Brocade ICX 6650 Administration Guide 85
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Ports on Demand Licensing 4
1. Download the ICX6650-10G-LIC-POD license from the Brocade software portal onto the
Brocade device.
2. Place the license file on a TFTP or SCP server to which the Brocade device has access to.
3. Use TFTP or SCP to copy the file to the license database of the Brocade device.
To use TFTP to copy the file to the license database of the Brocade device, enter the following
command.
Brocade# copy tftp license 10.120.54.185 lic.xml unit 1
Brocade#Flash Memory Write (8192 bytes per dot)
Copy Software License from TFTP to Flash Done.
Syntax: copy tftp license [IP_address| ipv6_address] license_filename_on_host unit unit_id
The IP_address variable is the address of the IPv4 TFTP server.
The ipv6_address variable is the address of the IPv6 TFTP server.
The license_filename_on_host variable is the file name of the license file.
The unit unit_id variable specifies a unit for which you want to add a software license file. The
unit_id variable is 1.
If you attempt to download the same license twice on the device, the following error message is
displayed on the console.
Can't add the license string - 93 (DUPLICATE_LICENSE)
NOTE
SSH and Secure Copy (SCP) must be enabled on the Brocade device before the procedures in
this section can be performed. For details, refer to the Brocade ICX 6650 Switch Security
Configuration Guide.
To copy the file from an SCP-enabled client to the license database of a specific unit, enter the
following command.
scp license.xml terry@10.20.91.39:license:1
In the example, the license is copied to unit 1.
Syntax: scp license_file_on_host user@IP_address:license:unit id
The unit_id variable specifies a unit for which you want to add a software license file. The
unit_id variable is 1.
4. Insert an SFP+ optical transceiver to enable ports to 10 GbE speed.
5. Insert an SFP+ or SFP optical transceiver to enable the ports to 1 GbE speed.
6. Repeat step 1 through step 3 above to enable ports 1/1/33 to 1/1/48.
7. Repeat step 1 through step 3 above to enable ports 1/1/33 to 1/1/56.
By default, once the license is installed, the ports are up in 10 GbE port speed. You do not need to
use the speed-duplex command, or reload the system to enable the ports to 10 GbE port speed. As
you upgrade from a lower port to a higher port capacity license, the new license replaces the
previous license.