Brocade Communications Systems Brocade VDX 6740 Hardware Reference Manual page 16

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Brocade VDX 6740 overview
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Licensing
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For more information on licensing, refer to the Network OS Software Licensing Guide.
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To upgrade 1 Gbps port speed to 10 Gbps on the Brocade VDX 6740T-1G when installing the 10G
Port Upgrade License, refer to
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CLI management utilities on Network OS v4.1.0
Out-of-band management
sFlow
TRILL Operations, Administration, and Management (OAM)
The VCS Fabric license to enable Ethernet fabric functionality is enabled by default.
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) license
For the Brocade VDX 6740T-1G, you can only use this license after purchasing at least one 10G
Port Upgrade licence.
10G Port Upgrade:
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For Brocade VDX 6740 and Brocade VDX 6740T, this adds 10 GbE ports in increments of
eight ports (8, 16, 24) per license.
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For Brocade VDX 6740T-1G, this upgrades existing 1 GbE ports to 1/10 GbE operation in
increments of 16 ports (16, 32, 48) per license.
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Removal of a port reservation provisioned by this license is blocked if the port is in a
configuration not allowed on 1 GbE port, such as Brocade Trunking or FCoE.
40G Port Upgrade:
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For Brocade VDX 6740 and Brocade VDX 6740T, this is available in two-port increments
per license to provide four total ports.
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For Brocade VDX 6740T-1G, since the switch ships with two 40GbE ports, the license is
available in a single two-port increment to provide four total ports.
10G and 40G Port Upgrade:
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Removal of a 10G or 40G Port Upgrade license requires port reservations for non-base
ports provisioned by the license to be released first.
"Upgrading port speeds on the Brocade VDX 6740T-1G"
Brocade VDX 6740 Hardware Reference Manual
on page 21.
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