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3 – Managing Fabrics
Device Information and Nicknames
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3.6.3
Managing Nicknames for Devices
A nickname is a user-definable, meaningful name that can be used in place of the
world wide name. You can assign a nickname to a world wide name of a device.
Assigning a nickname makes it easier to recognize device ports when zoning your
fabric or when viewing the Devices data window. You can create, edit, delete,
import, and export nicknames. The maximum number of nicknames allowed is
5000.
3.6.3.1
Creating a Nickname
To create a device port nickname, do the following:
1. Open the Fabric menu and select Nicknames to open the Nicknames
dialog. The device entries are listed in table format.
2. Choose one of the following methods to enter a nickname. A nickname must
start with a letter and can have up to 64 characters. Valid characters include
alphanumeric characters [aA-zZ][0-9] and special symbols [$ _ - ^ ].
Double-click a cell in the Nicknames column, and enter a new
nickname in the text field. Click the Save button to save the changes
and exit the Nicknames dialog.
Click on a device in the table. Open the Edit menu and select Create
Nickname to open the Add Nickname dialog. In the Add Nickname
dialog, enter a nickname and WWN and click the OK button.
NOTE: Nicknames are stored on switches with 6.8 firmware. However, with
5.x firmware, nicknames are stored in an XML file on the workstation.
To use nicknames stored on a workstation with 5.x firmware, you must
import the 5.x nicknames XML file and save the changes.