Activating the Dynamic POD feature

Use the following procedure to activate the Dynamic POD feature.

  1. Verify the current states of the ports with the show ip interface brief command.

    The command output indicates whether a port is licensed.

  2. Install the Port Upgrade license.
  3. Use the shutdown and no shutdown commands to disable and re-enable the ports.
  4. Use the show ip interface brief command to verify the newly activated ports.
  5. Use the show interface ethernet slot/port command to display port details.

    The following example shows a device without any Port Upgrade license installed on an interface module. The 12 ports in the base port set are online and assigned. The remaining 2 ports are unassigned and down.

    device# show ip interface brief
    Flags:  I - Insight Enabled     U - Unnumbered interface
    Interface              IP-Address     	Vrf                    Status                Protocol
    ==================                  	==========          ==================      ==========
    Ethernet 0/1           unassigned       default-vrf             up                      up                       
    Ethernet 0/2           unassigned       default-vrf             up                      up                       
    Ethernet 0/3           unassigned       default-vrf             up                      up                       
    Ethernet 0/4           unassigned       default-vrf             up                      up                       
    Ethernet 0/5           unassigned       default-vrf             up                      up                       
    Ethernet 0/49          unassigned       default-vrf            administratively down    down(No 100G/40G Port Upgrade License)                       
    Ethernet 0/50          unassigned       default-vrf            administratively down    down(No 100G/40G Port Upgrade License)
     
    The following example displays details for a single port that is offline because it does not have a Port Upgrade license.
    device# show interface ethernet 0/49
      Ethernet 0/49 is down, line protocol is down (No 100G/40G Port Upgrade License)
      Hardware is Ethernet, address is 0005.1eb6.0a25
      Current address is 0005.1eb6.0a25
      Tracking status: Disabled
      Tracked interfaces: None
      Pluggable media present, Media type is sfp
      Interface index (ifindex) is 1744896001
      MTU 2500 bytes
      LineSpeed: Auto - 10000 Mbit, Duplex: Full
      Flowcontrol rx: on, tx: on