Powershell: Convert VMware NAA value to Frame and Device ID (for vMax and Symmetrix)

Summary:
Found a script to convert the naa value to device id, but not return the frame info.  So I augmented it to parse that info out as well.

Script Module:
Function Convert-NaaIdToVmaxFrameAndDeviceId ($naa) {

  # Original -> http://vmwise.com/2012/06/01/naa-ids-and-breaking-them-apart/
  if ($naa.length -ne 36) { "NAA value must be 36 characters"; break }
  $deviceString = $naa.ToCharArray()
  # Prepended w/ Frame info.
  $device = ("Frame $($deviceString[20])$($deviceString[21])$($deviceString[22])$($deviceString[23]) Device ") 
  $device += [char][Convert]::ToInt32("$($deviceString[26])$($deviceString[27])", 16)
  $device += [char][Convert]::ToInt32("$($deviceString[28])$($deviceString[29])", 16)
  $device += [char][Convert]::ToInt32("$($deviceString[30])$($deviceString[31])", 16)
  $device += [char][Convert]::ToInt32("$($deviceString[32])$($deviceString[33])", 16)
  $device += [char][Convert]::ToInt32("$($deviceString[34])$($deviceString[35])", 16)
  return $device
}

To use it:

Save the above into a .psm1 file.
Import-Module nameofpsm1file.psm1
Convert-NaaIdToVMaxFrameAndDeviceID naa.#############################

This will return something like this: Frame #### Device ######



To use it programmatically:


Import the module

$LUNs = Get-VMHost | Get-ScsiLUN | where {$_.Model -match "SYMMETRIX"};
Foreach ($LUN in $LUNs){Convert-NaaIdToVMaxFrameAndDeviceID $_.CanonicalName}

This will return all vMax/Symmetrix LUNs attached to all hosts in your vCenter server translating the naa value to "Frame #### Device ######" format.








Stay tuned for my next module where I translate vml RDM entries into Frame and Device ID's.