World Wide Names
The world wide name (WWN) in the switch is equivalent to the Ethernet MAC address. As with the MAC
address, you must uniquely associate the WWN to a single device. The principal switch selection and the
allocation of domain IDs rely on the WWN.
Cisco SAN switches support three network address authority (NAA) address formats. (see the following table).
Table 29: Standardized NAA WWN Formats
WWN Format
NAA Type
NAA Address
48-bit MAC address
000 0000 0000b
Type 1 = 0001b
IEEE 48-bit
address
48-bit MAC address
Locally assigned
Type 2 = 0010b
IEEE
extended
VSID: 36 bits
IEEE company ID: 24 bits
Type 5 = 0101b
IEEE
registered
Changes to the world-wide names should be made by an administrator or individual who is completely
familiar with switch operations.
Caution
Verifying the WWN Configuration
Use the
show wwn
commands to display the status of the WWN configuration. This example shows how to
display the status of all WWNs:
switch#
show wwn status
Type
Configured
Available
Resvd.
Alarm State
----
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1
64
48 ( 75%)
16
NONE
2,5
524288
442368 ( 84%)
73728
NONE
This example shows how to display the information for block ID 51:
switch#
show wwn status block-id 51
WWNs in this block: 21:00:ac:16:5e:52:00:03 to 21:ff:ac:16:5e:52:00:03
Num. of WWNs:: Configured: 256 Allocated:
0 Available: 256
Block Allocation Status: FREE
This example shows how to display the WWN for a specific switch:
switch#
show wwn switch
Switch WWN is 20:00:ac:16:5e:52:00:00
Link Initialization WWN Usage
Exchange Link Protocol (ELP) and Exchange Fabric Protocol (EFP) use WWNs during link initialization.
ELPs and EFPs both use the VSAN WWN by default during link initialization. However, the ELP usage
changes based on the peer switch
’
s usage:
Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
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Advanced Fibre Channel Features
World Wide Names