World Wide Port Name
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world-wide-port-name-315-1699001
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World Wide Port Name
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In computing, a World Wide Port Name, WWPN, or WWpN, is a World Wide Name assigned to a port in a Fibre Channel fabric. Used on storage area networks, it performs a function equivalent to the MAC address in Ethernet protocol, as it is supposed to be a unique identifier in the network. A WWPN is a World Wide Port Name; a unique identifier for each Fibre Channel port presented to a Storage Area Network (SAN). Each port on a Storage Device has a unique and persistent WWPN. A World Wide Node Name, W
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Unique identifier in Fibre Channel fabric
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Port_Name
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2022-11-23T16:57:47Z
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