Cisco SAN Integration Alias and Zone-Based Topology Matrix
Aliases are automatically imported during Cisco SAN Integration discovery if you are using any of the following supported combinations.
Vendor | Alias Type | Alias By | Zoned By | IO Naming* | IO Topology** |
Cisco | fcalias | wwpn | alias | yes | yes |
Cisco | fcalias | wwpn | wwpn | yes | yes |
Cisco | fcalias | fcid | fcalias, fcid | yes | yes |
Cisco | device-alias | wwpn | device-alias | yes | yes |
Cisco | device-alias | wwpn | wwpn | yes | yes |
Cisco | fcalias, device-alias | interface | interface | no | no |
* 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 IO