Brocade® Fabric OS® Software Licensing User Guide, 8.2.x User Guide 3 June 2020 Broadcom FOS-821-SW-Lic-UG104 3 June 2020 FOS-821-SW-Lic-UG104 User Guide Brocade® Fabric OS® Software Licensing User Guide, 8.2.x Table of Contents Copyright Statement............................................................................................................................ 4 Introduction...........................................................................................................................................5 About This Document......................................................................................................................................................5 What Is New in This Document......................................................................................................................................5 Supported Hardware and Software................................................................................................................................ 5 ® Contacting Technical Support for Your Brocade Product......................................................................................... 6 Document Feedback........................................................................................................................................................ 6 Software Licensing Overview............................................................................................................. 7 Licensing Overview..........................................................................................................................................................7 Software Licensing Terminology.................................................................................................................................... 7 How Software Licensing Works..................................................................................................................................... 7 License Types................................................................................................................................................................... 8 License Models.................................................................................................................................................................8 Fabric OS Licenses..............................................................................................................................9 Available Fabric OS Licenses.........................................................................................................................................9 ICL Licensing on Brocade Directors........................................................................................................................... 12 ICL 1st POD License................................................................................................................................................ 12 ICL 2nd POD License...............................................................................................................................................12 Enterprise ICL License..............................................................................................................................................12 10G Licensing................................................................................................................................................................. 13 Slot-Based Licensing..................................................................................................................................................... 14 Brocade 7810 Upgrade License Support.....................................................................................................................14 Temporary Licensing..................................................................................................................................................... 15 Restrictions on Upgrading Temporary Slot-Based Licenses.................................................................................... 16 Date Change Restriction...........................................................................................................................................16 Configuration Upload and Download Considerations...............................................................................................16 Expired Licenses....................................................................................................................................................... 16 Universal Temporary Licenses..................................................................................................................................16 Extending a Universal Temporary License........................................................................................................17 Universal Temporary License Shelf Life............................................................................................................17 License Requirements for Individual Features...........................................................................................................17 Licensing Tasks..................................................................................................................................21 Software Licensing Configuration Tasks.....................................................................................................................21 Licensing Commands.................................................................................................................................................... 21 Checking the List of Available Licenses.....................................................................................................................22 Generating a License.....................................................................................................................................................22 Broadcom FOS-821-SW-Lic-UG104 2 FOS-821-SW-Lic-UG104 User Guide Brocade® Fabric OS® Software Licensing User Guide, 8.2.x Adding a Licensed Feature...........................................................................................................................................24 Activating a Slot-Based Licensed Feature..................................................................................................................25 Assigning a License to a Slot...................................................................................................................................... 25 Assigning 10G Licenses................................................................................................................................................25 Enabling 10Gb/s Operation on an FC Port.............................................................................................................. 26 Enabling the 10GbE Ports on an FX8-24 Blade...................................................................................................... 27 Removing Software Licenses....................................................................................................................................... 28 Removing a Licensed Feature..................................................................................................................................28 Removing a License from a Slot.............................................................................................................................. 28 Removing an Expired License..................................................................................................................................28 Viewing Information about Software Licenses........................................................................................................... 29 Viewing Licenses Installed on a Switch................................................................................................................... 29 Viewing the License ID Using a Telnet Session.......................................................................................................29 Viewing the License ID Using Web Tools................................................................................................................ 30 Troubleshooting Licensing Issues............................................................................................................................... 30 Activating or Removing Licenses Using Web Tools..................................................................................................30 Activating the License on a Switch.......................................................................................................................... 30 Assigning Slots for a License Key............................................................................................................................31 Removing a License from a Switch..........................................................................................................................32 Ports on Demand Licensing............................................................................................................. 33 Ports on Demand Overview.......................................................................................................................................... 33 Activating Ports on Demand Using an SSH Session.................................................................................................34