Legacy Zone Alias Configuration; Importing A Zone Alias - Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Configuration Manual

Distributing Device Alias Services
EXAMPLES
This example shows how to display the status of device alias distribution:
switch# show device-alias status
Fabric Distribution: Enabled <-------------------------------Distribution is enabled
Database:-Device Aliases 24
Locked By:-User "Test" SWWN 20:00:00:0c:cf:f4:02:83<-Lock holder's user name and switch ID
Pending Database:- Device Aliases 24
Status of the last CFS operation issued from this switch:
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Operation: Enable Fabric Distribution
Status: Success
This example shows the device alias display when distribution is disabled:
switch# show device-alias status
Fabric Distribution: Disabled
Database:- Device Aliases 24
Status of the last CFS operation issued from this switch:
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Operation: Disable Fabric Distribution
Status: Success

Legacy Zone Alias Configuration

You can import legacy zone alias configurations to use this feature without losing data if they satisfy the
following restrictions:
• Each zone alias has only one member.
• The member type is pWWN.
If any name or definition conflict exists, the zone aliases are not imported.
Ensure that you 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. 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.

Importing a Zone Alias

You can import the zone alias for a specific VSAN.
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