Configuring The Database Distribution Settings; Interaction Between Fabric-Wide Consistency Policy And Distribution Settings; Supported Policy Databases - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

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.
Table 33

Interaction between fabric-wide consistency policy and distribution settings

Distribution
setting
Reject
Accept
(default)
1. Error returned indicating that the distribution setting must be accept before you can set the fabric-wide
consistency policy.

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.
Table 34

Supported policy databases

Database type
Authentication policy database
DCC policy database
FCS policy database
IP Filter policy database
Password database
SCC policy database
To display the database distribution settings:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
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Fabric-wide consistency policy
Absent (default)
Database is protected, it
cannot be overwritten.
May not match other
databases in the fabric.
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 identifier (ID)
AUTH
DCC
FCS
IPFILTER
PWD
SCC
Tolerant
1
Invalid configuration.
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.
Strict
1
Invalid configuration.
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.