Reserving And Releasing Licenses On A Port Basis; Port Swapping Index - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

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Port swapping index

Reserving and releasing licenses on a port basis

NOTE
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 Admin tab.
2. Click the FC Ports tab.
3. From the tree on the left, click the switch or the slot that contains the port.

Port swapping index

If a port malfunctions, or if you want to connect to different devices without having to rewire your
infrastructure, you can move traffic from one port to another (swap ports) without changing the I/O
Configuration Data Set (IOCDS) on the mainframe computer.
NOTE
Port swapping is not applicable to GE or ICL ports because there are no areas assigned to these
ports.
The following restrictions apply to all ports:
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The Licensed column identifies the port license status:
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If the port has a license allocated, the Licensed 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 Licensed 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 Licensed 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.
NOTE
You must disable the port or switch before reserving or releasing a license.
To reserve a license, click Reserve License in the Port Admin tab.
To release a license, click Release License in the Port Admin tab.
Ports can be swapped only once.
A swapped port can only be un-swapped.
Port binding is not supported on swapped ports.
The swapped ports cannot be moved to other logical switches.
The logical switch addressing mode cannot be changed if the logical switch contains the
swapped ports.
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