Reference Guide

180 Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference

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distribute

Distributes data to switches in a fabric.

Synopsis distribute -p policy_list -d switch_list

Description Use this command to distribute data to a specified list of switches in the fabric. The distributed data must be from

the list of currently supported policy sets:

SCC

Switch Connection Control Policy

DCC

Device Connection Control Policy

PWD

Password Database and Password Configuration Policy

AUTH

E_Port and F_Port Authentication Policy

FCS

Fabric Configuration Server Policy

Each supported database has a switch-local configuration parameter that controls whether the database can be

distributed and accepts distributions. Use the fddCfg command to view and modify these parameters.

Notes IP Filter policies cannot be distributed with the distribute command. Use the chassisDistribute command.

The password database received from a switch running pre-v6.3.0 firmware will be rejected by a Virtual

Fabric-enabled v6.3.0 chassis if it has more than one logical switch.

If FCS policy is enabled, only primary FCS switch can distribute the data.

The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric restrictions that may be in place. Refer to "Using Fabric

OS Commands" and "Command Availability" for details.

Operands This command has the following operands:

-p policy_list

Specify the list of policy sets, also called security databases, to be distributed. policy_list is a

semicolon-separated list. Valid values include SCC, DCC, PWD, AUTH, and FCS.

-d switch_list

Specify the list of switches that should receive the data distribution. The switch_list is a

semicolon-separated list of one of the following:

• Switch domain IDs

• Switch names

• Switch WWNs

A wildcard (*) may be specified to include all switches in the fabric that support the distribute

feature.