Upgrading the management application – Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.1.0 User Manual

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Upgrading the Management application

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Managed Count — The number of managed ports, or products, and fabrics.

NOTE

Virtual Fabrics are counted as Fabrics when calculating the managed count limits.

SAN Enterprise edition supports a maximum of 9,000 ports and 36 fabrics.

SAN Professional Plus edition supports a maximum of 2,560 ports and 36 fabrics.

Only fabrics and devices discovered from the SAN tab are counted.

IP Enterprise Licensed version supports a maximum of 5,050 IP products and 100
MPLS products with the appropriate number of device licenses installed.

IP Enterprise Trial version supports a maximum of 150 IP products and 10 MPLS
products with the appropriate number of device licenses installed.

IP Trial or Licensed version with Ethernet Fabrics enabled supports up to 40 Ethernet
fabrics (VCS clusters). VCS Cluster discovery with 3 or more nodes requires Ethernet
Fabrics enabled on your license or 75 day trial.

Only products and ports discovered from the IP tab are counted.

Maximum Limit — The number of licensed ports or products allowed.

4. Click OK to set the new license on the server.

A message displays. Click OK to close the message and log off the client. To see the changes to
the client, open the Management application and log in.

NOTE

When you migrate to a license with new features, you must add the new features to the
appropriate user roles.

Upgrading the Management application

The quickest and simplest method of moving from one version to another is to enter the new
license information on the License dialog box. The following tables list the available upgrade paths.

TABLE 11

SAN upgrade paths

Current software release

To software release

SAN Professional

SAN Professional Plus Trial or Licensed version
SAN Enterprise Trial or Licensed version

SAN Professional Plus Trial

SAN Enterprise Trial or Licensed version

SAN Professional Plus Licensed version

SAN Enterprise Licensed version
SAN + IP Enterprise Licensed version

SAN Enterprise Trial

SAN Enterprise Licensed version

SAN Enterprise

SAN + IP Enterprise Licensed version

TABLE 12

IP upgrade paths

Current software release

To software release

IP Professional

IP Base Trial or Licensed version

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