Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000599-02, June 2008)

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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
IPFILTER IP-Filter 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 If executed on pre-v5.3,0 switches, the command generates an error for security policies such as
FCS, AUTH and IPFILTER, because these policies are not supported prior to Fabric OS v.5.3.0.
The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place. Refer
to chapter 1, "Understanding Admin Domain Restrictions" and Appendix A, "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, FCS, and IPFILTER.
-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 numbers
• switch names
• switch WWNs
A wildcard (*) may be specified to include all switches in the fabric that
support the distribute feature. Switches running firmware earlier than v5.3.
ignore the AUTH, FCS, and IPFILTER policies.
When specifying new policies in the policy list and a wildcard (*) is used, then
switches prior to v5.3.0 ignore the new policies. If a wildcard (* is not
specified, then all domains should be v5.3.0 or later; otherwise distribute
fails.
Examples To distribute the Switch Connection Control Policy and Device Connection Control Policy to domains
3 and 5 in the fabric:
switch:admin> distribute -p “SCC;DCC” -d “3;5”