ONTAP: Naming Conventions

An ONTAP Naming Convention example.

           CLUSTER_NAME : {Location}{Environment}{Type}-XXX
              NODE_NAME : {CLUSTER_NAME}-XX
    CLUSTER_SWITCH_NAME : {CLUSTER_NAME}-SWX
             IFGRP_NAME : a0a/b/c/d/...
       CLUSTER_LIF_NAME : {NODE_NAME}_clus1/2
  CLUSTER_MGMT_LIF_NAME : {CLUSTER_NAME}_mgmt
     NODE_MGMT_LIF_NAME : {NODE_NAME}_mgmt
  INTERCLUSTER_LIF_NAME : {NODE_NAME}_icl
  AGGREGATE_NAME (root) : {NODE_NAME}_root
  AGGREGATE_NAME (data) : {NODE_NAME}_{SSD/HDD}_aggrX
               SVM_NAME : {AppLevel1}-XXX
           NAS_LIF_NAME : NAS/CIFS/NFS_nX
           SAN_LIF_NAME : FCP/iSCSI_nX_{port}
      SVM_MGMT_LIF_NAME : {SVM_NAME}_mgmt
       SVM_ROOTVOL_NAME : rootvol
         LS_MIRROR_NAME : rootvol_LS
           FLEXVOL_NAME : v_{AppLevel2}_XXX
             QTREE_NAME : q_{AppLevel3}_XXX
               LUN_NAME : l_{AppLevel3}_XXX
   INITIATOR_GROUP_NAME : i_{Host_Group}
           PORTSET_NAME : p_{Portset_Group}
  QoS_POLICY_GROUP_NAME : qos_{Service_offering}
          SCHEDULE_NAME : {...}
   SNAPSHOT_POLICY_NAME : {...}
SNAPMIRROR_POLICY__NAME : {...}

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