Diagnostic Ports; Reserving And Releasing Licenses On A Port Basis - Brocade Communications Systems SN3000B Administrator's Manual

Diagnostic ports

Diagnostic ports (D_Port) are used for running diagnostics to isolate link level faults and
inter-switch link testing in fabric, optical and remote loopback modes. D_Ports are not part of any
fabric and it does not carry any data or protocol traffic with it. It is used only for running diagnostic
traffic for isolating link level faults. D_Port can be used to get estimated link distance measure as
done for long distance mode links. For information on configuring a D_Port, see the Fabric OS
Administrator's Guide. Web Tools can not configure a D_Port.
Following list of features are not supported when a port is configured as a D_Port.
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D_Ports do not take part in zoning. If D_Port is added to a zone it does not take part in the fabric.

Reserving and releasing licenses on a port basis

NOTE
If the Admin Domains feature is enabled, the Dynamic POD configuration is only applied to the ports
if the switch is a member of the current Admin Domain.
The Dynamic PODs feature is supported on the Brocade 4018, 4020, and 4024 switches only.
To reserve and release licenses on a port basis, perform the following steps.
1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.
2. Click the FC Ports or GigE Ports tab.
3. From the tree on the left, click the switch or the slot that contains the port.
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Port swap
Port bind
Port trunk
QOS Enable/Disable
BB credit
NPIV Enable/Disable/Max login
Allow/Prohibit Matrix
The License column identifies the port license status:
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If the port has a license allocated, the License field contains the value Yes.
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If the port does not have a license allocated and there are no free licenses that can be
allocated, the License field contains the value No.
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If the port does not have a license allocated and there are licenses that can be allocated
to the port, the License field contains the value Possible.
You can reserve or release a license on any port with a a license allocated. You must be logged
in as Admin to reserve and release licenses.
To reserve a license, click Reserve License in the Port Administration window.
To release a license, click Release License in the Port Administration window.
NOTE
You must disable the port or switch before reserving or releasing a license.
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