HP Brocade 8/12c Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual Supporting Fabric - Page 34

1 Understanding Virtual Fabric restrictions NOTE Virtual Fabrics and Admin Domains are mutually exclusive and are not supported at the same time on a switch. To use Admin Domains, you must first disable Virtual Fabrics; to use Virtual Fabrics, you must first delete all Admin Domains. Use ad --clear -f to remove all Admin Domains. Refer to the Fabric OS Administrator's Guide for more information. Understanding Virtual Fabric restrictions In Fabric OS v6.2.0 and later, all 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 2. Execution of chassis commands requires chassis permissions. TABLE 2 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 3. Switch type restrictions are not applicable to commands that require chassis permissions. TABLE 3 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 1. Refer to userConfig help 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. • Accounts with user or admin permissions can be granted chassis permissions. A user account with the chassis role can execute chassis-level commands at the user RBAC access level. An admin account with the chassis role can execute chassis-level commands at the admin RBAC access level. Refer to Appendix A, "Command Availability" for context and switch type information as it applies to CLI commands. 2 Fabric OS Command Reference 53-1001764-01