The World Wide Name (WWN) is a unique identifier for a Fibre Channel (FC) port. It is used to identify the port to other FC devices, such as switches and HBAs. The WWN is typically burned into the hardware of the FC port, but it can also be configured in software.
There are two types of WWNs: Node WWNs (NWNNs) and Port WWNs (PWNNs). NWNNs identify the physical FC port, while PWNNs identify the logical FC port. A single physical port can have multiple logical ports, each with its own PWNN.