HP StorageWorks 2/16V Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide (53-1000019 - Page 95

Renaming Fabric Components 4 Figure 4-9 Device Name Import Wizard Using 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 role is: initiator, target, both, or unknown. Importing 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. Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP 4-13