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Using Alias Names as Enclosures

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DETAILED STEPS
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<a name="wp345161"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">Expand End Devices and choose <span style="font-weight: bold">Hosts</span> or <span style="font-weight: bold">Storage</span> from the Physical Attributes pane. 
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You see the list of devices in the Information pane. The NxPorts tab is the default.

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<a name="wp345163"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">Right-click the enclosure names that you want to convert to alias names and choose <span style="font-weight: bold">Alias &gt; Enclosure</span> .
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The Ailas &gt; Enclosures window appears . It contains a list of expressions. You can also add expressions 
to the list and modify expressions in the current list. 

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<a name="wp351668"> </a><li class="pSmartList1">Click the <span style="font-weight: bold">Apply Changes</span> icon to save the changes and then click <span style="font-weight: bold">Close</span>.
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<strong>Note	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong> Cisco DCNM-SAN uses the regular expressions to convert multiple alias names into one enclosure. The 
alias names should be in the same expression pattern rule. You can create enclosure names from selected 
aliases using the regular expresssions list.

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