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Brocade SAN Integration Alias and Zone-Based Topology Matrix

Aliases are automatically imported during Brocade SAN Integration discovery if you are using any of the following supported combinations.

Table 28.

Vendor

Alias Type

Alias By

Zoned By

IPM

Naming*

IPM

Topology**

Brocade

alias

wwpn

alias

yes

yes

Brocade

alias

wwpn

wwpn

yes

yes

Brocade

alias

wwnn

alias, wwnn

no

no

Brocade

alias

wwnn

wwpn

no

yes

Brocade

alias

port

alias

no

no

Brocade

alias

port

wwpn

no

yes

Brocade

name

wwpn

name

no

no

Brocade

name

wwpn

wwpn

no

yes



* Retrieves alias definitions from the switches that are used for WWN-to-name resolution

** Retrieves zone information that is used to define the intelligent topology within IPM