HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base, Administrator'S Manual

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After a port is assigned to the POD set, the port is licensed until it is manually removed from the POD port
set using the
licensePort -- release
command. When a port is released from its POD port set (Base,
Single, or Double), it creates a vacancy in that port set.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the
switchDisable
command to take the switch offline.
switch:admin> switchdisable
3. Enter the
switchShow
command to verify that the switch state is offline.
4. Enter the
licensePort
--
release
command to remove the port from the POD license.
switch:admin> licenseport --release 0
5. Enter the
licensePort
--
show
command to verify that the port is no longer assigned to a POD set.
switch:admin> licenseport --show
24 ports are available in this switch
Full POD license is installed
Dynamic POD method is in use
24 port assignments are provisioned for use in this switch:
12 port assignments are provisioned by the base switch license
12 port assignments are provisioned by a full POD license
10 ports are assigned to installed licenses:
10 ports are assigned to the base switch license
0 ports are assigned to the full POD license
Ports assigned to the base switch license:
1*, 2*, 3*, 4*, 5*, 6*, 8*, 21, 22, 23
Ports assigned to the full POD license:
None
Ports not assigned to a license:
0, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
switch:admin>
6. Enter the
switchEnable
command to bring the switch back online.
7. Enter the
switchShow
command to verify that the switch state is now online.
Switch activation and deactivation
By default, the switch is enabled after power is applied and diagnostics and switch initialization routines
have finished. You can disable and re-enable it as necessary.
Disabling a switch
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the
switchDisable
command.
All Fibre Channel ports on the switch are taken offline. If the switch was part of a fabric, the fabric is
reconfigured.
Enabling a switch
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the
switchEnable
command.
All Fibre Channel ports that passed the POST test are enabled. If the switch has interswitch links (ISLs) to
a fabric, it joins the fabric.
Port activation and deactivation
By default, all licensed ports are enabled. You can disable and re-enable them as necessary. Ports that you
activate with Ports on Demand must be enabled explicitly, as described in ” Ports on Demand ” on page 49.