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Merging Device Alias

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If two fabrics are running different device alias modes and are joined together, the device alias merge 
will fail. There is no automatic conversion of one mode to the other during the merge process. You will 
need to resolve the issue. 

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<strong>Note	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong> Release 3.0 switches run in basic mode.

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At the application level, a merger takes place between the applications and the fabric. For example, zone 
merge occurs when the E port is up and the IVR/PSM/DPVM merge occurs due to CFS. This merge is 
completely independent of the device alias merge.

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If the application running on an enhanced fabric has a native device alias configuration, the application 
must fail the merge. The application has to fail the merge even though the other fabric is can support the 
native device alias-based configuration, but is running in the basic mode.  You will need to resolve the 
issue. Once the device alias merge issue is resolved, each application must be fixed accordingly.

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