HP Cisco MDS 9216i Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide, R - Page 630

Legacy Zone Alias Conversion Chapter 31 Distributing Device Alias Services Send documentation comments to [email protected] • The name and definition of the zone alias should not be the same as any existing device alias name. If any name conflict exists, the zone aliases are not imported. Tip Ensure to 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. 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. This section includes the following topics: • Using Device Aliases or FC Aliases, page 31-6 • Device Alias Statistics Cleanup, page 31-6 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. To change whether Fabric Manager uses FC aliases or global device aliases, follow these steps: Step 1 Click Server > Admin. You see the Admin dialog box in Figure 31-3. Figure 31-3 Server Admin Dialog Box Step 2 Step 3 For each fabric that you are monitoring with Fabric Manager Server, check the Device Alias check box to use global device aliases, or uncheck to use FC aliases. Click Apply to save these changes or click Close to exit the dialog box without saving any changes. Device Alias Statistics Cleanup To clear device alias statistics (for debugging purposes), refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide. 31-6 Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x