Displaying The Fabric-Wide Consistency Policy; Setting The Fabric-Wide Consistency Policy; Fabric-Wide Consistency Policy Settings - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

NOTE: FC routers cannot join a fabric with a strict fabric-wide consistency policy. FC routers do not
support the fabric-wide consistency policies.
Table 37 on page 143 describes the fabric-wide consistency settings.
Table 37

Fabric-wide consistency policy settings

Setting Value
Absent null
Tolerant database_id
Strict database_id:S

Displaying the fabric-wide consistency policy

1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account assigned to the admin role.
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:- ""

Setting 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 Sets the policy to strict. The database ID is either SCC, DCC, or FCS.
When a policy is activated
Database is not automatically distributed to other switches in the fabric.
All updated and new policies of the type specified (SCC, DCC, or both)
are distributed to all Fabric 5.2.0 and later switches in the fabric.
Pre-Fabric OS 5.2.0 switches are allowed in the fabric, but no
automated means are provided to ensure that those switches have
consistent databases. A warning is displayed if the databases do not
match.
All updated and new policies of the type specified (SCC, DCC, or both)
are distributed to all switches in the fabric.
- Accept/Reject
SCC - accept
DCC - accept
PWD - accept
FCS - accept
AUTH - accept
- accept
Excludes 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.
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