Brocade Network Advisor SMI Agent Developer's Guide v11.1.0 (53-1002169-01, May 2011)

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Fabric profile

NOTE

The following properties are mapped with the value specified to differentiate between

Brocade_Fabric and Brocade_SAN instances.

Brocade_Fabric instance:

OtherIdentifyingInfo[] = {"Fabric"}

IdentifyingDescriptions[] = {"SNIA:DetailedType"}

Brocade_SAN instance:

OtherIdentifyingInfo[] = {"SAN"}

IdentifyingDescriptions[] = {"SNIA:DetailedType"}

Brocade_SAN.ElementName properties

The following are the properties of Brocade_SAN.ElementName:

• Brocade_SAN.ElementName is a descriptive name to identify the SAN.

• The default value for ElementName is the Brocade_SAN.Name property value.

• Supports the set operation that is used to set the user-friendly name to SAN. The name can be

up to 15 characters.

NOTE

The default value for Brocade_SAN.ElementName is the Brocade_SAN.Name property vaule.

For more information about Brocade_SAN.ElementName default values, refer to “Rules governing

Brocade_SAN.Name” on page 17.

Limitations

The following are the limitations of the Brocade_SAN.ElementName:

• The ElementName is changed whenever the SAN WWN is changed.

• The SAN user-friendly name is deleted when the fabric is deleted. For example, assume a

fabric with switch1 as principal switch and you configure a SAN Element Name.

- If the firmware is upgraded in the switch1 and it goes down momentarily, then switch2

becomes the principal switch in that fabric and the Element Name is changed to default.

- When the switch1 comes active and becomes the principal switch, then the configured

SAN ElementName is reset to the configured name.

• The SAN element name is reset to the default value when the principal switch WWN is changed

during fabric merge or segmentation.

- For example, assume there are two switch fabrics where switch1 is the seed switch and

switch2 is the principal switch, and SAN Element name is configured. If a switch3 joins the

fabric as a principal switch, then the element name changes to switch3 WWN and the

configured name is lost.