Alicreate - Brocade Communications Systems A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Command Reference Manual

aliCreate

Creates a zone alias.
Synopsis alicreate "aliName", "member[;member...]"
Description Use this command to create a new zone alias. The zone alias member list must have at least one
member (empty lists are not allowed). The alias member list cannot contain another zone alias.
Refer to the zoneCreate command for more information on name and member specifications.
Zone alias members can be specified using the area number to represent a specific port and slot
combination. Area numbers are automatically assigned to a port by the Fabric OS. You can view the
Area numbers using the switchShow command.
This command changes the defined configuration (see cfgShow). For the change to be preserved
across switch reboots, it must be saved to nonvolatile memory using the cfgSave command. For the
change to become effective, an appropriate zone configuration must be enabled using the
cfgEnable command.
Notes This command requires a Brocade Advanced Zoning license.
When FCS policy is enabled, this command can be issued only from the primary FCS switch.
Operands This command has the following operands:
"aliName"
"member"
Examples To create a zone alias:
See Also aliAdd, aliDelete, aliRemove, aliShow
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Specify a name for the zone alias, in quotation marks. This operand is
required. A zone alias name must begin with a letter and can be followed by
any number of letters, digits and underscore characters. Names are case
sensitive: for example, "Ali_1" and "ali_1" are different zone aliases. Spaces
are ignored.
Specify a member or list of members to be added to the alias, in quotation
marks, separated by semicolons. This operand is required. An alias member
can be specified by one or more of the following methods:
•
A switch domain and port area number pair. View the area numbers for
ports using the switchShow command.
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WWN
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QuickLoop AL_PAs
switch:admin> alicreate "array1", "2,32; 2,33; 2,34"
switch:admin> alicreate "array2", "21:00:00:20:37:0c:66:23"
switch:admin> alicreate "loop1", "4,5[0x02]; 6,7[0xEF]; 5,4"
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