Brocade Communications Systems Brocade ICX 6650 - Manual (Page 91)

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Chapter
4
Ports on Demand Licensing
In this chapter
• Ports on Demand terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
• PoD licensing rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
• PoD licensing configuration tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
• Viewing PoD licensing information from the Brocade software portal . . . . 80
• Transferring a PoD license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
• Syslog message information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
• Ports on Demand Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
• Viewing information about PoD licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Ports on Demand Overview
The Brocade ICX 6650 device features Ports on Demand licensing. With Ports on Demand
licensing, software features do not require licenses and you can add port licenses as needed.
The Brocade ICX 6650 device supports:
• 56 front-panel, dual-speed 1/10 GbE SFP+ ports
• 4 rear-panel 40 GbE QSFP+ ports
• 2 rear-panel 4x10 GbE QSFP+ breakout ports.
When a license is ordered, an entitlement certificate or e-mail message, along with a transaction
key, are issued to the customer by Brocade as proof of purchase. The transaction key and License
ID (LID) of the Brocade device are used to generate a license key from the Brocade software
licensing portal. The license key is contained within a license file, which is downloaded to the
customer’s PC, where the file can then be transferred to a TFTP or SCP server, and then uploaded
to the Brocade device.
Table 14 lists the Brocade ICX 6650 and the Ports on Demand (PoD) licensing features the switch
supports.
TABLE 14 Supported Ports on Demand features
Feature Brocade ICX 6650
License generation Yes
License query Yes
Deleting a license Yes