Downloading Configurations Across A Fabric - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Table 45 Backup and restore in a FICON CUP environment (continued)
ASM bit
on
off
If fmsmode is enabled in a configuration file, but is disabled on the switch, the configDownload
command fails and displays an error message. This prevents undesirable conditions that could result from
enabling fmsmode on a switch that does not require it.

Downloading Configurations across a fabric

To save time when configuring fabric parameters and software features, you can save a configuration file
from one switch and download it to other switches of the same model type, as shown in the following
procedure.
Do not download a configuration file from one switch to another switch that is a different model, because it
can cause the switch to fail. If you need to reset affected switches, issue the configDefault command.
NOTE: In some cases, the configRemoveAll root command is required for reset. If that is the case,
contact your system administrator.
To download a configuration file from one switch to another same model switch:
1. Configure one switch first.
2. Issue the configUpload command to save the configuration information. See
configuration" on page 145.
3. Run configDefault on each of the target switches, and then issue the configDownload command
to download the configuration file to each of the target switches. See
page 147.
IMPORTANT:
switches will segment if they all have the same domain ID.
If you download an existing config file to a switch that has a different Interopmode setting, the
configDownload fails. You must first change the switch interopmode to equal that of the config file, reboot
the switch, and then re-download the config file.
150 Maintaining the switch configuration file
Command Description
Files saved on the switch that are also present in the
configDownload
FICON_CUP section of the configuration file are overwritten.
Files in the FICON section of the configuration file that are not
currently present on the switch are saved.
The IPL file is not replaced, because active=saved mode is on. A
warning message is displayed in the syslog to warn that the IPL
file is not being overwritten.
Files saved on the switch that are also present in the
configDownload
FICON_CUP section of the configuration file are overwritten.
Files in the FICON section of the configuration file that are not
currently present on the switch are saved.
The IPL file is replaced, because active=saved mode is off.
Verify that all domain IDs are unique before performing the configDownload, because the
"Backing up a
"Restoring a configuration" on