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

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Time-based licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
High availability considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
Configupload and download considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Expired licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Universal Time-based licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Universal Time-based license expiration date . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Extending a license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
Deleting a license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
Date change restriction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
Universal Time-based license shelf life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
Viewing installed licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
Activating a license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377
Adding a licensed feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378
Removing a licensed feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379
Activating Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380
Dynamic Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381
Displaying the port license assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381
Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382
Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382
Reserving a port license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383
Releasing a port from a POD set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .384
Chapter 17 Administering Advanced Performance Monitoring
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385
Advanced Performance Monitoring overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385
Types of monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385
Virtual Fabrics considerations for Advanced Performance
Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386
End-to-end performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386
End-to-end monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .387
Adding end-to-end monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .388
Setting a mask for an end-to-end monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389
Deleting end-to-end monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .390
Filter-based performance monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .390
Adding standard filter-based monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391
Custom filter-based monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391
Adding custom filter-based monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392
Deleting filter-based monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393
ISL performance monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393