Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0 (OL-16598-01, June 2008)

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Chapter 17 Distributing Device Alias Services
Device Alias Databases
Creating a Device Alias
To lock the fabric using Fabric Manager, perform this task:
Note You create a device alias for a locked fabric in the pending database.
Step 1 Expand End Devices, and then choose Device Alias in the Physical Attributes pane.
You see the device alias configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the Configuration tab and click the Create Row icon.
You see the Create Device Alias dialog box as shown in Figure 17-3.
Figure 17-3 Create Device Alias Dialog Box
Step 3
Complete the Alias name and pWWN fields.
Step 4 Click Create to create this alias.
Committing Changes
If you commit the changes made to the pending database, the following events occur:
1. The pending database content overwrites the effective database content.
2. The pending database is distributed to the switches in the fabric and the effective database on those
switches is overwritten with the new changes.
3. The pending database is emptied of its contents.
4. The fabric lock is released for this feature.
To commit the changes to the device alias database using Fabric Manager, perform this task:
Step 1 Expand End Devices, and then choose Device Alias in the Physical Attributes pane.
You see the device alias configuration in the Information pane.
Step 2 Click the CFS tab.
Step 3 Choose enable from the Feature Admin column to enable switch aliases.
Step 4 Choose commitChanges from the Config Action column for the newly enabled switches.