Dell POWEREDGE M1000E - Manual (Page 488)

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Ports on Demand
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Ports assigned to the full POD license:
0, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23
Reserving a port license
You can allocate licenses by reserving and releasing POD assignments to specific ports. Disabled
ports are not candidates for automatic license assignment by the Dynamic POD feature.
Persistently disable an otherwise viable port to prevent it from coming online, and thereby preserve
a license assignment for another port.
Reserving a license for a port assigns a POD license to that port whether the port is online or
offline. That license will not be available to other ports that come online before the specified port.
To allocate licenses to a specific port instead of automatically assigning them as the ports come
online, reserve a license for the port. The port receives a POD assignment if any are available.
Use the following procedure to reserve Dynamic Ports on Demand licences:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
2. Enter the licensePort -- show command to verify there are port reservations available.
switch:admin> licenseport --show
24 ports are available in this switch
Full POD license is installed
Dynamic POD method is in use
24 port assignments are provisioned for use in this switch:
12 port assignments are provisioned by the base switch license
12 port assignments are provisioned by a full POD license
10 ports are assigned to installed licenses:
10 ports are assigned to the base switch license
0 ports are assigned to the full POD license
Ports assigned to the base switch license:
1*, 2*, 3*, 4*, 5*, 6*, 8*, 21, 22, 23
Ports assigned to the full POD license:
None
Ports not assigned to a license:
0, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
3. Take the following appropriate action based on whether port reservations are available:
• If a port reservation is available, then issue the licensePort -- reserve command to reserve
a license for the port.
switch:admin> licenseport -reserve 0
• If all port reservations are assigned, select a port to release its POD license. Follow the
instructions in
“Releasing a port from a POD set” to release a port from its POD
assignment. Once the port is released, you can reserve it.
Releasing a port from a POD set
Releasing a port removes it from the POD set; the port then appears as “unassigned” until it comes
back online. Persistently disabling the port ensures that the port cannot come back online and be
automatically assigned to a POD assignment. Before you can re-assign a license, you must disable
the port and release the license.