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McDATA Products in a SAN Environment - Planning Manual
Configuration Planning Tasks
Rules for Port Names Port names can be up to 24 alphanumeric characters in length.
Spaces, hyphens, and underscores are allowed within the name. Each
port name must be unique for a product. However, the same port
name can be used on separate products. It is recommended that
unique port names be used, particularly within a complex
multiswitch fabric. Example port names include:
Lab server.
Test system-2.
Printer_001.
Rules for Nicknames Nicknames can be up to 32 alphanumeric characters in length.
Spaces, hyphens, and underscores are allowed within the nickname.
Each nickname must be unique (corresponding to a unique WWN).
Example nicknames include:
Fabric-1.
Host system-1.
DASD_001.
Task 13: Complete the Planning Worksheet
The planning worksheet included in this task is an eight-page form
that depicts port assignments for a director, switch, or SAN router.
The worksheet lists 256 ports, equal to the capability of the highest
port-count product described in this publication. The worksheet
provides fields to identify devices that connect to the ports.
Transfer information from the configuration diagram (completed
while performing Task 11: Diagram the Planned Configuration) to the
worksheet, and transfer port names and nicknames (assigned while
performing Task 12: Assign Port Names and Nicknames). In addition,
indicate all unused ports. Retain the planning worksheet as part of a
permanent record.