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Fabric OS Command Reference

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distribute

Distributes data to switches in a fabric.

Synopsis

distribute -p policy_list -d switch_list

Description

Use this command to distribute data to a specified list of switches in the fabric. The distributed
data must be from the list of currently supported policy sets:

SCC

Switch Connection Control Policy

DCC

Device Connection Control Policy

PWD

Password Database and Password Configuration Policy

AUTH

E_Port and F_Port Authentication Policy

FCS

Fabric Configuration Server Policy

Each supported database has a switch-local configuration parameter that controls whether the
database can be distributed and accepts distributions. Use the fddCfg command to view and
modify these parameters.

Notes

IP Filter policies cannot be distributed with the distribute command. Use the chassisDistribute
command.

Password database received from a switch running pre-v6.3.0 firmware will be rejected by a Virtual
Fabric-enabled v6.3.0 chassis if it has more than one logical switch.

The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may
be in place. Refer to chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS commands" and Appendix A, "Command
Availability"
for details.

Operands

This command has the following operands:

-p policy_list

Specify the list of policy sets, also called security databases, to be distributed.
policy_list is a semicolon-separated list. Valid values include SCC, DCC, PWD,
AUTH, and FCS.

-d switch_list

Specify the list of switches that should receive the data distribution. The
switch_list is a semicolon-separated list of one of the following:

switch domain IDs

switch names

switch WWNs

A wildcard (*) may be specified to include all switches in the fabric that
support the distribute feature.

Examples

To distribute the Switch Connection Control Policy and Device Connection Control Policy to domains
3 and 5 in the fabric:

switch:admin>

distribute -p “SCC;DCC” -d “3;5”

To distribute the Switch Connection Control Policy, FCS Policy, and Password database to all
domains in the fabric that support the distribute feature:

switch:admin>

distribute -p “SCC;FCS;PWD” -d “*”

Wildcard domains are:

1 3 5