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

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Licensing overview
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Brocade Extended Fabrics Provides greater than 10km of switched fabric connectivity at
full bandwidth over long distances (depending on the platform
this can be up to 3000km).
Brocade Fabric Watch Monitors mission-critical switch operations. Fabric Watch
includes Port Fencing capabilities.
Brocade ISL Trunking Provides the ability to aggregate multiple physical links into
one logical link for enhanced network performance and fault
tolerance. Also includes Access Gateway ISL Trunking on those
products that support Access Gateway deployment.
Brocade Ports on Demand Allows you to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning
additional ports using license key upgrades. Applies to the
Brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5000, 5100, and 5300 switches.
DataFort Compatibility License Provides the Brocade Encryption Switch, the Brocade DCX and
DCX-4S with FS8-18 blade to read and decrypt the NetApp
DataFort-encrypted Disk LUNs and Tapes. DataFort Compatible
License is also required on the Brocade Encryption Switch, the
Brocade DCX and DCX-4S with FS8-18 blade to write and
encrypt the Disk LUNs and Tapes in NetApp DataFort
Compatible Format (metadata, encryption, algorithm, and
compression algorithm) so that DataFort can read and decrypt
these tapes and disk LUNs. Availability of this license is limited;
contact your vendor for details.
Encryption Performance Upgrade License Provides additional encryption bandwidth on encryption
platforms. For the Brocade Encryption Switch, two Encryption
Performance Upgrade licenses can be installed to enable the
full available bandwidth. On a Brocade DCX and DCX-4S, a
single Performance License can be installed to enable full
bandwidth on all FS8-18 blades installed in the chassis.
Enhanced Group Management Enables full management of the 8 Gbps platforms in a
datacenter fabric with deeper element management
functionality and greater management task aggregation
throughout the environment.
FCoE License Enables Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) functionality on
the Brocade 8000 switch. This license is included by default
for the Brocade 8000 switch.
FICON Management Server
(Also known as “CUP”, Control Unit Port)
Enables host-control of switches in mainframe environments.
High Performance Extension over FCIP/FC
(formerly known as “FC-IP Services”)
Includes the FC-Fastwrite feature and IPsec capabilities.
Applies to FR4-18i blade and Brocade 7500.
ICL 16-link License, or Inter Chassis Links Provides dedicated high-bandwidth links between two Brocade
DCX chassis, without consuming valuable front-end 8 Gbps
ports. Each chassis must have the ICL license installed in order
to enable the full 16-link ICL connections. (Available on the
DCX only.)
TABLE 75 Available Brocade licenses
License Description