def normalize_wwn(wwn):
    """
    >>> normalize_wwn('50002ac2859a04c1') # 3PAR
    u'50002AC2859A04C1'
    >>> normalize_wwn('350002ac2859a04c1') # 3PAR - multipath
    u'50002AC2859A04C1'
    >>> normalize_wwn('3600508B1001030353432464243301000') # HP logical volume - multipath
    u'600508B1001030353432464243301000'
    >>> normalize_wwn('3600c0ff000d81e2cca8cbd4c01000000') # HP MSA - multipath
    u'D81E2CCA8CBD4C01'
    >>> normalize_wwn('00c0ffd81e2c0000ca8cbd4c01000000') # HP MSA
    u'D81E2CCA8CBD4C01'
    >>> normalize_wwn('3600a0b8000119ca80000574f4cfc5084') # IBM - multipath
    u'600A0B8000119CA80000574F4CFC5084'
    >>> normalize_wwn('60:0a:0b:80:00:11:9c:a8:00:00:57:4f:4c:fc:50:84') # IBM
    u'600A0B8000119CA80000574F4CFC5084'
    >>> normalize_wwn('3600144f01ef1490000004c08ed6f0008') # SUN - multipath
    u'600144F01EF1490000004C08ED6F0008'
    >>> normalize_wwn('36000402001d81b697962865b00000000') # NEXSAN
    u'36000402001D81B697962865B'
    """
    wwn = wwn.replace(':', '').replace(' ', '').replace('.', '').strip().upper(
        )
    if len(wwn) == 16:
        pass
    elif len(wwn) == 17:
        wwn = wwn[1:]
    elif len(wwn) == 33 and wwn[-6:] == '000000' and wwn[8:11] == '000':
        wwn = wwn[11:-6]
    elif len(wwn) == 33 and wwn[-8:] == '00000000' and wwn.startswith(
        '36000402'):
        wwn = wwn[0:-8]
    elif len(wwn) == 32 and wwn[-6:] == '000000' and wwn[12:16] == '0000':
        wwn = wwn[6:12] + wwn[16:-6]
    elif len(wwn) == 32 and wwn.startswith(('600A0B80',)):
        pass
    elif len(wwn) == 33 and wwn.startswith(('3600A0B80', '3600508B1',
        '3600144F0')):
        wwn = wwn[1:]
    else:
        raise ValueError('Unknown WWN format %r' % wwn)
    return wwn
