HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base, Administrator'S Manual

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142 Configuring advanced security features
ACL policy distribution to other switches
This section explains how to manually distribute local ACL policy databases. The
distribute
command
has the following dependencies:
• All target switches must be running Fabric OS 5.2.0 or later.
• All target switches must accept the database distribution (see ” Database distribution settings ” on
page 140).
• The fabric must have a tolerant or no (absent) fabric-wide consistency policy (see ” Fabric-wide
enforcement ” on page 142).
If the fabric-wide consistency policy for a database is strict, the database cannot be manually
distributed. When you set a strict fabric-wide consistency policy for a database, the distribution
mechanism is automatically invoked whenever the database changes.
• The local distribution setting must be accepted. To be able to initiate the distribute command, set the
local distribution to accept.
Table 36 describes how the target switch database distribution settings affect the distribution.
Distributing the local ACL policies
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the following command:
distribute -p <database_id> -d <switch_list>
where:
Fabric-wide enforcement
The fabric-wide consistency policy enforcement setting determines the distribution behavior when changes
to a policy are activated. Using the tolerant or strict fabric-wide consistency policy ensures that changes to
local ACL policy databases are automatically distributed to other switches in the fabric.
When you set the fabric-wide consistency policy using the
fddCfg
command with the
--
fabwideset <database_id>
option, both the fabric-wide consistency policy and specified
database are distributed to the fabric.The active policies of the specified databases overwrite the
corresponding active and defined policies on the target switches.
Policy changes that are saved but not activated are stored locally until a policy database change is
activated. Activating a policy automatically distributes the Active policy set for that policy type (SCC, DCC,
or both) to the other switches in the fabric.
Table 36 ACL policy database distribution behavior
Target switch Distribution Results
Fabric OS
version
Database
setting
5.1.0 or
earlier
NA Fails An error is returned. The entire transaction is aborted and
no databases are updated.
5.2.0 Reject Fails The target switch explicitly refuses the distribution.
The entire transaction is aborted and no databases are
updated.
Accept Succeeds The target switch accepts the distribution.
database_id
A semicolon-separated list of the local databases to be distributed: SCC, DCC, or
both.
switch_list
A semicolon-separated list of switch Domain IDs, switch names, or switch WWN
addresses of the target switches that will receive the distribution.
Use an asterisk (*) to distribute the database to all Fabric OS 5.2.0 and later switches
in the fabric. For example, entering the command
distribute -p SCC -d “*”
distributes the SCC policy to all 5.2.0 and later switches in the fabric.