Adding Members To An Alias; Removing Members From An Alias - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Administrator's Manual

The values represent the following:
aliasname
member
3. Enter the cfgSave command to save the change to the defined configuration.
switch:admin> alicreate "array1", "2,32; 2,33; 2,34; 4,4"
switch:admin> alicreate "array2", "21:00:00:20:37:0c:66:23; 4,3"
switch:admin> alicreate "loop1", "4,6"
switch:admin> cfgsave
You are about to save the Defined zoning configuration. This
action will only save the changes on the Defined configuration.
Any changes made on the Effective configuration will not
take effect until it is re-enabled.
Do you want to save Defined zoning configuration only? (yes, y, no, n):
[no] y
The cfgSave command ends and commits the current zoning transaction buffer to both volatile and
nonvolatile memory. If a transaction is open on a different switch in the fabric when this command is
run, the transaction on the other switch is automatically aborted. A message is displayed on the other
switches to indicate that the transaction was aborted.

Adding members to an alias

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the aliAdd command, using the following syntax:
aliadd "aliasname", "member[; member...]"
where:
aliasname
member
3. Enter the cfgSave command to save the change to the defined configuration.
switch:admin> aliadd "array1", "1,2"
switch:admin> aliadd "array2", "21:00:00:20:37:0c:72:51"
switch:admin> aliadd "loop1", "5,6"
switch:admin> cfgsave
You are about to save the Defined zoning configuration. This
action will only save the changes on the Defined configuration.
Any changes made on the Effective configuration will not
take effect until it is re-enabled.
Do you want to save Defined zoning configuration only? (yes, y, no, n):
[no] y
The cfgSave command ends and commits the current zoning transaction buffer to both volatile and
nonvolatile memory. If a transaction is open on a different switch in the fabric when this command is
run, the transaction on the other switch is automatically aborted. A message is displayed on the other
switches to indicate that the transaction was aborted.

Removing members from an alias

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
The name of the zone alias to be created.
A member or list of members to be added to the alias. An alias member can be
specified by one or more of the following methods:
• A domain,port pair.
• Device node or device port WWN
The name of the zone alias.
A member or list of members to be added to the alias. An alias member can be
specified by one or more of the following methods:
• A domain,port pair
• A device node or device port WWN
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