HP StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual page 489

After a port is assigned to the POD set, the port is licensed until it is manually removed from the
POD port set. When a port is released from its POD port set (Base, Single, or Double), it creates a
vacancy in that port set.
Use the following procedure to release a port from a POD set:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
2. Enter the switchDisable command to take the switch offline.
3. Enter the switchShow command to verify the switch state is offline.
4. Enter the licensePort --release command to remove the port from the POD license.
5. Enter the licensePort --show command to verify the port is no longer assigned to a POD set.
6. Enter the switchEnable command to bring the switch back online.
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switch:admin> switchdisable
switch:admin> licenseport --release 0
switch:admin> licenseport --show
24 ports are available in this switch
Full POD license is installed
Dynamic POD method is in use
24 port assignments are provisioned for use in this switch:
12 port assignments are provisioned by the base switch license
12 port assignments are provisioned by a full POD license
10 ports are assigned to installed licenses:
10 ports are assigned to the base switch license
0 ports are assigned to the full POD license
Ports assigned to the base switch license:
1*, 2*, 3*, 4*, 5*, 6*, 8*, 21, 22, 23
Ports assigned to the full POD license:
None
Ports not assigned to a license:
0, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
Enter the switchShow command to verify the switch state is now online.
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