HP StorageWorks 2/16V HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.2.x administrator guide (569 - Page 40

For instructions, see "Maintaining licensed software features" on page 33. 4. Use the portenable command to enable the ports. 5. Optionally, use the portShow command to verify the newly activated ports. If you remove a Ports on Demand license, the licensed ports will become disabled after the next platform reboot or the next port deactivation. Configuring Dynamic Ports on Demand IMPORTANT: This feature is supported on the Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem embedded switch only. How Dynamic Ports on Demand works The Dynamic POD feature only detects and assigns ports to a POD license if the server blade is installed with an HBA present. A server blade that does not have a functioning HBA is treated as an inactive link during initial POD port assignment. The Dynamic POD feature assigns the ports to the POD license as they come online. Typically, assignments are sequential, starting with the lowest user port number. However, variations in the equipment attached to the ports can cause the ports to take different amounts of time to come online. This means that the port assignment order is not guaranteed. If the switch detects more active links than allowed by the current POD licenses, then some ports will not be assigned a POD license. Ports that do not receive a POD assignment have a state of No Sync or In Sync; these ports are not allowed to progress to the online state. Ports that cannot be brought online because insufficient POD licenses have a state of (No POD License) Disabled. (Use the switchShow command to display the port states.) To allocate licenses to a specific port instead of automatically assigning them as the ports come online, reserve a license for the port using the licensePort command described in "Maintaining licensed software features" on page 33. The port receives a POD assignment if any are available. After a port is assigned to the POD set, the port is licensed until it is manually removed from POD port set using the licensePort --release command. When a port is released from its POD port set (Base, Single, or Double), it creates a vacancy in that port set. Displaying the Port license assignment Use the licensePort --show command to display the available licenses, the current port assignment of those licenses, and the POD method state (dynamic or static). To display the port licenses: 1. Connect to the switch and log in. 2. Enter the licensePort --show command. switch:admin> licenseport --show 24 ports are available in this switch Full POD license is installed Static POD method is in use 24 port assignments are provisioned for use in this switch: 12 port assignments are provisioned by the base switch license 12 port assignments are provisioned by a full POD license 24 ports are assigned to installed licenses: 12 ports are assigned to the base switch license 12 ports are assigned to the full POD license Ports assigned to the base switch license: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 20 Ports assigned to the full POD license: 0, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23 40 Performing basic configuration tasks