To display the device name information, use the show device-alias command.
show device-alias { database | merge status | name device-name [ pending ] | pending | pending-diff | pwwn pwwn-id [ pending ] | session status | statistics | status }
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database
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Displays the entire device name database.
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merge status
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Displays the device merge status.
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name
device-name
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Displays device name database information for a specific device name.
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pending
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(Optional) Displays the pending device name database information.
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pending-diff
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Displays pending differences in the device name database information.
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pwwn
pwwn-id
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Displays device name database information for a specific pWWN. The format is
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
:
hh
, where
h
is a hexadecimal digit.
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session status
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Displays the device name session status.
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statistics
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Displays device name database statistics.
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status
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Displays the device name database status.
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None
EXEC mode
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Release
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Modification
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4.0(0)N1(1a)
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This command was introduced.
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To use fcaliases as device names instead of using the cryptic device name, add only one member per fcalias.
This example shows how to display the contents of the device alias database:
This example shows how to display all global fcaliases and all Virtual SAN (VSAN) dependent fcaliases:
This example shows how to display all global fcaliases and all VSAN dependent fcaliases:
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Command
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Description
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device-alias name
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Configures device alias names.
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device-alias database
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Configures device alias information.
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device-alias distribute
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Enables device alias CFS distribution.
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