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Cisco SAN Switch Device-alias Configuration Ver 0.1
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Document Version: 0.1
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Table of Content……....................................................2
Cisco SAN Switch Adm_4_DC1. Document Statistics.......................................3
Cisco SAN Switch Adm_4_DC2. Revision History.............................................3
Cisco SAN Switch Adm_4_DC3. Document Approvers.....................................3
Cisco SAN Switch Adm_4_Work Instructions....4
Cisco SAN Switch Device-alias Configuration Steps...................................…...4
Check-list.................................................................5
Successful Criteria for Device-alias configuration..............................................5
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Cisco SAN Switch DC1. Document Statistics
IBM SOP Cisco SAN Switch Device-
alias configuration
Revision history 1.1 / 1.2
Issued March-12-2015
Document Owner Pradeep Kumar
Document Reviewer Yadwinder s sohal
Document Functional Storage Team
Document Approver Akhil Mehrotra
Cisco SAN Switch DC2. Revision History
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Cisco SAN Switch Work Instructions
Cisco SAN Switch Device-alias Configuration
Phase S/N Steps Command Remarks/Cautions
Login to Cisco SAN Select the interface ports
1. Switch with Admin user before configuring VSAN
name and Password
And VSAN ID
through CLI
2. Step 1 switch# config t Enters configuration mode
Configures the database
3. Step 2 switch(config)# device-alias database for a device-alias
SAN Switch switch(config-device-alias-db)#
configuration
backup switch(config-device-alias-db)# device-alias name
“Name” pwwn “pWWN”
Configures an alias name
4. Step 3 Example:- that maps the pwwn of the
switch(config-device-alias-db)# device-alias name host adapter
CNDAEAI2APZP04_FCS2 pwwn 21:01:00:e0:8b:3d:9f:b2
switch(config-device-alias-db)# exit
5. Commit the alias name
Step 4 switch(config)# device-alias commit
Distrbute the alias name
6. Step 5 switch(config)# device-alias distrbute over the SAN Network
topology
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Check-list
Cisco SAN Switch Checklist
S/N Steps Yes No
1. Check the device alias name that maps the pwwn of the host adapter Match the host pwwn & device
name & close
Successful Criteria for SAN Switch Device –alias Configuration
S/N Steps Check the Configuration in SAN Switch
switch# show flogi database
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1 Step1 INTERFACE VSAN FCID PORT NAME NODE NAME
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
fc1/24 10 0x0d0500 21:01:00:e0:8b:3d:9f:b2 20:01:00:e0:8b:3d:9f:b2
[CNDAEAI2APZP04_FCS2]
Total number of flogi = 1.
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