Brocade Fabric OS Software Licensing Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) - Manual (Page 44)

For the embedded switch modules, the Dynamic POD feature detects and assigns ports to a POD
license only if the server blade is installed with an HBA present. A server blade that does not have a
functioning HBA is treated as an inactive link during initial POD port assignment. For the non-server
blade switches, the dynamic assignment occurs when an attached Fibre Channel link transitions to the
"link active" state.
The Dynamic POD feature assigns the ports to the POD license as they come online. Typically,
assignments are sequential, starting with the lowest port number. However, variations in the
equipment attached to the ports can cause the ports to take different amounts of time to come online.
This means that the port assignment order is not guaranteed.
If the switch detects more active links than allowed by the current POD licenses, then some ports will
not be assigned a POD license. Ports that do not receive a POD assignment have a state of "No Sync"
or "In Sync" ; these ports are not allowed to progress to the online state. Ports that cannot be brought
online because of insufficient POD licenses have a state of "(No POD License) Disabled ". You can
use the switchShow command to display the port states.
Displaying the port license assignments
When you display the available licenses, you can also view the current port assignment of those
licenses.
Use the following procedure to display the port license assignments.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
2. Enter the licensePort --show command.
Example showing manually assigned POD licenses
switch:admin> licenseport --show
24 ports are available in this switch
Full POD license is installed
Dynamic POD method is in use
24 port assignments are provisioned for use in this switch:
12 port assignments are provisioned by the base switch license
12 port assignments are provisioned by a full POD license
24 ports are assigned to installed licenses:
12 ports are assigned to the base switch license
12 ports are assigned to the full POD license
Ports assigned to the base switch license:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20
Ports assigned to the full POD license:
0, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand
If the switch is in the static POD mode, then activating the Dynamic POD will erase any prior port
license assignments the next time the switch is rebooted. The static POD assignments become the
initial Dynamic POD assignments. After the Dynamic POD feature is enabled, you can customize the
POD license associations.
Use the following procedure to enable Dynamic Ports on Demand.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
2. Enter the licensePort --method command with the dynamic option to change the license
assignment method to dynamic.
switch:admin> licenseport --method dynamic
The POD method has been changed to dynamic.
Please reboot the switch now for this change to take effect.
Displaying the port license assignments
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