Licenseport - Brocade Communications Systems A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Command Reference Manual

licensePort

Manages the Dynamic Ports On Demand (POD) license assignment.
Synopsis licensePort --release portnum
licensePort --reserve portnum
licensePort --show
lcensePort --method dynamic | static
Description Use this command to manage the Dynamic Ports on Demand license assignments. In the Dynamic
POD method, the ports are assigned to a POD license in order to come online until they equal the
number of online licensed ports. This command provides the mechanism to make adjustments to
the dynamic assignments to adjust to specific site requirements. These options are used in the
case where there are more online ports than the purchased POD licenses can support.
Note The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may
be in place. Refer to chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS commands" and Appendix A, "Command
Availability" for details.
Operands This command has the following operands:
--release portnum
--reserve portnum
--show
--method
Examples To release and reserve a port from a Dynamic POD license assignment:
To reserve a Dynamic POD license assignment for a port:
To change the POD license method to the Dynamic method
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Releases a license assignment from a port when the switch is using the
Dynamic POD method. This option can only be applied to a port that is offline.
Reserves a license assignment for a port when the switch is using the
Dynamic POD method. This option can only be applied to a port that is offline.
The port number is the number of the port to which to assign or from which to
remove a POD license.
Displays the POD license assignments.
Selects the POD method.
dynamic Selects Dynamic POD method.
static Selects Static POD method.
switch:admin> licensePort
switch:admin> licensePort
switch:admin> licensePort -method dynamic
release 5
--
eserve 5
--r
licensePort
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