Enabling Ports On Demand; Enabling Dynamic Ports On Demand - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

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Port activation
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Switch name
Brocade 4016
Brocade 300
When using the Brocade 4016, 4018, 4020, 4024, 4424, 5424, 5450, 5460, 5470, 5480, 6505,
6510, 6520, 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 Admin tab, the Licensed attribute indicates whether a port is licensed (yes), whether it
can be licensed (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
If you remove a Ports on Demand license, the licensed ports are disabled after the next platform
restart or the next port deactivation.

Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand

You must be logged in as Admin to enable the Dynamic POD feature.
NOTE
The Dynamic PODs feature is supported on the Brocade 4018, 4020, 4024, 5460, and 5470
switches only. If you click the Enable DPOD button on an unsupported switch, an error message
displays.
To enable Dynamic Ports on Demand, perform the following steps.
1. Select a port in the Switch View to open the Port Admin tab.
2. Select the FC Ports tab.
3. From the tree on the left, select the switch or the slot that contains the port.
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Ports enabled with POD licenses and DPOD feature (Continued)
Enabled by
default
0-7, 10-13
0-7
on page 35.
license on a switch" on page 43.
Enabled with Ports on Demand
licenses
8, 9, 14, 15
8-15, 16-23
"Enabling and disabling a port"
"Enabling and disabling a port"
Enabled with the Dynamic Ports on
Demand feature
Any available ports
Not supported
on page 68. Alternatively, you can
"Enabling and disabling a
"Activating a
on page 68.
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