Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.1 (53-1002446-01, March 2012)
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Licensing overview
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Full fabric connectivity Full Fabric
NOTE: Also called the Fabric license (visible in
licenseShow output) and the E_Port
Upgrade license.
Local switch. May be required on
attached switches.
In-flight encryption and
compression
No license required. N/A
Inband Management No license required. N/A
Ingress rate limiting Adaptive Networking with QoS Local switch.
Inter-chassis link (ICL)
• ICL 1st POD (Ports on Demand) on the
Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone family only.
• ICL 2nd POD on the Brocade DCX 8510-8
only.
• ICL 8-link on the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S
only.
• ICL 16-link on the Brocade DCX only.
• Enterprise ICL on the Brocade DCX 8510
Backbone family only, for topologies with
more than four chassis with ICLs.
Local and attached platforms.
IPSec No license required. N/A
IPsec for FCIP tunnels High Performance Extension over FCIP/FC NOTE: Local and attached
switches. License is needed
on both sides of tunnel.
LDAP No license required. N/A
Logical fabric No license required. N/A
Logical switch No license required. N/A
Long distance Extended Fabrics Local and attached switches.
NOTE: License is needed on both
sides of connection.
NPIV No license required. N/A
OpenSSH public key No license required. N/A
Performance monitoring Advanced Performance Monitoring for
advanced features. No license required for
basic features.
Local switch.
Port fencing Fabric Watch Local switch.
TABLE 66 License requirements and location name by feature (Continued)
Feature License Where license should be installed