Dell PowerConnect Brocade M6505 Brocade 7.1.0 Web Tools Administrator's Guide - Page 101
Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand, Diagnostic ports, Enable DPOD, Available Licenses, Total Licenses
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Port activation 5 4. Click Enable DPOD to enable the licensing mechanism to be dynamic. If the button is labeled Disable DPOD, the licensing mechanism is already set to dynamic. The existing POD associations and assignments are set as the initial Dynamic POD associations. Two fields are displayed: • Available Licenses indicate the number of free licenses. These can be allocated for any port. • Total Licenses indicate the total number of licenses. Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand NOTE Disabling DPODs causes traffic disruption. Any prior port associations and assignments are lost the next time the switch is restarted. To disable the Dynamic POD feature, log in and perform the following steps. 1. Select a port in the Switch View to open the Port Admin tab. 2. Select the FC Ports or GigE Ports tab. 3. From the tree on the left, select the switch or the slot that contains the port. 4. Click Disable DPOD to set the licensing mechanism to static. If the button is labeled Enable DPOD, the licensing mechanism is already set to static. Diagnostic ports Diagnostic ports (D_Port) are used for running diagnostics to isolate link level faults and inter-switch link testing in fabric, optical and remote loopback modes. D_Ports are not part of any fabric and it does not carry any data or protocol traffic with it. It is used only for running diagnostic traffic for isolating link level faults. D_Port can be used to get estimated link distance measure as done for long distance mode links. For information on configuring a D_Port, see the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide. Web Tools can not configure a D_Port. Following list of features are not supported when a port is configured as a D_Port. • Port swap • Port bind • Port trunk • QOS Enable/Disable • BB credit • NPIV Enable/Disable/Max login • Allow/Prohibit Matrix D_Ports do not take part in zoning. If D_Port is added to a zone it does not take part in the fabric. Web Tools Administrator's Guide 73 53-1002756-01