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After a port is assigned to the POD set, the port is licensed until it is manually removed from the 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 using an admin account. 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 The example above shows output from a switch that manually assigned POD licenses. Activating Dynamic Ports on Demand If the switch is in the Static POD mode, then activating the Dynamic POD will erase any prior port license assignments the next time the switch is rebooted. The static POD assignments become the initial Dynamic POD assignments. After the Dynamic POD feature is enabled, you can customize the POD license associations. IMPORTANT: The Dynamic POD feature is supported on the Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem only. To enable Dynamic Ports on Demand: 1. Connect to the switch and log in using an admin account. 2. Enter the licensePort --method command with the dynamic option to change the license assignment method to dynamic. switch:admin> licenseport --method dynamic The POD method has been changed to dynamic. Please reboot the switch now for this change to take effect. 3. Enter the reboot command to restart the switch. switch:admin> reboot 4. Enter the licensePort --show command to verify that the switch started the Dynamic POD feature. 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 8 ports are assigned to installed licenses: Fabric OS 6.1.x administrator guide 41