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copy [group_source] [group_destination]

Creates a new group named [group_destination] and copies the membership into it from the group given by

[group_source].

create [group] [type]

Creates a group with the name given by [group] with the type given by [type]. A group name must begin with

a letter and be no longer than 64 characters. Valid characters are 0—9, A—Z, a—z, _, $, ^, and -. The

security database supports a maximum of 16 groups. If you omit [type], ISL is used. [type] can be one of the

following:

ISL

Configures security for attachments to other switches.

Port

Configures security for attachments to N_Port devices.

MS

Configures security for attachments to N_Port devices that are issuing management server commands.

edit [group] [member]

Initiates an editing session in which to change the attributes of a World Wide Name given by [member] in a

group given by [group]. Member attributes that can be changed are described in

Table 34

:

Table 34

Group member attributes

Attribute

Description

Authentication
(ISL and Port Groups)

Enables (CHAP) or disables (None) authentication using Challenge

Handshake Authentication Protocol. The default is None.

CTAuthentication
(MS Groups)

CT authentication. Enables (True) or disables (False) authentication for MS

group members. The default is False.

Primary Hash
(ISL and Port Groups)

The preferred hash function to use to decipher the encrypted Primary Secret

sent by the member. The hash functions are MD5 or SHA-1. If the member

does not support the Primary Hash, the switch will use the Secondary Hash.

Hash
(MS Groups)

The hash function to use to decipher the encrypted Secret sent by the MS

group member. Hash values are MD5 or SHA-1.

Primary Secret
(ISL and Port Groups)

Hexadecimal string that is encrypted by the Primary Hash for authentication

with the member. The string has the following lengths depending on the

Primary Hash function:
MD5 hash: 16-byte
SHA-1 hash: 20-byte

Secondary Hash
(ISL and Port Groups)

Hash function to use to decipher the encrypted Secondary Secret sent by

the group member. Hash values are MD5 or SHA-1. The Secondary Hash

is used when the Primary Hash is not available on the group member. The

Primary Hash and the Secondary Hash cannot be the same.

Secondary Secret
(ISL and Port Groups)

Hex string that is encrypted by the Secondary Hash and sent for

authentication. The string has the following lengths depending on the

Secondary Hash function:
MD5 hash: 16-byte
SHA-1 hash: 20-byte