Enabling ports on demand, Enabling dynamic ports on demand – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual
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Web Tools Administrator’s Guide
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Port activation
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When using the Brocade 4016, 4018, 4020, 4024, 4424, 5424, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480, 6505,
6510, 6520, and NC-5480 switches, you can enable the Dynamic Ports on Demand (DPOD)
feature, which allows you to select the ports to be enabled (instead of predefined sets of ports)
after the POD license is installed. Web Tools allows you only to enable or disable the DPOD
functionality on a port. To configure DPOD, refer to the Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide.
In the Port Admin tab, the Licensed attribute indicates whether a port is licensed (yes), whether it
can be licensed (possible) because there are free licenses available (only applicable with the
Dynamic POD feature), or whether it is not licensed and cannot be licensed because there is no
available license.
After the license keys are installed, you must enable the ports. You can do so without disrupting
switch operation, as described in
“Enabling and disabling a port”
on page 68. Alternatively, you can
disable and re-enable the switch to activate all ports as described in
To unlock a Ports on Demand license, you can use the supplied license key or generate a license
key. If you need to generate a key, open an Internet browser and go to the Brocade website at
.brocade.com
. Select Products > Software License Keys and follow the instructions to
generate the key.
Enabling Ports on Demand
To enable Ports on Demand, perform the following steps.
1. Install the Brocade Ports on Demand licensed product. For instructions, refer to
2. Enable the ports as described in
“Enabling and disabling a port”
If you remove a Ports on Demand license, the licensed ports are disabled after the next platform
restart or the next port deactivation.
Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand
You must be logged in as Admin to enable the Dynamic POD feature.
NOTE
The Dynamic PODs 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 contains the port.
Brocade 4016
0-7, 10-13
8, 9, 14, 15
Any available ports
Brocade 300
0-7
8-15, 16-23
Not supported
TABLE 9
Ports enabled with POD licenses and DPOD feature (Continued)
Switch name
Enabled by
default
Enabled with Ports on Demand
licenses
Enabled with the Dynamic Ports on
Demand feature