Dell Brocade 6520 Command Reference Supporting Fabric OS v7.1.0 - Page 31

Understanding Virtual Fabric restrictions 1 - Create and register recovery share. - Encryption group- and clustering-related operations. - Manage keys, including creation, recovery, and archiving functions. • Admin and FabricAdmin Users authenticated with the Admin and FabricAdmin RBAC roles may perform routine encryption switch management functions including the following: - Configure virtual devices and crypto LUN. - Configure LUN/tape associations. - Perform re-keying operations. - Perform firmware download. - Perform regular Fabric OS management functions. For a listing of RBAC permissions for cryptoCfg subcommands, refer to the Fabric OS Encryption Adminsitrator's Guide. Understanding Virtual Fabric restrictions All Fabric OS commands are subject to additional RBAC enforcement with regard to Virtual Fabric contexts and switch types. Commands can be executed in one or more of the contexts described in Table 3. Execution of chassis commands requires chassis permissions. TABLE 3 Virtual Fabric contexts Context type Definition Switch context Chassis context Switch and chassis context Disallowed Command applies to the current logical switch only, or to a specified logical switch. Command applies to the chassis on which it is executed. Command can be executed in a logical switch context or in a chassis context. Command is not supported in Virtual Fabric mode. Switch commands are further defined by the switch type restrictions as described in Table 4. Switch type restrictions are not applicable to commands that require chassis permissions. TABLE 4 Switch types Switch type Definition All Switches Base Switch Only Default Switch Only N/A Command can be executed in any switch context. Command can be executed only on the base switch. Command can be executed only on the default switch. Command is a chassis command or not supported in Virtual Fabric mode. In a Virtual Fabric environment where contexts are enforced, the following Virtual Fabric restrictions apply to the RBAC permissions specified in Table 2. Refer to the userConfig command for more information on configuring user account access permissions in a Virtual Fabric environment. • Any given role is allowed to execute all switch commands to which the role is authorized in the account's home context. The default home context is the default logical fabric FID 128. • You can change an account's home context to a specified FID and configure the account permissions to access additional logical switches specified in the user's Fabric ID list. Fabric OS Command Reference 3 53-1002746-01