Port Activation; Table 9 Ports Enabled With Pod Licenses And Dpod Feature - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

4. Click Enable NPIV or Disable NPIV.

Port activation

Brocade switches come with a preset number of ports enabled. Additional ports can be enabled
using the Ports on Demand (POD) licenses and the Dynamic Ports on Demand (DPOD) feature (for
supported switches only).
Ports on Demand is ready to be unlocked in the switch firmware. The license might be part of the
licensed Paper Pack supplied with the switch software, or you can purchase the license separately
from your switch vendor, who will provide you with a key to unlock it. You can install up to two Ports
on Demand licenses on each switch.
Table 9
you install the first and second Ports on Demand licenses for each switch type, and the ports that
can be enabled with the Dynamic PODs feature.
TABLE 9
Switch name
Brocade
Encryption
Brocade 8000
Brocade 5480
Brocade 5424
Brocade 5300
Brocade 5100
Brocade 5000
Brocade 4100
Brocade 4900
Brocade 4024
Brocade 4020
Brocade 4018
Brocade 4016
Brocade 300
When using the Brocade 4016, 4018, 4020, and 4024 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.
Web Tools Administrator's Guide
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lists the ports that are enabled by default settings and the ports that can be enabled after
Ports enabled with POD licenses and DPOD feature
Enabled by
default
0-15
None
1-8, 17-20
1-8, 17-20
0-47
0-23
0-15
0-31
1-8, 17-20
0-7, 15, 16
0-11
0-7, 10-13
0-7
Enabled with Ports on Demand
licenses
Not supported
0-7
9-12, 21, 22 0, 13-16, 23
9-16, 21-23 0
48-63
64-79
24-31
32-39
16-23
24-31
32-47
48-63
9-12, 21, 22
0, 13-16, 23
8, 9, 17-19
10-14
12-17
8, 9, 14, 15
8-15
16-23

Port activation

Enabled with the Dynamic Ports on
Demand feature
Not supported
Not supported
Any available ports
Any available ports
Not supported
Not supported
Any available ports
Any available ports
Any available ports
Any available ports
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