Replicating configurations – Brocade Network Advisor SAN User Manual v12.3.0 User Manual

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Configuration file management

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Replicating configurations

NOTE

This feature requires a Trial or Licensed version.

You can replicate a switch SNMP configuration, the Fabric Watch configuration, Trace Destination
configuration, or the entire configuration.

1. Select Configure > Configuration File > Replicate > Configuration.

A wizard is launched to guide you through the process. The first step of the wizard, Overview,
displays. There are seven steps in the Replicate Switch Configuration:

Overview, which describes the wizard.

Configuration Type, which allows you to select the type of configuration you wish to replicate.
For more information about the fields and components of this step, refer to

Table 40

on

page 492.

Source Location, which allows you to select the location of the configuration you wish to
replicate. For more information about the fields and components of this step, refer to

Table 41

on page 493.

Source Configuration, which allows you to select the source switch to replicate. For more
information about the fields and components of this step, refer to

Table 42

on page 493.

Destination Switches, which allows you to select the destination switch. For more information
about the fields and components of this step, refer to

Table 43

on page 494.

Validation, which lists the configuration settings that you can validate before you replicate. For
more information about the fields and components of this step, refer to

Table 44

on page 495.

Summary, which lists the replication settings that successfully ran on all the selected
destination switches. For more information about the fields and components of this step, refer
to

Table 45

on page 495.

2. To proceed to the next step in the wizard, click Next. To return to the previous screen, click

Previous.

TABLE 40

Step 2. Configuration Type

Field/Component

Description

All FC option

Replicates the entire configuration, including security settings.
Warning: This is a disruptive operation and selected destination
switches will be disabled prior to downloading the configuration.

Partial FC option

Replicates a part of the FC configuration. Select one of the following
options:

Fabric Watch option — Lists switches with Fabric Watch
configurations that you can replicate.

SNMP option — Lists switches with SNMP configurations that you
can replicate.
Include system group configuration check box — Select to include
the SNMP system group configuration in the replication.

Trace Destinations option — Lists switches with trace destination
configurations that you can replicate.
Warning: This is a disruptive operation and selected destination
switches will be disabled prior to downloading the configuration.

All DCB option

Replicates the entire DCB startup configuration.

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