HP AE370A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch 4/12, Administrator'S Manual

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42 Performing basic configuration tasks
3. Enter the
reboot
command to restart the switch.
4. Enter the
licensePort --show
command to verify that switch started the Static POD feature.
Managing licenses
This section explains how to allocate licenses by reserving and releasing POD assignments to specific
ports. Disabled ports are not candidates for automatic license assignment by the Dynamic POD feature.
Persistently Disable an otherwise viable port to prevent it from coming online, and thereby preserving a
license assignment for another port.
Before you can re-assign a license, you must disable the port and release the license.
Reserving a license
Reserving a license for a port assigns a POD license to that port regardless if the port is online. That license
will not be available to other ports that come online before the specified port.
Log in to the switch with a user account that has the role Admin to reserve and release licenses.
To reserve a port license:
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the
licensePort --show
command to verify that there are port reservations still available.
switch:admin> licenseport --method static
The POD method has been changed to static.
Please reboot the switch now for this change to take effect.
switch:admin> reboot
switch:admin> licenseport --show
24 ports are available in this switch
Full POD license is installed
Static 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
24 ports are assigned to installed licenses:
12 ports are assigned to the base switch license
12 ports are assigned to the full POD license
Ports assigned to the base switch license:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20
Ports assigned to the full POD license:
0, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
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