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Fabric OS Administrator’s Guide 471
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ICL licensing
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ICL licensing
Brocade ICL links operate between the core blades of the DCX 8510 Backbone family, or between
the core blades of the DCX and DCX-4S Backbones. Typically, if both core blades are installed, then
they are active on the DCX and DCX-4S (or DCX 8510 family) Backbones.
ICL ports on core blades of a DCX 8510-8 can be used only with an ICL (1st or 2nd) POD license.
ICL ports on core blades of a DCX 8510-4 can be used only with an ICL 1st POD licence.
ICL ports on core blades of a DCX can be used only with an ICL 16-link or ICL 8-link license. ICL
ports on core blades of a DCX-4S can be used only with an ICL 8-link licence.
After the addition or removal of a license, the license enforcement is performed on the ICL ports
only when the portDisable and portEnable commands are issued on the ports. An ICL license must
be installed on the enterprise platforms at both ends of the ICL connection.
ICL 1st POD license
The ICL 1st POD license activates half of the ICL bandwidth on the Brocade DCX 8510-8 platform or
all of the ICL bandwidth on the Brocade DCX 8510-4.
On the Brocade DCX 8510-8, this license enables QSFP ports 0–7; QSFP ports 8–15 are disabled.
(QSFP ports 0–7 correspond to core blade port numbers 0–31, and QSFP ports 8–15 correspond
to core blade port numbers 32–63, as observed in switchShow output.)
This license allows you to purchase half the bandwidth of the Brocade DCX 8510-8 ICL ports
initially and upgrade with an additional ICL license to use the full ICL bandwidth later. This license is
also useful for environments with ICL connections between a Brocade DCX 8510-8 and a DCX
8510-4, as the latter supports half the bandwidth of the DCX 8510-8 on each ICL port.
This license is available on the Brocade DCX 8510-8 and DCX 8510-4 platforms only.
ICL 2nd POD license
The ICL 2nd POD license provides dedicated high-bandwidth links between two Brocade DCX
8510-8 platforms without consuming valuable front-end ports. Each Brocade DCX 8510-8 platform
must have the ICL 2nd POD license installed to enable the full number of ICL connections possible.
This license is available for the Brocade DCX 8510-8 only.
Number of FCIP Tunnels 2 8
Tape Pipelining over FCIP Tunnel No Yes
TABLE 71 Base to Upgrade license comparison (Continued)
Feature Base model 7800 Upgrade license