Web Tools Administrator's Guide (53-1001772-01, June 2010)

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Port activation

DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL

• Available Licenses indicate the number of free licenses. These can be allocated for any

port.

• Total Licenses indicate the total number of licenses.

Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand

NOTE

Disabling DPODs causes traffic disruption. Any prior port associations and assignments are lost the

next time the switch is restarted.

1. Select a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

2. Select the FC Ports or GigE Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, select the switch or the slot that contains the port.

4. Click Disable DPOD to set the licensing mechanism to static. If the button is labeled Enable

DPOD, the licensing mechanism is already set to static.

Reserving and releasing licenses on a port basis

NOTE

If the Admin Domains feature is enabled, the Dynamic POD configuration is only applied to the ports

if the switch is a member of the current Admin Domain.

The Dynamic PODs feature is supported on the Brocade 4018, 4020, and 4024 switches only.

Perform the following procedure to reserve and release licenses on a port basis.

1. Click a port in the Switch View to open the Port Administration window.

2. Click the FC Ports or GigE Ports tab.

3. From the tree on the left, click the switch or the slot that contains the port.

The License column identifies the port license status:

• If the port has a license allocated, the License field contains the value Yes.

• If the port does not have a license allocated and there are no free licenses that can be

allocated, the License field contains the value No.

• If the port does not have a license allocated and there are licenses that can be allocated

to the port, the License field contains the value Possible.

You can reserve or release a license on any port with a a license allocated. You must be logged

in as Admin to reserve and release licenses.

To reserve a license, click Reserve License in the Port Administration window.

To release a license, click Release License in the Port Administration window.

NOTE

You must disable the port or switch before reserving or releasing a license.