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Admin Domain management for physical fabric administrators . .344
Setting the default zoning mode for Admin Domains . . . . . . .344
Creating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .345
User assignments to Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346
Removing an Admin Domain from a user account . . . . . . . . .348
Activating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348
Deactivating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
Adding members to an existing Admin Domain. . . . . . . . . . . .349
Removing members from an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350
Renaming an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350
Deleting an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .352
Deleting all user-defined Admin Domains non-disruptively . .352
Validating an Admin Domain member list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356
SAN management with Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356
CLI commands in an AD context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357
Executing a command in a different AD context . . . . . . . . . . .357
Displaying an Admin Domain configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358
Switching to a different Admin Domain context. . . . . . . . . . . .358
Admin Domain interactions with other Fabric OS features . . .359
Admin Domains, zones, and zone databases . . . . . . . . . . . . .360
Admin Domains and LSAN zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .362
Configuration upload and download in an AD context . . . . . .362

Section II Licensed Features

Chapter 16 Administering Licensing

In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
Licensing overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .365
The Brocade 7800 Upgrade license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
ICL licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
ICL 16-link license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
ICL 8-link license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
8G licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372
Slot-based licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .372
Upgrade/downgrade considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
Adding a license to a slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
Removing a license from a slot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
Time-based licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
Configupload and download considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Expired licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Universal Time-based licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Universal Time-based license expiration date . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Extending a license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
Deleting a license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
Date change restriction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
Universal Time-based license shelf life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375