Dell PowerEdge M610x Fabric OS Command Reference Manual Supporting Fabric - Page 243

distribute 2 distribute Synopsis Distributes data to switches in a fabric. 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 Fabric OS Command Reference 211 53-1001764-02