Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference Release 4.0(1a)N2(1) (OL-16599-01, March 2009)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference
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Chapter 8 Fibre Channel Commands
device-alias database
device-alias database
To initiate a Distributed Device Alias Services (device alias) session and configure the device alias
database, use the device-alias database command. To deactivate the device alias database, use the no
form of the command.
device-alias database
no device-alias database
Syntax Description This command has no other arguments or keywords.
Command Default Deactivated.
Command Modes Configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines The device-alias database command starts a device alias session that locks all the databases on all the
switches in this fabrics. When you exit device alias database configuration mode, the device alias session
ends and the locks are released.
You can only perform all modifications in the temporary device alias database. To make the changes
permanent, use the device-alias commit command.
Examples The following example shows how to activate a device alias session and enter device alias database
configuration mode;
switch(config)# device-alias database
switch(config-device-alias-db)#
Related Commands
Release Modification
Release 4.0 This command was introduced.
Command Description
device-alias commit Commits changes to the temporary device alias database to the active device
alias database.
show device-alias Displays device alias database information.