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3 – Managing Fabrics

Working with Device Information and Nicknames

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A nickname must start with a letter and can have up to 64 characters. Valid 
characters include alphanumeric characters [aA-zZ][0-9] and special symbols [$ _ 
- ^ ]. You can access the Edit Nicknames dialog two ways. Choose one of the 
following methods to edit a nickname. Click the OK button to save the changes. 

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In the topology or faceplate display, open the File menu and select 
Nicknames to open the Nicknames dialog. The device entries are listed in 
table format.
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Click on a device entry in the table. Open the Edit menu and select 
Edit Nickname to open the Edit Nicknames dialog. Edit the nickname 
in the text field. Click the OK button to save the changes. 

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Double-click a cell in the Nicknames or WWN columns, and edit the 
nickname in the text field. Click the OK button to save the changes. 

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In the topology or faceplate display, click the Devices tab to display the 
Devices data window. Double-click a cell in the Nickname column to open 
the Edit Nickname dialog. Edit the nickname in the text field. Refer to 

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To delete a device port nickname, do the following:

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Open the File menu and select Nicknames to open the Nicknames dialog.

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Click a device in the table. Open the Edit menu and select Delete 
Nickname.

You can save nicknames to a file. This is useful for distributing nicknames to other 
management workstations. To save nicknames to an XML file, do the following:

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Open the File menu and select Nicknames to open the Nicknames dialog.

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Open the File menu in the Nicknames dialog, and select Export.

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Enter a name for the XML nickname file in the Save dialog and click Save.