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Licensing overview
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Ports • Ports on Demand licenses required,
applicable to a select set of switches only.
• 7800 Upgrade license for the 7800
switches to use all ports.
• 10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel license to
use 10Gb FC ports on FC16-32 blades,
FC16-48 blades, and the Brocade 6510.
• 10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel license to
enable 10Gb Ethernet ports on the FX8-24
extension blades.
• Brocade 8000 – Must have license
installed to enable the 8 FC ports. A
maximum of 8 FC ports are allowed.
Local switch.
QoS Adaptive Networking with QoS Local switch and attached switches.
QoS on an HBA
• Server Application Optimization and
• Adaptive Networking with QoS
Local switch
RADIUS No license required. N/A
RBAC No license required. N/A
Routing traffic No license required.
NOTE: Port-based or exchanged-based routing,
static routes, frame-order deliver, and
dynamic routes all included.
N/A
Security No license required.
NOTE: DCC, SCC, FCS, IP Filter, and
authentication policies all included.
N/A
SNMP No license required. N/A
Speed 8 Gbps license needed to support 8 Gbps on
the Brocade 300, 5100, 5300, and VA-40FC
switches and embedded switches only.
NOTE: The 8 Gbps license is installed by
default, and you should not remove it.
10 Gigabit FCIP/Fibre Channel license is
needed to support 10Gb FC ports on FC16-32
blades, FC16-48 blades, and the Brocade
6510, as well as to support the 10Gb Ethernet
ports on FX8-24 blades. (See the Ports feature
above for more information.)
Local switch
SSH public key No license required. N/A
Top Talkers Advanced Performance Monitoring Local switch and attached switches.
Traffic Isolation No license required. N/A
Trunking
• ISL Trunking or
• ISL Trunking Over Extended Fabrics
Local and attached switches.
Two-to-four domains in a
fabric
Value Line (Two/Four) Local switch. May be required on
attached switches.
USB usage No license required. N/A
TABLE 66 License requirements and location name by feature (Continued)
Feature License Where license should be installed