| ### Performing a Merge Operation into a Foreign Cell To merge CDS data into the namespace of a foreign cell, follow these steps: 1. While logged into a privileged account (cell_admin or a member of cds-admin group) on the target machine in the foreign cell, run the directory merge command to merge the contents of the source cell's directory with an existing directory. 2. If you intend to continue accessing the merged information from the source cell, delete the uppermost directory in the source subtree and replace the deleted information with a single soft link of the same name as that directory. This redirects lookups of the information to its new location in the foreign cell. ##