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Populating Device Alias to Interface Description

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When an end device is not logged into the switch, the Device Alias is blank. To find out what device is 
supposed to connect to an FC port when the device is logged out, you can populate the interface 
description with the device alias when the devices are logged in.

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Detailed Steps
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To populate the interface description with the device alias, follow these steps:

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<a name="wp1092006"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">From the Physical Attributes pane, expand End Devices.
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<a name="wp1092007"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">From the right pane, click the <b class="cBold">General</b> tab.
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<a name="wp1092008"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">Select the rows of FC interfaces.
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<a name="wp1092009"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">Click the <b class="cBold">Alias-&gt;Description</b> button.
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<a name="wp1092010"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">Click the <b class="cBold">commit</b> button.
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