Using Device Aliases Or Fc Aliases; Saving Device Aliases To The Switch - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Modifying Fabric Manager Server
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To change the polling period or full fabric rediscovery setting used by Fabric Manager Server using
Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Choose Server > Admin.
Step 1
You see the Control Panel dialog box with the Fabrics tab open (see
Step 2 For each fabric that you are monitoring with Fabric Manager Server, set the Polling Interval to determine
how frequently Fabric Manager Server polls the fabric elements for status and statistics.
For each fabric that you are monitoring with Fabric Manager Server, set the Rediscover Cycles to
Step 3
determine how often Fabric Manager Server rediscovers the full fabric.
Click Apply to save these changes.
Step 4

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 using Fabric Manager, follow
these steps:
Step 1 Choose Server > Admin.
You see the Control Panel dialog box with the Fabrics tab open (see
Step 2 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.
Step 3 Click Apply to save these changes.

Saving Device Aliases to the Switch

If you choose to use global device aliases on Fabric Manager Server, these changes are not reflected on
the local switch. The switch continues to use FC aliases until you save the device aliases to the switch.
To save global device aliases on a switch using Fabric Manager, follow these steps:
Expand Switches, expand End Devices then select Hosts or Storage in the Physical Attributes pane.
Step 1
You see the end devices in the Information pane.
For each device alias that you want the switch to recognize, highlight it, right-click the Device Alias
Step 2
icon, and select Save Selected Device Aliases.
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