Brocade Virtual ADX Licensing Guide (Supporting ADX v03.1.00) - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Preface.....................................................................................................................................5
Document conventions......................................................................................5
Text formatting conventions.................................................................. 5
Command syntax conventions.............................................................. 5
Notes, cautions, and warnings.............................................................. 6
Brocade resources............................................................................................ 7
Contacting Brocade Technical Support.............................................................7
Document feedback.......................................................................................... 8
Brocade Virtual ADX Licensing...................................................................................................9
License types.................................................................................................... 9
Software license terminology.......................................................................... 10
Obtaining and installing a license file.............................................................. 10
Obtaining a license file........................................................................ 11
Installing a license file......................................................................... 11
Verifying the license file installation.................................................... 12
Deleting a license............................................................................................13
Using a trial license......................................................................................... 13
What happens when a trial license expires.........................................13
Console, and Syslog messages for trial license expiration................. 14
Renewing or extending a trial license................................................. 14
Syslog and trap information............................................................................ 14
Syslog messages............................................................................................ 14
Scalability...............................................................................................................................17
Overview......................................................................................................... 17
Distributed Multi-Core System........................................................................ 17
Reserving a core for management functionality..................................17
Backward and forward compatibility................................................................18
License options and system requirements......................................................18
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