Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual (53-1000240-01, November 2006)

2-136 Fabric OS Command Reference Manual

Publication Number: 53-1000240-01

distribute

Note: Enter commands in lowercase only; mixed case is for readability.

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 specific list of switches in the fabric.

The data distributed must be from the policy sets currently supported; namely

SCC Switch Connection Control Policy

DCC Device Connection Control Policy

PWD Password Database and Password Configuration Policy

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

can be distributed; this includes distributing to the fabric and accepting a distribution from the fabric. Use

the fddCfg command to view and modify these parameters.

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The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place.

Operands This command has the following operands:

-p "policy_list"

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

is a semicolon-separated list. Valid values include “SCC”, “DCC” and “PWD”.

-d "switch_list"

Specify the list of switches to receive the data distribution. switch_list is a

semicolon-separated list of either:

switch domain numbers,

switch names, or

switch WWNs

A wildcard “*” may be specified to include all switches in the fabric that support the distribute feature.

Examples To distribute the Switch Connection Control policy and Device Connection Control policy to domains 3

and 5 in the fabric:

To distribute the Switch Connection Control policy and Password database to all domains in the fabric

that support the distribute feature: