Notes On Joining A Switch To The Fabric - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

To display the fabric-wide consistency policy:
Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
1.
2. Enter the fddCfg --showall command.
The following example shows policies for a fabric where no consistency policy is defined.
switch:admin> fddcfg --showall
Local Switch Configuration for all Databases:-
DATABASE
---------------------------------
IPFILTER
Fabric Wide Consistency Policy:- ""
To set the fabric-wide consistency policy:
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
2. Enter the following command:
fddCfg --fabwideset "<policy_ID>"
where policy_ID is a semicolon-separated list database_setting;database_setting equal to
null
database_id
database_id:S
The following example shows 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
---------------------------------
IPFILTER
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 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.
- Accept/Reject
SCC - accept
DCC - accept
PWD - accept
FCS - accept
AUTH - accept
- accept
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, DCC, or FCS.
Sets the policy to strict. The database ID is either SCC, DCC, or FCS.
- Accept/Reject
SCC - accept
DCC - accept
PWD - accept
FCS - accept
AUTH - accept
- accept
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