand using Web Tools..............................................40
Displaying installed licenses......................................................................... 41
Dynamic Ports on Demand........................................................................... 41

Displaying the port license assignments...........................................42
Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand................................................ 42
Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand............................................... 43
Reserving a port license....................................................................44
Releasing a port from a POD set...................................................... 45

License Requirements for Features........................................................................................47

Index.................................................................................................................................... 53

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