Displaying Installed Licenses; Table 72 List Of Available Ports When Implementing Pods - HP StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

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Ports on Demand
TABLE 72
Platform
Brocade 300
Brocade 5100
Brocade 5300
Brocade 5410
Brocade 5424
Brocade 5450
Brocade 5480
Brocade 6505
Brocade 6510
Brocade 6520
Brocade 8000
Brocade VA-40FC
Ports on Demand is ready to be unlocked in the switch firmware. Its license key may be part of the
licensed paperpack supplied with switch software, or you can purchase the license key separately
from your switch vendor. You may need to generate a license key from a transaction key supplied
with your purchase. If so, launch an Internet browser and go to the Brocade website at
http://www.brocade.com. Click Products > Software Products > Software License Keys and follow
the instructions to generate the key.
Each Ports on Demand license activates the next group of ports in numerical order in either 4-port
or 8- or 12-port increments, depending on the model. Before installing a license key, you must
insert transceivers in the ports to be activated. Remember to insert the transceivers in the lowest
group of inactive port numbers first. For example, if only 16 ports are currently active and you are
installing one Ports on Demand license key, make sure to insert the transceivers in ports 16
through 23. If you later install a second license key, insert the transceivers in ports 24 through 31.
For details on inserting transceivers, see the switch's hardware reference manual.

Displaying installed licenses

If a single license is installed that enables all Ports on Demand, the license will display as
"Full Ports on Demand license - additional X port upgrade license." If there are other individual
Ports on Demand licenses installed, these will also be displayed when listing the licenses for a
switch, and you will see either "First Ports on Demand license - additional Y port upgrade license"
or "Second Ports on Demand license - additional Z port upgrade license." In cases where there are
multiple Ports on Demand licenses, the total additional allowed ports will not exceed the total
displayed for the "Full Ports on Demand" license.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
2. Enter the licenseshow command.
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List of available ports when implementing PODs
Available user ports
No POD license
0-7
0-23
0-47
0-11
1-8 and 17-20
1-10 and 19-22
1-8 and 17-20
0–11
0-23
0–47
24 GbE
0-23
switch:admin> licenseshow
SdSSc9SyRSTuTTdz:
POD1 or POD2 present
0-15
0-31
0-63
N/A
POD1: 0, 9-16, and 21-23
POD1: 0, 11-18, and 23-25 0-25
POD1: 9-12 and 21-22
POD2: 0, 13-16, and 23
POD 1: 0–23
0-35
0–71
24 GbE and 8 FC
0-31
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Both POD licenses present
0-23
0-39
0-79
N/A
0-23
0-23
N/A
0-47
0–95
24 GbE and 8 FC
0-39
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