Name settings, Setting names to be unique, Setting names to be non-unique – Brocade Network Advisor SAN + IP User Manual v12.1.0 User Manual

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Name settings

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Name settings

You can use Names as a method of providing familiar simple names to products and ports in your
SAN. Using your Management application you can:

Set names to be unique or non-unique.

Fix duplicate names.

Associate a name with a product, port WWN, or Fabric Assigned WWN currently being
discovered.

Add a WWN and an associated name for a product or port that is not yet being discovered.

Remove or disassociate a name from a WWN.

Setting names to be unique

You can edit duplicate names so that each device has a unique name. Note that the Duplicated
Names dialog box only displays when you set names to be unique and there are duplicate names in
the system.

To edit duplicate names, complete the following steps.

1. Select Server > Options.

The Options dialog box displays.

2. Select SAN Names in the Category list.

The SAN Names pane displays.

3. Select Set names to be unique to require that names be unique on your system.

4. Click OK on the Options dialog box.

5. Click OK on the “duplicate names may exist” message.

To fix duplicated names, refer to

“Fixing duplicate names”

on page 184.

Setting names to be non-unique

You can choose to allow duplicate names in your fabric.

To set names to be non-unique, complete the following steps.

1. Select Server > Options.

The Options dialog box displays.

2. Select SAN Names in the Category list.

3. Select Set names to be non-unique to allow duplicate names on your system.

4. Click OK on the Options dialog box.

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