Brocade ICX 6650 Administration Guide 83
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Ports on Demand Licensing 4
FIGURE 7 Brocade ICX 6650 front panel
Rear panel Flexible Ports on Demand
The rear panel has 6 QSFP+ ports:
•2 pairs of 40 ports that are error-disabled by default. For a detailed description of the port
states (up, down, or error-disabled), refer to “Configuration considerations when configuring
PoD for Brocade ICX 6650 devices” on page96.
•2 ports that can be converted to eight ports using a breakout cable. The ports are error-
disabled by default. For a detailed description of the port states (up, down, or error-disabled),
refer to “Configuration considerations when configuring PoD for Brocade ICX 6650 devices” on
page96.
The ports are on the rear panel are categorized into groups. Each group requires a Flexible PoD
(FPoD) license to enable the ports. For more information about using the FPoD license with a group
of ports, refer to “Disabling the FPoD ports on the rear panel” on page89.
•Group 1 = Ports 1/2/1 - 1/2/2. When enabled, these ports operate at 40 GbE.
•Group 2 = Ports 1/2/3 - 1/2/4. When enabled, these ports operate at 40 GbE.
•Group 3 = Ports 1/3/1-4, 1/3/5-8. When enabled, these breakout ports operate at 10 GbE.
Refer to Figure 8 for an illustration of the rear panel ports.
FIGURE 8 Brocade ICX 6650 rear panel
PoD licenses
Table 17 lists the PoD license SKUs for the Brocade ICX 6650, the license names, and the function
of each license.
Base (32x10 GbE) 8x10 GbE 8x10 GbE
Blocks of 8 1/10 GbE SFP+ ports
Sequential only
33-40, 41-48, 49-56
8x10 GbE
2/1-2
2/4 3/1-8
2/3
Specific pairs of QSFP+ ports
2x40 GbE (2/1-2 or 2/3-4)
4x10 GbE breakout ports
(3/1-4, 3/5-8)