Enabling Ports On Demand - Brocade Communications Systems SN3000B Administrator's Manual

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Switch name
Brocade 5460
Brocade 5450
Brocade 5424
Brocade 5300
Brocade 5100
Brocade 5000
Brocade 4100
Brocade 4900
Brocade 4424
Brocade 4024
Brocade 4020
Brocade 4018
Brocade 4016
Brocade 300
When using the Brocade 4016, 4018, 4020, 4024, 4424, 5424, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480, and
NC-5480 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.
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

To enable Ports on Demand, perform the following steps.
1. Install the Brocade Ports on Demand licensed product. For instructions, refer to
2. Enable the ports as described in
Web Tools Adminstrator's Guide
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Ports enabled with POD licenses and DPOD feature (Continued)
Enabled by
default
0-3, 6-13
1-10, 19-22
1-8, 17-20
0-47
0-23
0-15
0-31
1-8, 17-20
1-8, 17-20
0-7, 15, 16
0-11
0-7, 10-13
0-7
on page 37.
license on a switch" on page 44.
Enabled with Ports on Demand
licenses
4, 5, 14-25
0, 11-18, 23-25
0, 9-16, 21-23
48-63, 64-79
24-31, 32-39
16-23, 24-31
32-47, 48-63
0, 9-16, 21-23
9-12, 13-16, 21-23
8, 9, 17-19, 10-14
12-17
8, 9, 14, 15
8-15, 16-23
"Enabling and disabling a port"
"Enabling and disabling a port"
Port activation
Enabled with the Dynamic Ports on
Demand feature
Any available ports
Not supported
Not supported
Any available ports
Any available ports
Any available ports
Any available ports
on page 84. Alternatively, you can
"Enabling and disabling a
"Activating a
on page 84.
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