HP StorageWorks 8/80 Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v6.3.0 (53-100133 - Page 418

16 Ports on Demand Releasing a port from a POD set Releasing a port removes it from the POD set; the port appears as unassigned until it comes back online. Persistently disabling the port ensures that the port cannot come back online and be automatically assigned to a POD assignment. Before you can re-assign a license, you must disable the port and release the license. After a port is assigned to the POD set, the port is licensed until it is manually removed from the POD port set. When a port is released from its POD port set (Base, Single, or Double), it creates a vacancy in that port set. 1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role. 2. Enter the switchDisable command to take the switch offline. switch:admin> switchdisable 3. Enter the switchShow command to verify the switch state is offline. 4. Enter the licensePort --release command to remove the port from the POD license. switch:admin> licenseport --release 0 5. Enter the licensePort --show command to verify the port is no longer assigned to a POD set. switch:admin> licenseport --show 24 ports are available in this switch Full POD license is installed Dynamic 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 10 ports are assigned to installed licenses: 10 ports are assigned to the base switch license 0 ports are assigned to the full POD license Ports assigned to the base switch license: 1*, 2*, 3*, 4*, 5*, 6*, 8*, 21, 22, 23 Ports assigned to the full POD license: None Ports not assigned to a license: 0, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 6. Enter the switchEnable command to bring the switch back online. 7. Enter the switchShow command to verify the switch state is now online. 376 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 53-1001336-01