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

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License requirements and location name by feature (Continued)

TABLE 6

Feature

License

Where license should be
installed

Speed

8 Gbps license needed to support 8 Gbps on the
Brocade 300, 5100, 5300, and VA-40FC switches and
embedded switches only.

NOTE
The 8 Gbps license is installed by default, and you
should not remove it.

A 10-Gb FCIP/Fibre Channel license is needed to
support 10Gb FC ports on FC16-32 blades, FC16-48
blades, and the Brocade 6510 and 6520, as well as to
support the 10Gb Ethernet ports on FX8-24 blades.
(See the Ports feature above for more information.)

Local switch

SSH public key

No license required.

N/A

TACACS+

No license required.

N/A

Top Talkers

Advanced Performance Monitoring

Local switch and attached
switches.

Traffic Isolation

No license required.

N/A

Trunking

ISL Trunking or

ISL Trunking Over Extended Fabrics

For ICL trunking, no license is required.

Local and attached switches.

Two-to-four domains in a
fabric

Value Line (Two/Four)

Local switch. May be
required on attached
switches.

USB usage

No license required.

N/A

Virtual Fabrics

No license required.

N/A

Web Tools

No license required for non-8 Gbps platforms.

The Enhanced Group Management (EGM)
license is required for 8 Gbps platforms.

NOTE
A limited set of features is accessible using Web Tools
without a license. Additional switch management
features are accessible with the EGM license.

Local and any switch you will
be managing using Web
Tools.

Zoning

No license required.

N/A

License Requirements for Features

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