HP Cisco MDS 9216i Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide, R - Page 628

Device Alias Databases Chapter 31 Distributing Device Alias Services Send documentation comments to [email protected] About Creating a Device Alias When you perform the first device alias task (regardless of which device alias task), the fabric is automatically locked for the device alias feature. Once you lock the fabric, the following situations apply: • No other user can make any configuration changes to this feature. • A copy of the effective database is obtained and used as the pending database. Modifications from this point on are made to the pending database. The pending database remains in effect until you commit the modifications to the pending database or discard (abort) the changes to the pending database. Creating a Device Alias To lock the fabric and create a device alias in the pending database using Fabric Manager, follow these steps: Step 1 Step 2 Expand End Devices and then select Device Alias in the Physical Attributes pane. You see the device alias configuration in the Information pane. Click the Configuration tab and click the Create Row icon. You see the Device Alias Creation dialog box in Figure 31-2. Figure 31-2 Create Device Alias Dialog Box Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Select a switch from the drop-down menu. Complete the Alias name and pWWN fields. Click Create to create this alias or click Close to discard any unsaved changes. 31-4 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x