Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide v6.1.0 (53-10000610-02, June 2008)

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Fabric component renaming
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FIGURE 47 Device Name Import wizard
Zone aliases
You can name devices using zone aliases by placing a WWN in a zone alias and then defining the
name as you want. Subsequently, the device is identified using the name of the alias in which it
was placed, using the zone alias as the name of the device.
Before you rename a device using a zone alias, note the following:
• If an alias contains more than one member and one or more of those members is not a WWN,
then the alias is ignored.
• If an alias contains more than one member and all members are WWNs, an “_x” string is
appended to the alias where x is an incrementing number.
• If a WWN is contained in multiple aliases, one of the aliases is selected at random.
• An import operation overrides current names for devices.
• The names are global to the Fabric Manager server and they apply to the devices for all fabrics
on that Fabric Manager server.
• The Name value is stored in a different table from the device information. This allows the
device to exit the fabric and return without losing the user configured name.
• The name defaults to www-symbolicName-role or www-SCSIInquiryName-role where the role is
initiator, target, both, or unknown.
Names from a . csv file
When importing from a comma-separated value (.csv) file, Fabric Manager first parses the file for
errors. If any invalid data is found, an alert box asks you whether to skip the invalid lines and
continue the import process.