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Licensing overview
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Advanced FICON Acceleration • Allows use of specialized data management techniques and
automated intelligence to accelerate FICON tape read and write
and IBM Global Mirror data replication operations over distance,
while maintaining the integrity of command and
acknowledgement sequences.
• Available on the Brocade 7800 switch, and the Brocade DCX and
DCX-4S and the Brocade DCX 8510 family for the FX8-24 on an
individual slot basis.
Brocade Advanced Performance
Monitoring
• Enables performance monitoring of networked storage
resources.
• Includes the Top Talkers feature.
Brocade Extended Fabrics Provides greater than 10 km of switched fabric connectivity at full
bandwidth over long distances (depending on the platform, this can
be up to 3000 km).
NOTE: This license is not required for long distance connectivity using
licensed 10G ports.
Brocade Fabric Watch
• Monitors mission-critical switch operations.
• Includes Port Fencing capabilities.
Brocade ISL Trunking
• Provides the ability to aggregate multiple physical links into one
logical link for enhanced network performance and fault
tolerance.
• Includes Access Gateway ISL Trunking on those products that
support Access Gateway deployment.
Brocade Ports on Demand Allows you to instantly scale the fabric by provisioning additional ports
using license key upgrades.
NOTE: Applies to the Brocade 300, 5100, 5300, 6505, 6510, 6520,
and VA-40FC switches.
DataFort Compatibility Provides ability to read, write, decrypt, and encrypt the NetApp
DataFort-encrypted Disk LUNs and Tapes to all of the following:
• Brocade Encryption Switch
• Brocade enterprise platforms with FS8-18 blade
Includes metadata, encryption and compression algorithms.
NOTE: Availability is limited. Contact your vendor for details.
Encryption Performance Upgrade 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 enterprise platform, a single Performance
License can be installed to enable full bandwidth on all FS8-18 blades
installed in the chassis.
Enhanced Group Management Enables full management of the device in a data center fabric with
deeper element management functionality and greater management
task aggregation throughout the environment. This license is used in
conjunction with Brocade Network Advisor application software. This
license is applicable to all of the Brocade 8G and 16G FC platforms.
NOTE: This license is enabled by default on all 16G FC platforms, and
on DCX and DCX-4S platforms that are running Fabric OS
v7.0.0 or later.
This license is not included by default on 8G FC fixed port
switches (300, 5100, 5300, VA-40FC, and 8G FC embedded
switches).
TABLE 69 Available Brocade licenses (Continued)
License Description