Dynamic Ports On Demand; Switch Management - IBM Brocade FCoE Installation And User Manual

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Dynamic Ports on Demand

The base version of the Brocade FCoE Switch Module ships with 16 licensed ports. Port activation
is through a process called Dynamic Ports on Demand (DPOD).
With DPOD, ports are licensed as they come online. In the base port set, two external CEE ports
(ports 15 and 16) are pre-licensed. The remaining 14 ports (on a first-come, first-served basis) are
assigned licenses. These 16 ports may be any combination of external CEE ports, FC ports, or
internal CEE ports. Once all the licenses have been assigned, you can manually move those
licenses from one port to another if you choose.
Additional Ports on Demand (POD) licenses can be purchased. You can purchase the IBM POD
upgrade option to license the additional 14 ports. All internal and external ports will then be
licensed and can be used.
NOTE
The POD upgrade option actually includes a bundle of two POD licenses (for eight and six ports) for
a total of 14 ports. After installing the POD upgrade option, if the user then performs a licenseShow
command, two POD licenses (Single POD and Double POD) will be listed. This is expected behavior.
CAUTION
Once installed, POD licenses should NOT be removed, since ports in use could be disabled and
I/O traffic disrupted.
In the unlikely event that a POD license is removed, the following behavior occurs:

Switch management

You can manage and configure the Brocade FCoE Switch Module through multiple interfaces:
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Two internal 100 Mb Ethernet ports to connect to the management module
Up to eight external 10 Gbps CEE ports for connecting small-form-factor pluggable (SFP+)
modules
Up to eight external autosensing (2 Gbps, 4 Gbps, or 8 Gbps) Fibre Channel ports for
connecting SFP+ modules
One external RS232 console port with a mini-USB interface for serial console management
One external 10/100/1000 Mb RJ45 Ethernet copper port for debugging and field support
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The first sixteen ports licensed are associated with the base port set and these ports will
maintain their licenses.
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Upon removal of the first installed POD license, the ports associated with that POD license
will be disabled (this may be either eight or six ports).
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Upon removal of the second installed POD license, the ports associated with that POD
license will be disabled (this may be either eight or six ports).
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Upon removal of the both installed POD licenses, all 14 ports not included in the base 16
ports will be disabled.
A Telnet connection to the command-line interface (CLI)