Imported A Zone Alias - Cisco AP776A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5020 Configuration Manual

Device Alias Databases
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Example 25-3 Displays Device Alias Status When Distribution Is Disabled
switch# show device-alias status
Fabric Distribution: Disabled
Database:- Device Aliases 24
Status of the last CFS operation issued from this switch:
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Operation: Disable Fabric Distribution
Status: Success
About Legacy Zone Alias Configuration
zone alias configurations to use this feature without loosing data, if they satisfy the following
restrictions:
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If any name conflict exists, the zone aliases are not imported.
Ensure to copy any required zone aliases to the device alias database as required by your configuration.
Tip
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. At this time 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.

Imported a Zone Alias

To import the zone alias for a specific VSAN, follow these steps:
Command
Step 1
switch# config t
switch(config)#
Step 2
switch(config)# device-alias import fcalias
vsan 3
To display device alias information in zone sets, use the show zoneset command (see
Example
Example 25-4 Displays the Device Aliases in the Zone Set Information
switch# show zoneset
zoneset name s1 vsan 1
zone name z1 vsan 1
zone name z2 vsan 1
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
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Each zone alias has only one member.
The member type is pWWN.
The name and definition of the zone alias should not be the same as any existing device alias name.
25-5).
pwwn 21:01:00:e0:8b:2e:80:93 [x] <---------------
pwwn 21:00:00:20:37:39:ab:5f [y]
pwwn 21:00:00:e0:8b:0b:66:56 [SampleName]
pwwn 21:00:00:20:37:39:ac:0d [z]
Chapter 25 Distributing Device Alias Services
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Imports the fcalias information for the specified
VSAN.
Device alias displayed for each pWWN.
OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
You can import legacy
Example 25-4 and