In this revision, the FAE tools gain the ability to filter or replace automatically-provided nicknames in the imported nicknames. This includes:

• Nicknames that look like FCIDs (which are automatically provided for devices logged into F-ports)
• Nicknames that look like WWPNs (which are typically ISLs: something attached, but no FLOGI)
• Nicknames ending in “(ISL)” which tend to be completed ISLs (discover both sides)

Filter (-f) removes these nicknames, allowing a cleaned-up nickname file to be imported without accidentally setting generated nicknames to be user-provided (hence “sticky”).

Replace (-S, for Suggested) swaps with Suggested Nicknames (SNICKs) — nicknames based on well known patterns of WWPNs by deliberate manufacturer habit or design.

Nicknames that do not look like predictable/default nicknames are not affected: this is intended for cleaning up a Portal Service export that includes all sorts of additional information.