MDS FC Blade Switch for IBM - Licensing

schuetzm · ‎03-08-2010

Hi,

our customer has got installed the 20-port-switch of the "Cisco MDS Fibre Channel Blade Switch for IBM BladeCenter". He wants to change some of the links now. For that reason he asked me:

- Is there a fix relationship between a port and a license?

- Can we use any port as long as we fall below the number of licenses?

Thanks in advance and regards

Matthias

emcprateek_2 · ‎03-08-2010

Hello Matthias,

Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM BladeCenter (20 ports; 14 internal 2/4 Gbps, and 6 external full-rate ports) licenses for internal ports are allocated as the ports come up. Licenses for external ports are allocated sequentially.

Refer "On-Demand Port Licensing" section on CLI guide here :

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/storage/san_switches/mds9000/sw/rel_3_x/configuration/guides/cli_3_3/ondport.html

Customer can select the specific external ports he wants licensed.

switch# config t

switch(config)# interface fc1/1

switch(config-if)#port-license acquire

Thanks,
Prateek