HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.x administrator guide (5697-7344, March 2008)

124 Configuring advanced security features
Table 35 describes how the target switch database distribution settings affect the distribution.
To distribute 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>
Setting the consistency policy fabric-wide
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.
NOTE: FC routers cannot join a fabric with a strict fabric-wide consistency policy. FC routers do not
support the fabric-wide consistency policies.
Table 36 describes the fabric-wide consistency settings.
Table 35 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 received the distribution.
Use an asterisk (*) to distribution 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.
Table 36 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.