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roblake · ‎03-12-2019

Good Morning Team,

My Issue:

I have 2x Brocade 6470T Switches stacked.
Each switch is licenses with 8x 10Gbe ports licensed

rbridge-id: 11
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
10G Port Upgrade license
Feature name:PORT_10G_UPGRADE
License is valid
Capacity: 8

I have two ports I am try to remove from from the assigned license.

#sh dpod
10G ports not assigned to a license:
11/0/46

Example of sh interface status of 11/0/46 for example
switch# show interface tengigabitethernet 11/0/46
TenGigabitEthernet 11/0/46 is admin down, line protocol is down (no 10G Port Upgrade license)
Hardware is Ethernet, address is 50eb.1aae.5c8c
Current address is 50eb.1aae.5c8c
Fixed Copper RJ45 Media Present
Description: DMZ-Trunk-FW
Interface index (ifindex) is 47446343680
MTU 2500 bytes
LineSpeed Actual : Nil
LineSpeed Configured : 1000 Mbit, Duplex: Full
Priority Tag disable
Last clearing of show interface counters: 165w4d20h
Queueing strategy: fifo
Receive Statistics:
0 packets, 0 bytes
Unicasts: 0, Multicasts: 0, Broadcasts: 0
64-byte pkts: 0, Over 64-byte pkts: 0, Over 127-byte pkts: 0
Over 255-byte pkts: 0, Over 511-byte pkts: 0, Over 1023-byte pkts: 0
Over 1518-byte pkts(Jumbo): 0
Runts: 0, Jabbers: 0, CRC: 0, Overruns: 0
Errors: 0, Discards: 0
Transmit Statistics:
0 packets, 0 bytes
Unicasts: 0, Multicasts: 0, Broadcasts: 0
Underruns: 0
Errors: 0, Discards: 0
Rate info:
Input 0.000000 Mbits/sec, 0 packets/sec, 0.00% of line-rate
Output 0.000000 Mbits/sec, 0 packets/sec, 0.00% of line-rate
Time since last interface status change: 165w4d20h

What is the switch firmware?
Hardware Rev : 137.4

What I have done:

Tried to release a port from a POD set using the following

Releasing a port from a POD set:

Once a port has been assigned to a Dynamic POD license port set, it remains licensed (or "reserved") untilthe userremoves the port from the port set.To remove a port from the port set,release the port with the dpod release command. Releasing a port removes it from the Dynamic POD license port set; the port appears as unassigned until it comes back online.

switch# configure terminal
Entering configuration mode terminal
switch(config)# interface 1/0/10
switch(conf-if-te-1/0/10)# shutdown
switch(conf-if-te-1/0/10)# exit
switch(config)# dpod 1/0/10 release
switch(config-dpod-1/0/10)# exit

Thank you for taking the time to read my question. Also, I hope you have a fantastic day.

Michael_Morey · ‎03-12-2019

Yes, this is as designed. As there is no license associated to this port, it will not come up, and any config will be removed after attempting to no shut the device.

When a port is connected, it should automatically assign a Dynamic license assignment (DPOD) unless there are no licenses available.

You will want to check the full output of your "show dpod" to see the total number of port assignments you have provisioned, how many are used and how many are available.

As your "show license" output shows a single 8port 10G upgrade installed, I will assume you have a total of 32 port assignments provisioned. (24 From the Base switch license + 8 Port Upgrade = 32 Total)

If your "show dpod" output lists:

code:

0 license reservations are still available for use by unassigned ports

Then you will will either need to remove a reservation off a port that is assigned a license and not in use, or install an additional 10G Port Upgrade.

If your system does show available licenses, however is not reserving the port, please try the following:

code:

VDX1# conf t
Entering configuration mode terminal
VDX1(config)# dpod 11/0/46
VDX1(config-dpod-11/0/46)# reserve
VDX1(config-dpod-11/0/46)# end

Then shut/no shut the port and verify if it comes up.

Ultimately if none of the above addresses your issue, I suggest you open a case with our TAC team and we can do some live troubleshooting with your to resolve your issue.

Thanks,

Mike Morey
Principal Technical Support Engineer

Michael Morey
Principal Technical Support Engineer
Extreme Networks

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Michael_Morey · ‎03-13-2019

Glad to hear I was able to help you address your issue.

Thanks for choosing Extreme!

Mike Morey
Principal Technical Support Engineer

Michael Morey
Principal Technical Support Engineer
Extreme Networks

roblake · ‎03-13-2019

Good Morning Mike,

I just wanted to follow up and thank you for such amazing support. The has been licensed, the interface is up,

I heard about how great the support is from this team, but to get this much color on an issue I faced for two days on this community page is greatly appreciated.

Michael_Morey · ‎03-12-2019

The most common deployment for VDX switches is in "Logcial Chassis" also referred to as "Distributed" mode. This allows the devices in a single fabric to save and sync their config in real time. There fore all changes are saved automatically and the commands "wr mem" and "copy run start" are disabled.

These commands are only used if you are in "Local Only" mode where the switch is acting as a stand alone device.

You can confirm the current mode by issuing the command "show vcs". Any version post 7.1 will be in Logical Chassis as the default.

Mike Morey

Michael Morey
Principal Technical Support Engineer
Extreme Networks

roblake · ‎03-12-2019

Thank you Michael for your help. Your response time was amazing.

sw-psp-vcs-core01# show interface tengigabitethernet 11/0/46
TenGigabitEthernet 11/0/46 is up, line protocol is up (connected)

I found a port that was not being used and added it to the port that I needed and it came up!

One more question, Cisco switches have the write mem. Does that apply with the Brocades?

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