Viewing An Alias In The Defined Configuration; Zone Creation And Maintenance; Creating A Zone - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

Viewing an alias in the defined configuration

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the aliShow command, using the following syntax:
alishow "pattern"[, mode]
where:
pattern
mode
The following example shows all zone aliases beginning with "arr".
switch:admin> alishow "arr*"
alias: array1
alias: array2
If no parameters are specified, the entire zone database (both the defined and effective configuration) is
displayed.

Zone creation and maintenance

Reliable Commit Service (RCS) is a fabric-wide capability and is supported only if all switches in the fabric
are running Fabric OS versions 4.1 and later. You should use RCS to secure a reliable propagation of the
latest zone configuration. RCS guarantees that either all or none of the switches receive the new zone
configuration. If you use non-RCS mode, you must log in to every switch to monitor the status of the zone
configuration.
To create a broadcast zone, use the reserved name broadcast. Do not give a regular zone the name of
broadcast. See
zone.
Virtual Fabric considerations: Zone definitions should not include logical port numbers. Zoning is not
enforced on logical ports.

Creating a zone

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the zoneCreate command, using the following syntax:
zonecreate "zonename", "member[; member...]"
where:
zonename
member
To create a broadcast zone, use the reserved name broadcast:
A POSIX-style regular expression used to match zone alias names.
Specify 0 to display the contents of the transaction buffer (the contents of the
current transaction), or specify 1 to display the contents of the nonvolatile memory.
The default value is 0.
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"Broadcast zones" on page 241 for additional information about this special type of
The name of the zone to be created.
A member or list of members to be added to the zone. A zone member can be
specified by one or more of the following methods:
• A domain,port pair
• A device node or device port WWN
• A zone alias name
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