Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide (53-1000606-01, October 2007)

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Configuring an authentication policy
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Activating an SCC, DCC, or FCS policy
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.
2. Click the Security Policies tab.
3. Select a policy by clicking on the appropriate tab.
4. Click Activate.
Activating the policy moves it into the Activate Policy Set window.
Once a policy has been created or modified you can distribute it to the rest of the fabric:
To deactivate a policy, you must activate a new or empty policy.
Distributing an FCS policy
You must perform this procedure to distribute an FCS policy.
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.
2. Click the Security Policies tab.
3. Select the FCS tab.
4. Click Distribute Policy.
5. Select the switches to be distributed to.
6. Select OK.
If the policy distribution fails, an error dialog box is displayed.
Moving an FCS policy switch position
You can move the position of a member switch in the FCS policy list.
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described on page 29.
2. Click the Security Policies tab.
3. Select the FCS tab.
4. Click Move FCS Switch.
5. Select the appropriate from and to positions.
6. Click Apply.
When you have moved all the member switches, click Apply & Close.
Configuring an authentication policy
You can configure authentication protocol, policy mode for E-Port and F-Port authentication, and
you can distribute the authentication policy to other switches in the fabric. You can also set shared
secret keys.