Enabling Ports On Demand; Enabling Dynamic Ports On Demand - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

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Port activation
In the Port Administration window, the Licensed attribute indicates whether a port is licensed (yes),
whether it can be license (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
disable and re-enable the switch to activate all ports as described in
switch"
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
www.brocade.com. Select Products > Software License Keys and follow the instructions to
generate the key.

Enabling Ports on Demand

Use the following procedure to enable Ports on Demand.
1. Install the Brocade Ports on Demand licensed product. For instructions, refer to
2. Enable the ports as described in
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.
Use the following procedure to enable Dynamic Ports on Demand.
1. Select a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.
2. Select the FC Ports or GigE Ports tab.
3. From the tree on the left, select the switch or the slot that contains the port.
4. Click Enable DPOD to enable the licensing mechanism to be dynamic. If the button is labeled
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license on a switch" on page 47.
Disable DPOD, the licensing mechanism is already set to dynamic.
The existing POD associations and assignments are set as the initial Dynamic POD
associations.
Two fields are displayed:
"Enabling and disabling a port"
"Enabling and disabling a port"
on page 90. Alternatively, you can
"Enabling and disabling a
"Activating a
on page 90.
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