Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide (OL-16597-01, July 2009)

Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Displays the device aliases in the zone set
information.
switch# show zoneset [active]
Step 1
Displays the device alias database.switch# show device-alias database
[pending | pending-diffs]
Step 2
Displays the device alias information for the
specified pwwn or alias.
switch# show device-alias {pwwn pwwn-id
| name device-name } [pending]
Step 3
Displays device alias information the the flogi
database.
switch# show flogi database [pending]
Step 4
Displays device alias information the the fcns
database.
switch# show fcns database [pending]
Step 5
Examples of Verifying Device Alias Configuration
The following example shows how to display device alias information in the zone set:
switch# show zoneset
zoneset name s1 vsan 1
zone name z1 vsan 1
pwwn 21:01:00:e0:8b:2e:80:93 [x] <---------------Device alias displayed for each pWWN.
pwwn 21:00:00:20:37:39:ab:5f [y]
zone name z2 vsan 1
pwwn 21:00:00:e0:8b:0b:66:56 [SampleName]
pwwn 21:00:00:20:37:39:ac:0d [z]
The following example shows how to display pending changes in the device alias database:
switch# show device-alias database pending
The following example shows how to display a specific pWWN in the device alias database:
switch# show device-alias pwwn 21:01:00:e0:8b:2e:80:93 pending
The following example shows how to display the difference between the pending and effective device alias
databases:
switch# show device-alias database pending-diff
- device-alias name Doc pwwn 21:01:02:03:00:01:01:01
+ device-alias name SampleName pwwn 21:00:00:e0:8b:0b:66:56
Where available, device aliases are displayed regardless of a member being configured using a device-alias
command or a zone-specific member pwwn command.
Default Device Alias Settings
The following table lists the default settings for device alias parameters.
Table 82: Default Device Alias Parameters
DefaultParameters
Enabled.Device alias distribution
Basic.Device alias mode
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Default Device Alias Settings