UCS 6248UP Licensing

[rjs]

How will the 6248UP Fabric Interconnect ports be licensed?

Will ports configured as Fiber Channel also consume a port license?

Will the Expansion Module be fully licensed or will it share license with fixed ports?

[cweinhold]

Robert,

Are you sure about the 16-port GEM module having just 6 licenses? The docs say it adds 8 licenses, and that's what I've always been told.

The eight default licenses that come with a 6200  series  fabric interconnect expansion module can be used to enable ports  on the base module

-Craig

[Robert Burns]

I stand corrected.  I recall from earlier days it was originally 6, but that might have changed since the FCS release version.

Checking my 6248 I show "20" licenses, which makes sense since I have 12 base + 8 Expansion licenses:

Pod1-A /license # show usage

Feat Name                      Scope Default Total Quant Used Quant State                Peer Count Comparison   Grace Used

------------------------------ ----- ------- ----------- ---------- -------------------- ----------------------- ----------

ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG        A          20          20         29 License Graceperiod  Matching                   2966400

ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG        B          20          20         27 License Graceperiod  Matching                    662400

Thanks for keeping me honest!

Robert