HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Release Note page 8

8 Link Inter-chassis links (ICL 8 link)—This license activates all 8 links on ICL ports on a DC04 SAN
Director chassis for connection of two DC04 directors, or half of the ICL bandwidth for each ICL
port on the DC SAN Backbone Director platform by enabling only 8 of the 16 links available.
This allows users to purchase half the bandwidth of DC SAN Backbone Director ICL ports initially,
and then upgrade with an additional 8-link license to utilize the full ICL bandwidth.
This license is also useful for environments in which you want to create ICL connections between
a DC SAN Backbone Director and a DC04 SAN Director. (The DC04 SAN Director can support
only 8 links on an ICL port.) This license is available on the DC04 SAN Director and DC SAN
Backbone Director platforms only. It replaces the original ICL license for the DC04 SAN Director
and is new for the DC SAN Backbone Director.
Adaptive Networking—Ensures high-priority connections and obtains the network resources neces-
sary for optimum performance, even in congested environments. The QoS SID/DID Prioritization
and Ingress Rate Limiting features are the first components of this license and are available on all
8-Gb platforms.
Integrated Routing license—Allows ports on a DC SAN Backbone Director, DC04 SAN Director,
1606 Extension SAN Switch, HP StorageWorks 8/80 SAN Switch, or HP StorageWorks 8/40
SAN Switch to be configured as EX_Ports, supporting FCR. This eliminates the need to add a B-
series Multiprotocol Router Blade or to use the 400 MP Router for FCR purposes, it also provides
double the bandwidth for each FCR connection (when connected to another 8-Gb-capable port).
Encryption Performance Upgrade—This license provides additional encryption processing power.
The Encryption Performance License enables full encryption processing power on the HP Storage-
Works Encryption SAN Switch or on all HP StorageWorks DC Switch Encryption blades installed
in the DC SAN Backbone Director/DC04 SAN Director chassis.
Server Application Optimization license (introduced with Fabric OS 6.2)—When deployed with
Brocade HBAs, optimizes overall application performance for physical servers and virtual machines
by extending virtual channels to the server infrastructure. Application-specific traffic flows can be
configured, prioritized, and optimized throughout the data center infrastructure.
1606 Extension SAN Switch Port Upgrade—This new license allows a 1606 Extension SAN Switch
to enable 16 FC ports (instead of the base 4 ports) and 6 GbE ports (instead of the base 2 ports).
This license is also required to enable additional FCIP tunnels and advanced capabilities, such as
tape read/write pipelining. A 1606 Extension SAN Switch must have the Port Upgrade license
installed to add FICON Management Server (CUP) or Advanced Accelerator for FICON.
Advanced Extension—This new license enables two advanced extension features: FCIP Trunking
and ARL. The FCIP Trunking feature allows multiple IP source and destination address pairs (defined
as FCIP circuits) via multiple 1-GbE or 10-GbE interfaces to provide a high-bandwidth FCIP tunnel
and failover resiliency. Each FCIP circuit also supports four QoS classes (Class-F, Hi, Medium,
and Low Priority), each as a TCP connection. The ARL feature provides a minimum bandwidth
guarantee for each tunnel, with full utilization of the available network bandwidth without impacting
throughput performance under high traffic load. This license is available on the 1606 Extension
SAN Switch and DC SAN Backbone Director/DC04 SAN Director for the DC SAN Director
Multiprotocol Extension Blade on an individual slot basis.
10-GbE FCIP—This new license enables the two 10-GbE ports on the DC SAN Director Multiprotocol
Extension Blade. With this license, two additional operating modes (in addition to 10 1-GbE ports
mode) can be selected:
10 1-GbE ports and 1 10-GbE port
2 10-GbE ports
This license is available on the DC SAN Backbone Director/DC04 SAN Director for the DC SAN
Director Multiprotocol Extension Blade on an individual slot basis.
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