Below is a sample naming convention I came up with that you're free to use. We find it helps make your policies identification much easy when you implement a solid naming system. Below are a few select policy example to get you started.
Attachable Entity Profiles - [Resource]-AEP
Ex.
DVS-AEP
UCS-AEP
L2Outxxx-AEP
L3Outxxx-AEP
vSwitch-AEP
Contracts - [SourceEPG]to[DestinationEPG]-Con or [ExplicitFunction]-Con
Ex.
WebToApp-Con
ICMPAllow-Con
AppToDB-Con
HTTPDeny-Con
+ Subjects - [RuleGroup]-Sbj
Ex.
AppServer-Sbj
WebServer-Sbj
+ Filters - [ResourceName]-Flt
Ex.
SQL-Flt
Exchange-Flt
+ Filter Entries - [ResourceName]-[Service]
Ex.
Exchange-HTTP
vCenter-Mgmt
SQL-CIMC
Interface Policies:
Link Level - [Speed][Negociation] Ex. 1GAuto, 10GAuto
CDP - Ex. CDP-Enable / CDP-Disable
LLDP - Ex. LLDP-Enable / LLDP-Disable
Interface Policy Groups - [Resource]-[Group Type]-PolGrp
Ex.
UCSA-VPC-PolGrp
UCSB-VPC-PolGrp
AVS-VPCHM-PolGrp
L3Out-PC-PolGrp
Interface Profiles - [Resource]-IntProf
Ex.
L3Out-IntProf
UCS-IntProf
L2Out-IntProf
Switch Selectors - [Leaf(s)]-SwProf
Ex.
L1-SwProf
L1-L2-SwProf
L1-L2-L3-L9-SwProf
VLAN Pools - [Resources]-VLANS
Ex.
VDS-VLANs
AVS-VLANs
CorpNet-VLANs
Cat6500-L2-VLANs
N7K-L3Out-VLANs
