HP StorageWorks Secure Fabric OS 5.0.0 User Guide (AA-RW1UA-TE, May 2005)

103Secure Fabric OS 5.0.0 user guide
To display the version number and time stamp of a fabric:
1. From a sectelnet or Secure Shell session, log in to the primary FCS switch as admin.
2. Type the secModeShow command.
To reset the time stamp of a fabric to 0:
1. From a sectelnet or Secure Shell session, log in to the primary FCS switch as admin.
2. Type the secVersionReset command. If the fabric contains no FCS switch, you can
enter the secVersionReset command on any switch.
Adding switches and merging fabrics with
Secure mode enabled
To merge fabrics, all switches must be in the same state regarding secure mode and must
have an identical FCS policy. Any switches that do not having a matching FCS policy or are
in a different state regarding secure mode are segmented. For example, two fabrics that both
have secure mode disabled can be merged, and two fabrics that both have secure mode
enabled can be merged.
When fabrics are merged, the fabric that contains the desired configuration information must
have a nonzero version stamp, and all the other fabrics being merged must have zero version
stamps. The Security policy set, zoning configuration, password information, multiple user
account information, and SNMP community strings are overwritten by the fabric whose
version stamp is nonzero. Before merging, verify that the fabric that contains all the desired
information has the nonzero stamp.
NOTE: As an exception to the rule of secure fabric mergers, when a non-FCS switch merges
with a secure fabric, the primary switch propagates its secure database to the non-FCS switch.
Propagation from the primary switch occurs even if the secure fabric has a zero version stamp
and the non-FCS switch has nonzero version stamp.
For general information about merging fabrics and instructions for merging fabrics that are
not in secure mode, refer to the HP StorageWorks
Fabric OS 4.x procedures user guide
.