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Chapter 31 Distributing Device Alias Services
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About Device Alias Distribution

By default, device alias distribution is enabled. The device alias feature uses the coordinated distribution
mechanism to distribute the modifications to all switches in a fabric.
If you have not committed the changes and you disable distribution, then a commit task will fail

Distributing the Device Alias Database

To enable the device alias distribution using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Step 1 Expand End Devices and then select Device Alias in the Physical Attributes pane.
You see the device alias configuration in the Information pane
Figure 31-1
The CFS tab is the default tab.
Step 2 Select enable from the Global drop-down menus to enabled switch aliases.
Step 3 Select commit from the Config Action drop-down menu for the newly enabled switches.
Step 4 Click Apply Changes to commit and distribute these changes or click Undo Changes to discard any
unsaved changes.
OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Discarding Changes, page 31-5
Legacy Zone Alias Conversion, page 31-5
Device Aliases in Fabric Manager
Figure 31-1.
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
Device Alias Databases
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