About Device Alias Modes

When device alias runs in the basic mode, all applications function like the applications on the Cisco SAN-OS Release 3.0 switches. When you configure the basic mode using device aliases, the application immediately expands to pWWNs. This operation continues until the mode is changed to enhanced.

When device alias runs in the enhanced mode, all applications accept the device-alias configuration in the native format. The applications store the device alias name in the configuration and distribute it in the device alias format instead of expanding to pWWN. The applications track the device alias database changes and take actions to enforce it.

A native device-alias configuration is not accepted in the interop mode VSAN. IVR zoneset activation will fail in interop mode VSANs if the corresponding twilight zones being injected are native device alias members.