Database Merge Guidelines - HP Cisco MDS 9216 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Chapter 31 Distributing Device Alias Services
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Database Merge Guidelines

Refer to the
When merging two device alias databases, follow these guidelines:
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OL-16184-01, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
"CFS Merge Support" section on page 13-9
Verify that two device aliases with different names are not mapped to the same pWWN.
Verify that two different pWWNs are not mapped to the same device aliases
Verify that the combined number of the device aliases in both databases does not exceed 8191 (8K).
For example, if database N has 6000 device aliases and database M has 2192 device aliases, this
merge operation will fail.
Database Merge Guidelines
for detailed concepts.
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