Adding Members To An Alias; Removing Members From An Alias; Deleting An Alias - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base User Manual

Adding members to an alias

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Issue the aliAdd command.
3. Issue the cfgSave command to save the change to the defined configuration.
For example:
switch:admin> aliadd "array1", "1,2"
switch:admin> aliadd "array2", "21:00:00:20:37:0c:72:51"
switch:admin> aliadd "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

Removing members from an alias

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Issue the aliRemove command.
3. Issue the cfgSave command to save the change to the defined configuration.
For example:
switch:admin> aliremove "array1", "1,2"
switch:admin> aliremove "array2", "21:00:00:20:37:0c:72:51"
switch:admin> aliremove "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
NOTE: For Fabric OS versions earlier than 4.4.0, when using the aliRemove command, the order in
which the members appear in the list is critical. For more information on this command, see the HP
StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.x command reference guide.

Deleting an alias

1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Issue the aliDelete command.
3. Issue the cfgSave command to save the change to the defined configuration.
For example:
switch:admin> alidelete "array1"
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
186 Administering advanced zoning