Brocade Secure Fabric OS Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v3.2.0, v4.4.0, v5.0.1, v5.1.0, 5.2.0, and 5.3.0 (53-1000244-02, June 2007)

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Appendix
B
Secure Fabric OS Commands and Secure Mode
Restrictions
Secure Fabric OS commands, zoning commands, and some management server commands must
be entered through the primary FCS switch.
This appendix includes the following information:
•Secure Fabric OS Commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
•Command Restrictions in Secure Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
For more detailed information about commands, see the Fabric OS Command Reference.
Secure Fabric OS Commands
The Secure Fabric OS commands provide the following capabilities:
• Enable and disable secure mode
• Fail over the primary FCS switch
• Create and modify Secure Fabric OS policies
• View all Secure Fabric OS-related information
• Modify passwords
• Create and remove temporary passwords
• View and reset Secure Fabric OS statistics
• View and reset version stamp information
Most Secure Fabric OS commands must be executed on the primary FCS switch when secure mode
is enabled. For a list of restricted commands, see “Command Restrictions in Secure Mode” on
page 86.
Table 1 lists all the commands available for managing Secure Fabric OS.
TABLE 1 Secure Fabric OS Commands
Command Role Description Secure Mode or
Non-Secure Mode?
Which Switches
in Secure
Mode?
authUtil admin /
fabricAdmin
Displays current authentication parameters and lets you
set the protocol used to authenticate switches.
Both Any
pkiCreate admin Re-creates the PKI objects on the switch. See “Creating
PKI Objects” on page 11.
Nonsecure mode n/a
pkiRemove admin Removes the PKI objects from the switch. Nonsecure mode n/a
pkiShow All users Displays the status of the PKI objects and digital
certificate on the switch. See “Verifying the Digital
Certificate” on page 10.
Both Any
secActiveSize admin /
fabricAdmin
Displays the size of the active Secure Fabric OS
database.
Both Any