Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0(1a)N1 (OL-16597-01, January 2009)

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Chapter 39 Distributing Device Alias Services
Verifying Device Alias Configuration
Verifying Device Alias Configuration
To display device alias information, perform one of the following tasks:
The following example shows how to display device alias information in the zone set:
switch# show zoneset
zoneset name s1 vsan 1
zone name z1 vsan 1
pwwn 21:01:00:e0:8b:2e:80:93 [x]
<---------------Device alias displayed for each pWWN.
pwwn 21:00:00:20:37:39:ab:5f [y]
zone name z2 vsan 1
pwwn 21:00:00:e0:8b:0b:66:56 [SampleName]
pwwn 21:00:00:20:37:39:ac:0d [z]
The following example shows how to display pending changes in the device alias database:
switch# show device-alias database pending
The following example shows how to display a specific pWWN in the device alias database:
switch# show device-alias pwwn 21:01:00:e0:8b:2e:80:93 pending
The following example shows how to display the difference between the pending and effective device
alias databases:
switch# show device-alias database pending-diff
- device-alias name Doc pwwn 21:01:02:03:00:01:01:01
+ device-alias name SampleName pwwn 21:00:00:e0:8b:0b:66:56
Where available, device aliases are displayed regardless of a member being configured using a
device-alias command or a zone-specific member pwwn command.
Command Purpose
switch# show zoneset [active]
Displays the device aliases in the zone set
information.
switch# show device-alias database
[pending | pending-diffs]
Displays the device alias database.
switch# show device-alias pwwn pwwn-id
|name device-name [pending]
Displays the device alias information for the specified
pwwn or alias.
switch# show flogi database [pending]
Displays device alias information the the flogi
database.
switch# show fcns database [pending]
Displays device alias information the the fcns
database.