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

122 Configuring advanced security features
Table 33 explains how the local database distribution settings and the fabric-wide consistency policy affect
the local database when the switch is the target of a distribution command.
Configuring the database distribution settings
The distribution settings control whether a switch accepts or rejects distributions of databases from other
switches and whether or not the switch may initiate a distribution. Configure the distribution setting to reject
when maintaining the database on a per-switch basis.
Table 34 lists the databases supported in Fabric OS 5.3.0 and later switches.
To display the database distribution settings:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
Table 33 Interaction between fabric-wide consistency policy and distribution settings
Distribution
setting
Fabric-wide consistency policy
Absent (default) Tolerant Strict
Reject Database is protected, it
cannot be overwritten.
May not match other
databases in the fabric.
Invalid configuration.
1
1. Error returned indicating that the distribution setting must be accept before you can set the fabric-wide
consistency policy.
Invalid configuration.
1
Accept
(default)
Database is not protected,
the database can be
overwritten.
If the switch initiating a
distribute command has a
strict or tolerant
fabric-wide consistency
policy, the fabric-wide
policy is also overwritten.
May not match other
databases in the fabric.
Database is not protected.
Automatically distributes
activated changes to other
5.20 switches in the fabric.
Allows switches running
Fabric OS 5.1.x and earlier
in the fabric.
May not match other
databases in the fabric.
Database is not protected.
Automatically distributes
activated changes to all
switches in the fabric.
Fabric can only contain
switches running Fabric OS
5.2.0 or later.
Active database is the same
for all switches in the fabric.
Table 34 Supported policy databases
Database type Database identifier (ID)
Authentication policy database AUTH
DCC policy database DCC
FCS policy database FCS
IP Filter policy database IPFILTER
Password database PWD
SCC policy database SCC