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6 – Non Standard configuration options

Features and licenses

Ever seen these?

License Envelope
License Envelope

If not you might just have thrown away one of the most expensive pieces of you purchase. This is the envelope that contains the transaction key which allows you to generate the license for the specific feature you bought. If you have discarded it I must say that is not really smart. It’s like throwing away the car-keys after you bought a brand new vehicle.

DO NOT THROW AWAY THIS ENVELOPE

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Defzone configuration

Today I came across a case where the administrator had a bit of an incorrect interpretation of the term “defzone“. Brocade uses defzone in case when no normal zoning configuration is active. A defzone (default zone) is a hidden “dummy” zoning configuration with no members(*). No WWN’s, aliases or port-ID’s ever will be added to a “defzone”.

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