Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.3.0 (53-1001336-02, November 2009)

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Administrative Domains overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
Admin Domain features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339
Requirements for Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339
Admin Domain access levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340
User-defined Administrative Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340
System-defined Administrative Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340
Admin Domains and login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342
Admin Domain member types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343
Admin Domains and switch WWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .344
Admin Domain compatibility, availability, and merging . . . . . .346
Admin Domain management for physical fabric administrators . .346
Setting the default zoning mode for Admin Domains . . . . . . .346
Creating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347
User assignments to Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348
Removing an Admin Domain from a user account . . . . . . . . .350
Activating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350
Deactivating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
Adding members to an existing Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . .351
Removing members from an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
Renaming an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
Deleting an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .354
Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains non-disruptively . .354
Validating an Admin Domain member list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357
SAN management with Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
CLI commands in an AD context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
Executing a command in a different AD context . . . . . . . . . . .359
Displaying an Admin Domain configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359
Switching to a different Admin Domain context. . . . . . . . . . . .360
Admin Domain interactions with other Fabric OS features . . .361
Admin Domains, zones, and zone databases . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
Admin Domains and LSAN zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363
Configuration upload and download in an AD context . . . . . .364
Section II Licensed Features
Chapter 16 Administering Licensing
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367
Licensing overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367
The Brocade 7800 Upgrade License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
ICL licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
ICL 16-link license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
ICL 8-link license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
8G licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Slot-based licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Upgrade/downgrade considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Adding a license to a slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Removing a license from a slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375