Fabric Lock Override; Disabling And Enabling Device Alias Distribution - HP Cisco MDS 9020 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Chapter 24 Distributing Device Alias Services
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To display the status of the discard operation, use the show device alias status command.
Command
Step 1
switch# config t
switch(config)#
Step 2
switch(config)# device-alias abort
switch# show device-alias status
Fabric Distribution: Enabled
Database:- Device Aliases 24
Status of the last CFS operation issued from this switch:
==========================================================
Operation: Abort
Status: Success

Fabric Lock Override

If you have performed a device alias task and have forgotten to release the lock by either committing or
discarding the changes, an administrator can release the lock from any switch in the fabric. If the
administrator performs this task, your changes to the pending database are discarded and the fabric lock
is released.
The changes are only available in the volatile directory and are subject to being discarded if the switch
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is restarted.
To use administrative privileges and release a locked device alias session, use the clear device-name
session command in EXEC mode.
switch# clear device-alias session
To display the status of the clear operation, use the show device-alias status command.
switch# show device-alias status
Fabric Distribution: Enabled
Database:- Device Aliases 24
Status of the last CFS operation issued from this switch:
==========================================================
Operation: Clear Session
Status: Success

Disabling and Enabling Device Alias Distribution

To disable or enable the device alias distribution, follow these steps:
Command
Step 1
switch# config t
switch(config)#
Step 2
switch(config)# no device-alias distribute
switch(config)# device-alias distribute
OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
<--------------------Lock released by administrator
<---------------------------------Successful status of the operation
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Discards the currently active session.
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Disables the distribution.
Enables the distribution (default).
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