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

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Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 17 Distributing Device Alias Services
Legacy Zone Alias Conversion
Step 5 Click Apply Changes to commit and distribute these changes, or click Undo Changes to discard any
unsaved changes.
Discarding Changes
If you discard the changes made to the pending database, the following events occur:
1. The effective database contents remain unaffected.
2. The pending database is emptied of its contents.
3. The fabric lock is released for this feature.
To discard the device alias session 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 abort from the Config Action column for the newly enabled switches.
Step 4 Click Apply Changes to discard the changes.
Legacy Zone Alias Conversion
You can import legacy zone alias configurations to use this feature without losing data if they satisfy the
following restrictions:
• Each zone alias has only one member.
• The member type is pWWN.
If any name or definition conflict exists, the zone aliases are not imported.
Tip Ensure that you copy any required zone aliases to the device alias database as required by your
configuration.
When an import operation is complete, the modified alias database is distributed to all other switches in
the physical fabric when you perform the commit operation. If you do not want to distribute the
configuration to other switches in the fabric, you can perform the abort operation and the merge changes
are completely discarded.
Using Device Aliases or FC Aliases
You can change whether Fabric Manager uses FC aliases or global device aliases from Fabric Manager
Client without restarting Fabric Manager Server.