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Zone naming conventions
The following table lists the zone naming conventions for use with the Allocate Fabric Aware Volumes and
Create Datastore for ESX Cluster service template.
Type
Input
Output
Handling when the
output is the same
name
Handling when
unavailable characters
are used for output
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Zone name
One object has the following properties:
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hostName: Host name
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hostPortWorldWideName: WWN of HBA. Separator notation is based on
FC switch manager services.
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storagePortWorldWideName: WWN of CHA. Separator notation is based
on FC switch manager services.
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storageSystemSerialNumber: Serial number of physical storage system
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storagePortName: Display port name of the storage system
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serviceProperties: List of the service properties passed to the plug-in
Zone name to add to the specified
Zone Configuration.
Same zone name of the same fabric
refers to the same zone.
In the case of an existing zone: Add
an alias in the zone and add to the
Zone Configuration.
null: Do not create a zone.
Characters other than alphanumeric characters and "_" are converted to "_"
and become part of the name.
Description
Specify the email body.
Specify HTML or text in the
Response Entry dialog box. To
change a service property value
in the Response Entry dialog box,
specify the property key for the
'name' attribute of an input tag
(<input>) or a select tag
(<select>).
Zone alias name (Host side/Storage
side)
Zone alias name to add to the zone
specified in the Zone name
convention.
Same zone alias name of the same
fabric refers to the same alias.
In the case of an existing alias: Add
WWN in the alias and add to the
Zone.
null: Do not create an alias.
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