Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Guide

Enabling the Device Alias Pending Diff Display 164
Discarding Changes 165
Fabric Lock Override 165
Clearing Database Content 166
Clearing Statistics 166
Disabling and Enabling Device Alias Distribution 166
About Legacy Zone Alias Configuration Conversion 167
Importing a Zone Alias 167
Device Alias Statistics Cleanup 168
Database Merge Guidelines 169
Device Alias Configuration Verification 169
Default Settings 171
Resolving Device Alias Merge Failures 172
Device Alias Best Practices 172
Resolving Device Alias Mismatches 173
Resolving Merge Failures 174
Resolving Duplicate Device Alias Names (Same Device Alias Name, Different pWWNs) 174
Resolving Duplicate pWWNs (Different Device Alias Names, Same pWWN) 176
Resolving Mode Mismatch 178
Resolving a Validation Failure 179
Resolving Database Conflicts 181
Verifying the Device-Alias Database Status 182
Configuring Fibre Channel Routing Services and Protocols 185
CHAPTER 7
About FSPF 185
FSPF Examples 186
Fault Tolerant Fabric 186
Redundant Links 186
Failover Scenarios for PortChannels and FSPF Links 187
FSPF Global Configuration 188
About SPF Computational Hold Times 188
About Link State Record Defaults 188
Configuring FSPF on a VSAN 189
Resetting FSPF to the Default Configuration 189
Cisco MDS 9000 Series Fabric Configuration Guide, Release 8.x
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Contents

Cisco MDS 9000 Series Specifications

General

Category	Switch
Operating System	Cisco NX-OS
Ports	Varies by model
Protocols	Fibre Channel (FC), Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP), iSCSI
Redundancy	Redundant supervisors, power supplies, and fans
Management	Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), CLI, SNMP
Virtualization Support	VSANs (Virtual SANs)
Security Features	Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP)
Hot Swappable Components	power supplies, fans
Power Supply Options	AC and DC options available