HP StorageWorks 8/80 Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000 - Page 107

configDownload 2 Notes Operands • In the [Active Security Policies] section, the FCS_POLICY must be exactly the same as the previous FCS_POLICY. Order of members must be maintained. • If either security policies section has an RSNMP_POLICY, then that section must have a WSNMP_POLICY. • After the switch is enabled, if the switch is the primary FCS, then its security and zoning information is propagated to all other switches in the fabric. • After the switch is enabled, if the switch is a non-FCS or a backup FCS, then its security and zoning information will be overwritten by the primary FCS. Security parameters and the switch's identity cannot be changed by configDownload. Parameters such as the switch name and IP address are ignored; they are lines in the configuration file that begin with "boot". Security parameters and version stamp are ignored; they are the lines in the configuration file that begin with "sec" [License] is only accepted if the boot.mac parameter matches the license ID (WWN) of the switch performing the download; otherwise, it is ignored. The download process is additive. The lines read from the file are added to the current switch configuration. It is therefore possible to change a single configuration variable by downloading a file with a single line. All other variables remain unchanged. The configuration parameters R_A_TOV, E_D_TOV, WAN_TOV, and MAX_HOPS are interrelated. Assigning a specific value to one or more of these parameters might change the range of allowed values that can be assigned to the other parameters. As a result, you may not be able to set all the values within the range displayed against each parameter. This command validates the modified values of these four parameters and terminates the download operation, if the validation check fails. This is particularly important when downloading a zoning configuration. Since the new zoning information is added to the current configuration, there might not be any conflicts. If the current zoning configuration is to be replaced, the keyword "clear:" should be inserted into the configuration file immediately before the zoning lines (starting at the line "[Zoning]"). If the configuration file contains the keyword "enable:" followed by a , that zoning configuration is enabled in the fabric. If there is no "enable:" keyword in the configuration file or no zoning configuration by that name exists, or if enable fails for any reason (such as dangling aliases), then the following conditions apply: 1. The effective configuration remains as it was prior to configDownload; that is, all the "enable:" information is discarded. 2. The Defined Configuration changes to reflect the new zoning configuration. It is not required to change a configuration if one of the CPs is running a version of Fabric OS that does not support IPv6. Once a configuration file has been uploaded to an external system, it must NOT be manually edited before being downloaded, either to the same or another switch. Such an operation bypasses sanity checks for some configuration datapoints, resulting in unpredictable behavior. This command has the following operands: -p ftp | -ftp or -p scp | -scp Specifies the data transmission protocol as either File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or Secure Copy Protocol (SCP). If no protocol is specified, it defaults to FTP. Fabric OS Command Reference 81 53-1000599-02