Brocade Fabric OS Software Licensing Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) - Manual (Page 45)

3. Enter the reboot command to restart the switch.
switch:admin> reboot
4. Enter the licensePort --show command to verify the switch started the Dynamic POD feature.
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
8 ports are assigned to installed licenses:
8 ports are assigned to the base switch license
0 ports are assigned to the full POD license
Ports assigned to the base switch license:
1, 2, 5, 6, 8*, 21, 22, 23
Ports assigned to the full POD license:
None
Ports not assigned to a license:
0, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
16 license reservations are still available for use by unassigned ports
1 license assignment is held by an offline port (indicated by *)
Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand
You must be logged in as Admin to enable the Dynamic Ports on Demand feature.
NOTE
The Dynamic Ports on Demand feature is supported on the Brocade 4018, 4020, 4024, 5460, and 5470
switches only. If you click the Enable DPOD button on an unsupported switch, an error message
displays.
To enable Dynamic Ports on Demand, perform the following steps.
1. Select a port in the Switch View to open the Port Admin tab.
2. Select the FC Ports tab.
3. From the tree on the left, select the switch or the slot that contain the ports.
4. Click Enable DPOD to enable the licensing mechanism to be dynamic. If the button is labeled
Disable DPOD, the licensing mechanism is already set to dynamic.
The existing POD associations and assignments are set as the initial Dynamic POD associations.
Two fields are displayed:
• Available Licenses indicate the number of free licenses. These can be allocated for any port.
• Total Licenses indicate the total number of licenses.
Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand
Disabling the Dynamic POD feature changes the POD method to static and erases any prior port
license associations or assignments the next time the switch is rebooted.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
2. Enter the licensePort --method command with the static option to change the license assignment
method to static.
switch:admin> licenseport --method static
The POD method has been changed to static.
Please reboot the switch now for this change to take effect.
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