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Chapter 31 Distributing Device Alias Services Legacy Zone Alias Conversion Send documentation comments to [email protected] Committing Changes If you commit the changes made to the pending database, the following events occur: 1. The pending database contents overwrites the effective database contents. 2. The pending database is emptied of its contents. 3. The fabric lock is released for this feature. To commit the changes to the device alias database using Fabric Manager, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Expand End Devices and then select Device Alias in the Physical Attributes pane. You see the device alias configuration in the Information pane. The CFS tab is the default tab. Select enable from the Global drop-down menus to enabled switch aliases. Select commit from the Config Action drop-down menu for the newly enabled switches. 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, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Expand End Devices and then select Device Alias in the Physical Attributes pane. You see the device alias configuration in the Information pane. The CFS tab is the default tab. Select abort from the Config Action drop-down menu. Click Apply Changes to discard the session. Legacy Zone Alias Conversion You can import legacy zone alias configurations to use this feature without loosing data, if they satisfy the following restrictions: • Each zone alias has only one member. • The member type is pWWN. OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide 31-5