Zone Naming Conventions

The following naming conventions apply to zones, zone sets, and zone aliases:

Naming Conventions for Brocade Switches:

•Names can have a maximum of 64 characters.

•Names must begin with a letter. Any character other than the first character can be a letter, a number (0 to 9), or an underscore (_).

•Names are case-sensitive. For example, Zone1 and zone1 are considered to be different zones.

•You cannot create a zone with the same name as an existing zone, zone alias or zone set. For example, if you create a zone alias named “new”, you cannot give a zone, zone alias, or zone set the same name.

•The following characters are invalid for Brocade switches: caret (^), dash (-), and dollar sign ($).

Naming Conventions for McDATA and Connectrix Switches:

•Names can have a maximum of 64 characters.

•Names must begin with a letter.

•Names cannot contain spaces.

•Valid characters are a-a, AA, 0-9, caret (^), dash (-), underscore (_), and dollar sign ($).

•All names must be unique and may not differ by case. For example, myzone and MyZone are considered to be the same zone.

Naming Conventions for QLogic Switches

•Only alphanumeric characters and caret (^), dash (-), underscore (_), and dollar sign ($) are allowed.

•The first character must be alphanumeric (a-z or A-Z).

•Names are case-sensitive.

•Names can include up to 64 alphanumeric characters including caret (^), underscore (_), and dollar sign ($).

Modifying a Zone Alias

To modify a zone alias:

1.Click Tools > Storage Essentials > Provisioning Manager.

2.In the right pane, click the SAN Zoning tab.

3.Click the Provision button for the fabric in which you want to modify the ports.

4.Click Step 1 Zone Alias.

5.Click the Edit () button.

6.Take one of the following actions:

•To add ports, select a port in the Potential Ports pane.

•To remove ports, select the ports in the Ports in the Zone Alias pane you want to remove, and then click Remove From Zone.

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