
Fabric OS 5.3.0 administrator guide 123
Overview of steps to create and manage the FCS policies
Whether your intention is to create new FCS policies or manage your current FCS policies. You must follow
certain steps to ensure the domains throughout your fabric have the same policy.
1.
Create the FCS policy using the
secPolicyCreate
command
2.
Activate the policy using the
secPolicyActivate
command
3.
Distribute the policies to the intended domains using the
distribute
command
To create an FCS policy:
1.
Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2.
Type
secPolicyCreate
“
FCS_POLICY
”,
“
member
;
...
;
member
”.
member
indicates a switch that is eligible to become a primary or back-up FCS switch. Specify switches
by WWN, domain ID, or switch name. Enter an asterisk (*) to indicate all the switches in the fabric.
For example, to create an FCS policy that allows switch with domain ID 2 to become a primary FCS
and domain id 4 to become a back-up FCS.:
switch:admin> secpolicycreate "FCS_POLICY", "2;4"
FCS_POLICY has been created
To save or activate the new policy, enter either the
secPolicySave
or the
secPolicyActivate
command. Once the policy has been activated you can distribute the policy.
FCS policy should be consistent across the fabric. If the policy is inconsistent in the fabric then you will not
be able to perform any fabric wide configurations from the Primary FCS.
Modifying the primary FCS
The
secFCSFailover
command is not supported for failing over to a new Primary switch. If your Primary
FCS switch is experiencing problems or will be replaced, select a new Primary FCS immediately. Use the
secPolicyFCSMove
command to change the order in which switches are listed in the FCS policy.
To modify the order of FCS switches:
1.
Log in to the Primary FCS switch as admin.
2.
Type
secPolicyShow
“
Defined
”, “
FCS_POLICY
”.
This displays the WWNs of the current Primary FCS switch and backup FCS switches.
3.
Type
secPolicyFCSMove
; then provide the current position of the switch in the list and the desired
position at the prompts.
Alternatively, enter
secPolicyFCSMove
“
From, To
”.
From
is the current position in the list of the
FCS switch and
To
is the desired position in the list for this switch.
For example, to move a backup FCS switch from position 2 to position 3 in the FCS list, using
interactive mode:
primaryfcs:admin>
secpolicyfcsmove
PosPrimary WWN
DId
swName.
=================================================
1Yes
10:00:00:60:69:10:02:181
switch5.
2No
10:00:00:60:69:00:00:5a2
switch60.
3No
10:00:00:60:69:00:00:133
switch73.
Please enter position you’d like to move from : (1..3) [1]
2
Please enter position you’d like to move to : (1..3) [1]
3
____________________________________________________
DEFINED POLICY SET
FCS_POLICY
PosPrimaryWWN
DId swName
__________________________________________________
1Yes
10:00:00:60:69:10:02:181 switch5.
2No
10:00:00:60:69:00:00:133 switch73.
3No
10:00:00:60:69:00:00:5a2 switch60.
____________________________________________________
4.
Type
secPolicyActivate
.
Summary of Contents for AA979A - StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V
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Page 24: ...24 Introducing Fabric OS CLI procedures ...
Page 116: ...118 Maintaining configurations ...
Page 170: ...172 Managing administrative domains ...
Page 200: ...202 Installing and maintaining firmware ...
Page 222: ...224 Routing traffic ...
Page 274: ...286 Administering FICON fabrics ...
Page 294: ...306 Working with diagnostic features ...
Page 350: ...362 Administering Extended Fabrics ...
Page 438: ...440 Configuring the PID format ...
Page 444: ...446 Configuring McData Open Fabric mode ...
Page 450: ...452 Understanding legacy password behaviour ...