Brocade Fabric OS v7.1.2a Release Notes v1.0

Enterprise ICL (EICL) License –
The EICL license is required on a Brocade DCX 8510 chassis when that chassis
is participating in a group of five or more Brocade DCX 8510 chassis connected via ICLs.
Note that this license requirement does not depend upon the total number of DCX 8510 chassis that exist in a
fabric, but only on how many chassis are interconnected via ICLs. This license is only recognized/displayed
when operating with FOS v7.0.1 but enforced with FOS v7.1.0 or later.
Note:
The EICL license supports a maximum of nine DCX 8510 chassis connected in a full mesh topology or up
to ten DCX 8510 chassis connected in a core-edge topology.
Fabric Insight/Fabric Vision License -
The Fabric Vision license (included in some software bundles) is being
introduced in 2013 to enable new functionality in FOS v7.2 and later releases. When installed on a switch
operating with FOS v7.1.x, the licenseshow command will display this license as the “Fabric
Insight
license”. When running FOS v7.1.x or earlier, existence of this license does not affect any functionality on the
switch.
Temporary License Support
The following licenses are available in FOS v7.1 as Universal Temporary or regular temporary licenses:
• Fabric (E_Port) license
• Extended Fabric license
• Trunking license
• High Performance Extension license
• Advanced Performance Monitoring license
• Adaptive Networking license
• Fabric Watch license
• Integrated Routing license
• Server Application Optimization license
• Advanced Extension license
• Advanced FICON Acceleration license
• 10GbE FCIP/10G Fibre Channel license
• FICON Management Server (CUP) license
• Enterprise ICL license
Note
: Temporary Licenses for features available on a per slot basis enable the feature for any and all slots in
the chassis.
Temporary and Universal Temporary licenses have durations and expiration dates established in the licenses
themselves. FOS will accept up to two temporary licenses and a single Universal license on a unit. Universal
Temporary license keys can only be installed once on a particular switch, but can be applied to as many
switches as desired. Temporary use duration (the length of time the feature will be enabled on a switch) is
provided with the license key. All Universal Temporary license keys have an expiration date upon which the
license can no longer be installed on any unit.
Other Licensing Changes
• The capabilities associated with the Adaptive Networking and SAO licenses are included by default on
the Brocade 6520. Hence these licenses are not applicable to the Brocade 6520 platform.
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