Activation And Auto-Learning Configuration Distribution; Locking The Fabric; Committing The Changes - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Port Security Configuration Distribution
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Click the Control tab.
Step 2
You see the switches for that VSAN.
Click the Command column and select enable or disable from the drop-down menu.
Step 3
Click the Apply Changes icon to save the changes.
Step 4

Locking The Fabric

The first action that modifies the existing configuration creates the pending database and locks the
feature in the VSAN. Once you lock the fabric, the following situations apply:
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Committing the Changes

If you commit the changes made to the configurations, the configurations in the pending database are
distributed to other switches. On a successful commit, the configuration change is applied throughout
the fabric and the lock is released.

Activation and Auto-learning Configuration Distribution

Activation and auto-learning configurations in distributed mode are remembered merely as actions to be
performed when you commit the changes in the pending database.
Learned entries are temporary and do not have any role in determining if a login is authorized or not. As
such, learned entries do not participate in distribution. When you disable learning and commit the
changes in the pending database, the learned entries become static entries in the active database and are
distributed to all switches in the fabric. After the commit, the active database on all switches are identical
and learning can be disabled.
If the pending database contains more than one activation and auto-learning configuration when you
commit the changes, then the activation and auto-learning changes are consolidated and the behavior
may change (see
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No other user can make any configuration changes to this feature.
A copy of the configuration database becomes the pending database.
Table 46-3).
Chapter 46 Configuring Port Security
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