HP StorageWorks 2/64 - Core Switch Command Reference Manual page 751

zoneCreate
Creates a zone.
Synopsis
zonecreate "zonename", "member;member"
Availability
admin
NOTE: This command requires HP Advanced Zoning license, which is included within the Base
Configuration Services and bundled with each B-series switch.
Description
Use this command to create a new zone.
A zone name is a C-style name beginning with a letter and followed by any number of letters, digits, and
underscore characters. Names are case sensitive; for example, Zone_1 indicates a different zone than
zone_1. Spaces are ignored. Zone names are limited to 64 characters.
The zone member list must have at least one member. The members are described by a list of member
definitions, separated by semicolons.
Specify ports by domain and port area number. The values are entered as a pair of numbers s,p. The s
is the switch number (domain ID) and p is the port area number. For example,
2, 20 specifies port area number 20 on switch domain 2. When a zone member is specified by port
area number, all devices connected to that port are in the zone. If this port is an arbitrated loop, all
devices on the loop are in the zone.
Specify a world wide name as eight hex numbers separated by colons: for example,
10:00:00:60:69:00:00:8a. Zoning compares the WWN with the node and port names presented
by a device in a login frame (FLOGI or PLOGI). When a zone member is specified by node name, then
all ports on that device are in the zone. When a zone member is specified by port name, then only that
single device port is in the zone.
Specify a QuickLoop AL_PA as a QuickLoop name followed by a list of AL_PAs: for example,
qloop1[01,02]. QuickLoop names have the same format as zone names and are created with the
qloopCreate command to define a switch or pair of switches that form the QuickLoop.
Specify a zone alias name using the same format as a zone name. A zone alias is created with the
command. The alias must resolve to a list of one or more of the following:
aliCreate
• A switch domain and port area number pair. View the area numbers for ports using the
command.
• world wide names.
• QuickLoop AL_PAs.
The types of zone members used to define a zone can be mixed. For example, a zone defined with the
members 2,12; 2,14; 10:00:00:60:69:00:00:8a would contain all devices connected to switch
2, ports 12 and 14, and to the device with the world wide name 10:00:00:60:69:00:00:8a (either
node name or port name), at the port in the fabric to which it is connected.
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