Brocade 300 Hardware Reference Manual - Manual (Page 13)

Non-port side of the Brocade 300
The non-port side of the Brocade 300 is used solely for air flow. There are two labels on the bottom of
the chassis. On the right side is the Brocade standard agency label. On the left side is the Brocade
standard OEM data label.
Supported fabric configurations
The Brocade 300 is supported as an edge device in fabrics of up to 239 switches.
Ports on Demand license
Brocade 300 can be purchased with 8, 16, or 24 licensed ports. As your needs increase, you can
activate unlicensed ports by purchasing and installing the Brocade Ports on Demand (POD) optional
licensed product. After it has been installed, the license appears in the licenseShow command output
as Ports on Demand license .
By default, ports 0 through 7 are enabled on the Brocade 300. To enable ports 8 through 16, install a
POD license key. To enable ports 16 through 24, install another POD license.
To install a POD license, you can either use the supplied license key or generate a license key.
Typically the switch is shipped with a paper pack that specifies the transaction key to use with the
Software License Keys link. Use this transaction key on the Brocade Web site at www.brocade.com /
licensekeys and follow the instructions to generate the key. You can also use this site to generate other
license keys for your switch.
After you have installed the license keys, you must enable the ports. You can do so without disrupting
switch operation by using the portEnable command on each port individually. Alternatively, you can
disable and re-enable the switch to activate all ports simultaneously.
For detailed information on enabling additional ports using the POD license, refer to the Fabric OS
Administrator’s Guide .
ISL trunking groups
The Brocade 300 supports Interswitch Link (ISL) Trunking as a licensed feature. When this feature is
enabled, you can create trunked groups of up to eight contiguous ports. This means that you can create
up to three trunked groups that contain eight ports each.
The Fibre Channel ports on the Brocade 300 are numbered from left to right and color-coded into
groups of eight to indicate which ports you can combine into trunked groups.
Non-port side of the Brocade 300
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