Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.0.0 (53-1002148-02, June 2011)

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Policy database distribution
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Database distribution settings
The distribution settings control whether a switch accepts or rejects distributions of databases
from other switches and whether the switch may initiate a distribution. Configure the distribution
setting to reject when maintaining the database on a per-switch basis.
Table 38 lists the databases supported in Fabric OS v6.2.0 and later switches.
Use the chassisDistribute command to distribute IP filter policies. To distribute other security
policies, use the distribute command.
Displaying the database distribution settings
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions, or an account with
OM permissions for the FabricDistribution RBAC class of commands.
2. Enter the fddcfg
--showall command.
TABLE 37 Interaction between fabric-wide consistency policy and distribution settings
Distribution
setting
Fabric-wide consistency policy
Absent (default) Tolerant Strict
Reject Database is protected, it
cannot be overwritten.
May not match other
databases in the fabric.
Invalid configuration.
1
1. An error is returned indicating that the distribution setting must be accept before you can set the fabric-wide
consistency policy.
Invalid configuration.
1
Accept (default) Database is not protected,
the database can be
overwritten.
If the switch initiating a
distribute command has a
strict or tolerant fabric-wide
consistency policy, the
fabric-wide policy is also
overwritten.
May not match other
databases in the fabric.
Database is not protected.
Automatically distributes
activated changes to other
v6.2.0 or later switches in the
fabric.
May not match other
databases in the fabric.
Database is not protected.
Automatically distributes
activated changes to all
switches in the fabric.
Fabric can only contain
switches running Fabric OS
v6.2.0 or later.
Active database is the same for
all switches in the fabric.
TABLE 38 Supported policy databases
Database type Database identifier (ID)
Authentication policy database AUTH
DCC policy database DCC
FCS policy database FCS
IP Filter policy database IPFILTER
Password database PWD
SCC policy database SCC