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can be installed to enable full encryption processing power on the BES or on all FS8-18 blades installed in a
DCX/DCX-4S/DCX8510-8/DCX8510-4 chassis.
DataFort Compatibility — This license is required on the Brocade Encryption Switch or DCX/DCX-4S/DCX8510-
8/DCX8510-4 with FS8-18 blade(s) to read and decrypt NetApp DataFort-encrypted disk and tape LUNs.
DataFort Compatibility License is also required on the Brocade Encryption Switch or DCX/DCX-4S/DCX8510-
8/DCX8510-4 Backbone with FS8-18 Encryption Blade(s) installed to write and encrypt the disk and tape LUNs
in NetApp DataFort Mode (Metadata and Encryption Algorithm) so that DataFort can read and decrypt these
LUNs. DataFort Mode tape encryption and compression is supported beginning with the FOS v6.2.0 release on
DCX platforms. Availability of the DataFort Compatibility license is limited; contact your vendor for details.
Brocade 8000 FC Ports on Demand — This license enables all eight FC ports on the Brocade 8000.
Advanced Extension – This license enables two advanced extension features: FCIP Trunking and Adaptive Rate
Limiting. The FCIP Trunking feature allows multiple IP source and destination address pairs (defined as FCIP
Circuits) via multiple 1GbE or 10GbE interfaces to provide a high bandwidth FCIP tunnel and failover resiliency.
In addition, each FCIP circuit supports four QoS classes (Class-F, High, Medium and Low Priority), each as a
TCP connection. The Adaptive Rate Limiting feature provides a minimum bandwidth guarantee for each tunnel
with full utilization of the available network bandwidth without impacting throughput performance under high
traffic load. This license is available on the 7800 and the DCX/DCX-4S/DCX8510-8/DCX8510-4 for the FX8-
24 on an individual slot basis.
10GbE FCIP/10G Fibre Channel – This license enables the two 10GbE ports on the FX8-24 or the 10G FC
capability on FC16-xx blade ports. On the Brocade 6510, this license enables 10G FC ports. This license is
available on the DCX/DCX-4S/DCX8510-8/DCX8510-4 on an individual slot basis.
FX8-24: With this license assigned to a slot with an FX8-24 blade, two additional operating modes (in
addition to 10 1GbE ports mode) can be selected;10 1GbE ports and 1 10GbE port, or 2
10GbE ports
FC16-xx: Enables 10G FC capability on an FC16-xx blade in a slot that has this license
Brocade 6510: Enables 10G FC capability on the switch
Advanced FICON Acceleration – This licensed feature uses specialized data management techniques and
automated intelligence to accelerate FICON tape read and write and IBM Global Mirror data replication
operations over distance, while maintaining the integrity of command and acknowledgement sequences. This
license is available on the 7800 and the DCX/DCX-4S/DCX8510-8/DCX8510-4 for the FX8-24 on an individual
slot basis.
7800 Upgrade – This license allows a Brocade 7800 to enable 16 FC ports (instead of the base four ports) and
six GbE ports (instead of the base two ports). This license is also required to enable additional FCIP tunnels
and also for advanced capabilities like tape read/write pipelining.
ICL 16-link, or Inter Chassis Links -- This license provides dedicated high-bandwidth links between two Brocade
DCX chassis, without consuming valuable front-end 8Gb ports. Each chassis must have the 16-link ICL license
installed in order to enable the full 16-link ICL connections. Available on the DCX only.
ICL 8-Link – This license activates all eight links on ICL ports on a DCX-4S chassis or half of the ICL bandwidth
for each ICL port on the DCX platform by enabling only eight links out of the sixteen links available. This allows
users to purchase half the bandwidth of DCX ICL ports initially and upgrade with an additional 8-link license to
utilize the full ICL bandwidth at a later time. This license is also useful for environments that wish to create ICL
connections between a DCX and a DCX-4S, the latter of which cannot support more than 8 links on an ICL port.
Available on the DCX-4S and DCX platforms only.
ICL POD License – This license activates ICL ports on core blades of DCX8510 platforms. An ICL 1st POD
license only enables half of the ICL ports on CR16-8 core blades of DCX8510-8 or all of the ICL ports on CR16-
4 core blades on DCX8510-4. An ICL 2nd POD license enables all ICL ports on CR16-8 core blades on a
DCX8510-8 platform. (The ICL 2
Enterprise ICL License – This license enables connecting more than four DCX8510 platforms within a single
fabric using optical ICLs to deliver massive scalability. This license augments but does not replace existing
licensed ICL support (ICL POD licenses are still required to enable ICL ports) for larger ICL-based topologies of 5
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POD license does not apply to the DCX8510-4.)
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