HP StorageWorks 1606 Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference v6.3.0 (53-1001337-01 - Page 482

2 licensePort licensePort Synopsis Manages Dynamic Ports On Demand (DPOD) licenses. licenseport --release port licenseport --reserve port licenseport --show lcenseport --method dynamic | static Description Use this command to manage and display Dynamic Ports on Demand (DPOD) license assignments. Dynamic Ports On Demand (DPOD) is an optional feature available on all embedded platforms. DPOD takes the expansion capability of static Ports On Demand (POD) and adds the flexibility of activating any available port as long as a valid license is available. In Static mode, POD allows only specific fixed ports to be activated or licensed. With DPOD, any physical port can be made active as long as the total number of licenses is not exceeded. The Dynamic POD feature assigns ports to the POD license in the order in which they come online until they equal the number of online licensed ports. This command provides the mechanism to make adjustments to the dynamic assignments by reserving assignments for specific ports in the event that there are more online ports than the purchased POD licenses can support. Note The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place. Refer to chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS commands" and Appendix A, "Command Availability" for details. This command is valid only on embedded platforms. On unsupported platforms, this command returns a "not supported" message. Operands This command has the following operands: port Specifies the number of the port to which to assign or from which to remove a POD license. A port must be specified when releasing or reserving a port. --release Releases a license assignment from the specified port when the switch is using the Dynamic POD method. The port must be offline for this command to succeed. --reserve Reserves a license assignment for the specified port when the switch is using the Dynamic POD method. The port must be offline for this command to succeed. --show Displays the POD license assignments. --method Selects the POD method as one of the following: dynamic Selects the dynamic POD method. static Selects the static POD method. Examples To activate Dynamic Ports On Demand: switch:admin> licenseport --method dynamic The POD method has been changed to dynamic. Please reboot the switch now for this change to take effect. 452 Fabric OS Command Reference 53-1001337-01