Setting Names To Be Unique; Setting Names To Be Non-Unique - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B User Manual

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.
2. Select SAN Names in the Category list.
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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.

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.
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The Options dialog box displays.
The SAN Names pane displays
Options dialog box (SAN Names pane)
To fix duplicated names, refer to
The Options dialog box displays.
(Figure 28).
"Fixing duplicate names"
SAN name settings
on page 94.
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