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Licensing overview
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Table 70 lists licensed features, each feature’s associated license name, and, if applicable, the
location on the local or any connecting switch on which the license must be installed.
Integrated Routing • Allows any ports in Brocade 5100, 5300, 6510, 6520, and
VA-40FC switches, the Brocade Encryption Switch, or the
Brocade DCX, DCX-4S, and DCX 8510 family platforms to be
configured as an EX_Port supporting FC-FC routing.
• Eliminates the need to use a Brocade 7500 for FC-FC routing
purposes.
Server Application Optimization (SAO) When deployed with Brocade server adaptors, this license optimizes
overall application performance for physical servers with virtual
machines by extending virtual channels to the server infrastructure.
Application-specific traffic flows can be configured, prioritized, and
optimized throughout the entire data center infrastructure. This
license is not supported on the Brocade 8000.
NOTE: The Brocade 6520 does not require an SAO license to enable
the capabilities associated with this license. These
capabilities are included by default on the Brocade 6520.
TABLE 70 License requirements and location name by feature
Feature License Where license should be installed
Adaptive Rate Limiting Advanced Extension Local switch.
Administrative Domains No license required. N/A
Bottleneck Detection No license required. N/A
Configuration
up/download
No license required.
NOTE: The configUpload and configDownload
commands are provided automatically
with Fabric OS on the switch.
N/A
Converged Enhanced
Ethernet
Requires FCoE base license and POD1 license.
NOTE: These licenses are installed by default
and you should not remove them.
Local switch.
Brocade 8000 only.
Brocade Network Advisor No license required for base use. See also the Brocade Network
Advisor User Manual.
Diagnostic tools No license required. N/A
Distributed Management
Server
No license required. N/A
Enterprise ICL Enterprise ICL Each ICL-connected Brocade 8510
chassis in the fabric when there are
five or more such chassis in the
fabric.
Extended Fabrics Extended Fabrics Local switch and any attached
switches.
Fabric Watch No license required for baseline monitoring
capabilities.
Fabric Watch license required for full
functionality.
See the Fabric Watch
Administrator’s Guide.
TABLE 69 Available Brocade licenses (Continued)
License Description