Brocade VDX 6740 Hardware Reference Manual (Supporting VDX 6740, VDX 6740T, and VDX 6740T-1G) - Manual (Page 34)

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Upgrading port speeds on the Brocade VDX 6740T-1G
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• Installing a license
2. Enter the show dpod command to verify the allowed reservation pool size and to determine
10G ports that are assigned to a 10G Port Upgrade license already.
switch# show dpod
3. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode
switch# configure terminal
4. Enter the shutdown command for the interface if not already in shutdown state.
switch(config)# interface gigabitethernet 1/0/1
switch(conf-if-gi-1/0/1)# shutdown
5. Enter the dpod command while in global configuration mode to reserve a license assignment
for the port from the license pool.
switch(config)dpod 1/0/1 reserve
NOTE
To remove a license assignment for a port, use release instead of reserve.
6. Perform one of the following steps:
• Configure interface speed to 10000 using the speed command.
switch(config)# interface tengigabitethernet 1/0/1
switch(conf-if-int-1/0/1)# speed 10000
NOTE
This operation may fail as a result of limited available reservations.
• Configure the interface speed to auto to allow dynamic link speed selection up to 10 Gbps.
switch(config)# interface tengigabitethernet 1/0/1
switch(conf-if-int-1/0/1)# speed auto
7. Enable the 10G interface using the no shutdown command.
switch(config)# interface tengigabitethernet 1/0/1
switch(conf-if-te-1/0/1)# no shutdown