Notes On Joining A Switch To The Fabric - HP AE370A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch 4/12 Administrator's Manual

The following example shows a not defined fabric-wide consistency policy.
switch:admin> fddcfg --showall
Local Switch Configuration for all Databases:-
DATABASE - Accept/Reject
-------------------------
SCC
DCC
PWD
Fabric Wide Consistency Policy:- ""
To set the fabric-wide consistency policy
1. Connect to the switch and log in.
2. Enter the following command:
fddCfg --fabwideset "<policy_ID>"
policy_ID
Where
null
database_id
database_id:S
The following examples show how to set a strict SCC and tolerant DCC fabric-wide consistency policy.
switch:admin> fddcfg --fabwideset "SCC:S;DCC"
switch:admin> fddcfg --showall
Local Switch Configuration for all Databases:-
DATABASE - Accept/Reject
-------------------------
SCC
DCC
PWD
Fabric Wide Consistency Policy:- "SCC:S;DCC"

Notes on joining a switch to the fabric

When a switch is joined to a fabric with a tolerant SCC or DCC fabric-wide consistency policy, the joining
switch must have a matching tolerant SCC or DCC fabric-wide consistency policy. If the tolerant SCC or
DCC fabric-wide consistency policies do not match, the switch can join the fabric, but an error message
flags the mismatch. If the tolerant SCC and DCC fabric-wide consistency policies match, the corresponding
SCC and DCC ACL policies are compared.
The enforcement of fabric-wide consistency policy involves comparison of only the Active policy set. If the
ACL policies match, the switch joins the fabric successfully. If the ACL policies are absent on the switch or
on the fabric, the switch joins the fabric successfully, and the ACL policies are copied automatically from
where they are present side to where they are absent. The Active policies set where they are present
overwrite the Active and Defined policies set where they are absent. If the ACL policies do not match, the
switch can join the fabric, but an error message flags the mismatch.
Under both conflicting conditions, secPolicyActivate is blocked in the merged fabric. Use fddcfg
–fabwideset command to resolve the fabric-wide consistency policy conflicts. Use the distribute
command to explicitly resolve conflicting ACL policies.
When a switch is joined to a fabric with a strict SCC or DCC fabric-wide consistency policy, the joining
switch must have a matching fabric-wide consistency policy. If the strict SCC or DCC fabric-wide
consistency policies do not match, the switch cannot join the fabric and the neighboring E_ports will be
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- accept
- accept
- accept
is a semicolon-separated list
Exclude the database ID from the list to set the policy to absent.
Sets a tolerant policy for a database. The database ID is either SCC or
DCC.
Sets the policy to strict. The database ID is either SCC or DCC.
- accept
- accept
- accept
database_setting database_setting
; equal to