HP StorageWorks 8/40 Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v6.3.0 (53-100133 - Page 403
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Licensing overview 16 TABLE 73 Available Brocade licenses License Brocade Extended Fabrics Brocade Fabric Watch Brocade ISL Trunking Brocade Ports on Demand DataFort Compatibility License Encryption Performance Upgrade License Enhanced Group Management FCoE License FICON Management Server (Also known as "CUP", Control Unit Port) High Performance Extension over FCIP/FC (formerly known as "FC-IP Services") ICL 16-link License, or Inter Chassis Links Description Provides greater than 10km of switched fabric connectivity at full bandwidth over long distances (depending on the platform this can be up to 3000km). Monitors mission-critical switch operations. Fabric Watch includes Port Fencing capabilities. Provides the ability to aggregate multiple physical links into one logical link for enhanced network performance and fault tolerance. Also includes Access Gateway ISL Trunking on those products that support Access Gateway deployment. Allows you to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning additional ports using license key upgrades. Applies to the Brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5000, 5100, and 5300 switches. Provides the Brocade Encryption Switch, the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S with FS8-18 blade to read and decrypt the NetApp DataFort-encrypted Disk LUNs and Tapes. DataFort Compatible License is also required on the Brocade Encryption Switch, the Brocade DCX and DCX-4S with FS8-18 blade to write and encrypt the Disk LUNs and Tapes in NetApp DataFort Compatible Format (metadata, encryption, algorithm, and compression algorithm) so that DataFort can read and decrypt these tapes and disk LUNs. Availability of this license is limited; contact your vendor for details. Provides additional encryption bandwidth on encryption platforms. For the Brocade Encryption Switch, two Encryption Performance Upgrade licenses can be installed to enable the full available bandwidth. On a Brocade DCX and DCX-4S, a single Performance License can be installed to enable full bandwidth on all FS8-18 blades installed in the chassis. Enables full management of the 8Gb platforms in a datacenter fabric with deeper element management functionality and greater management task aggregation throughout the environment. Enables Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) functionality on the Brocade 8000 switch. This license is included by default for the Brocade 8000 switch. Enables host-control of switches in mainframe environments. Includes the FC-Fastwrite feature and IPsec capabilities. Applies to FR4-18i blade and Brocade 7500. Provides dedicated high-bandwidth links between two Brocade DCX chassis, without consuming valuable front-end 8Gb ports. Each chassis must have the ICL license installed in order to enable the full 16-link ICL connections. (Available on the DCX only.) Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 361 53-1001336-01