Dell PowerConnect Brocade 300 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.1.0 - Page 476

18 10G licensing After applying a 10G license to the Brocade 6510or 6520 chassis or to a 16 Gbps FC blade, you must also configure the port octet (portCfgOctetSpeedCombo command) with the correct port octet speed group and configure each port to operate at 10 Gbps (portCfgSpeed command). It is necessary to configure the port octet because only certain combinations of port speeds are allowed within the port octet. No license is required for the octet group. If the speed configuration operation succeeds and a 10G-capable SFP is inserted in the port connector, the port will allow operation at 10 Gbps when the link becomes active at that speed. NOTE 10 Gbps FC capability is restricted to the ports in the first port octet group on each blade or chassis to which the license is applied. Before removing a 10 Gbps license from an entire platform (licenseRemove command) or from a specific blade (licenseSlotCfg --remove command), you must first deconfigure all affected FC ports to no longer operate at 10 Gbps. NOTE An FC port that is operating at 10G FC speed on a 16G FC blade or 16G FC switch does not need an Extended Fabrics license to be used for FC long distance connectivity. FC ports licensed and configured to operate at 10 Gbps on a Brocade 6510 or 6520 switch or 16 Gbps FC port blade cannot interoperate with 10 Gbps FC ports on the Mc-6140 platform. The new FC ports use different protocols and physical connections. Enabling 10 Gbps operation on an FC port Use the following procedure to enable 10 Gbps operation on an FC port on a Brocade 6510 or 6520 switch or an FC16-32 or FC16-48 blade: 1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions, or an account with OM permissions for the license and switchportconfiguration classes of RBAC commands. 2. Use the licenseAdd command to add the 10G license. 3. Use the licenseShow command to verify the license. Bladed platforms only: If the results of the automatic license assignment are not what you intended, use the licenseSlotCfg command to reassign the license to the desired blades. 4. Use the portCfgOctetSpeedCombo command to set the combination speed for the first port octet to a setting that supports 10 Gbps operations. Valid settings for 10 Gbps operations include: • 2-Autonegotiated or fixed port speeds of 10 Gbps, 8 Gbps, 4 Gbps, and 2 Gbps • 3-Autonegotiated or fixed port speeds of 16 Gbps and 10 Gbps 5. Use the portCfgSpeed command to set the port speed on each port you want to operate at 10 Gbps. Example of assigning a 10G license on an FC port blade and enabling 10 Gbps operation on a port This example assigns a license to slot 4 on a DCX 8510-8 Backbone and enables 10 Gbps operation on port 2 of the port blade in that slot. In this example, the 10G license was first automatically assigned to slot 1. 8510-8switch:admin> licenseadd aTFPNFXGLmABANMGtT4LfSBJSDLWTYD3EFrr4WGAEMBA 8510-8switch:admin> licenseshow 476 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 53-1002745-02