HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.x administrator guide (5697-0244, November 2009)

Fabric OS 5.3.0 administrator guide 145
FC routers cannot join a fabric with a strict fabric-wide consistency policy. FC routers do not support the
fabric-wide consistency policies.
Table 42 describes the fabric-wide consistency settings.
To display the fabric-wide consistency policy:
1. Connect to the switch and log in.
2. Enter the fddCfg --showall command.
The following example shows policies for a fabric where no consistency policy is defined.
switch:admin> fddcfg --showall
Local Switch Configuration for all Databases:-
DATABASE - Accept/Reject
---------------------------------
SCC - accept
DCC - accept
PWD - accept
FCS - accept
AUTH - accept
IPFILTER - accept
Fabric Wide Consistency Policy:- ""
To set the fabric-wide consistency policy:
1. Connect to the switch and log in.
2. Enter the following command:
fddCfg --fabwideset "<policy_ID>"
where policy_ID is a semicolon-separated list database_setting;database_setting equal to
The following example shows how to set a strict SCC and tolerant DCC fabric-wide consistency policy.
switch:admin> fddcfg --fabwideset "SCC:S;DCC"
switch:admin> fddcfg --showall
Local Switch Configuration for all Databases:-
DATABASE - Accept/Reject
---------------------------------
SCC - accept
DCC - accept
PWD - accept
FCS - accept
AUTH - accept
IPFILTER - accept
Fabric Wide Consistency Policy:- "SCC:S;DCC"
Table 42 Fabric-wide consistency policy settings
Setting Value When a policy is activated
Absent null Database is not automatically distributed to other switches in the fabric.
Tolerant database_id All updated and new policies of the type specified (SCC, DCC, or both) are
distributed to all Fabric 5.2.0 and later switches in the fabric.
Strict database_id:S All updated and new policies of the type specified (SCC, DCC, or both) are
distributed to all switches in the fabric.
null
Exclude the database ID from the list to set the policy to absent.
database_id
Sets a tolerant policy for a database. The database ID is either SCC or
DCC.
database_id:
S
Sets the policy to strict. The database ID is either SCC or DCC.