7800 Switch License Options - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

7800 switch license options

Some of the capabilities of the Brocade 7800 switch require the following feature licenses, as
described in
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TABLE 2
Feature
7800 upgrade
Advanced FICON acceleration
Integrated routing (IR)
Advanced Extension License
1.
Refer to the chapter on administering licensing in the Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide for
complete information about licensing requirements.
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Table 2.
The Advanced FICON Acceleration License enables all FICON emulation features:
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FICON Tape Read Pipelining
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FICON Tape Write Pipelining
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FICON IBM z/OS Global Mirror (formerly eXtended Remote Copy or XRC) Emulation
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FICON Teradata Emulation
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FICON Printer Emulation
The Integrated Routing (IR) License is required to configure EX_Ports and VEX_Ports to support
Fibre Channel Routing (FCR).
NOTE
FCR is not supported on a 7800 switch that has been partitioned for virtual fabrics.
7800 FCIP feature licenses
Reboot of 7800 is required after activating the 7800 upgrade license.
Purpose
Enables full hardware
capabilities, full FCIP tunnel
capabilities, and support of open
systems tape pipelining (OSTP).
Enables accelerated tape
read/write and IBM z/OS Global
Mirror, Teradata, and printer
emulation features in FICON
environments.
Required to configure EX_Ports
and VEX_Ports to support Fibre
Channel Routing (FCR).
Required for multiple-circuit
tunnels, FCIP Trunking and
Adaptive Rate Limiting (ARL).

7800 switch license options

License (licenseShow output)
7800 Upgrade license
1
Advanced FICON Acceleration (FTR_AFA)
license
Integrated Routing license
Advanced Extension (FTR_AE) license
2
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