Creating a zone
To create a new zone, enter the zone create command, as shown in the following example:
8/20q FC Switch #> admin start
8/20q FC Switch (admin) #> zoning edit
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> zone create zone_1
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> zoning save
Deleting a zone
To delete zone_1 from the zoning database, enter the zone delete command, as shown in the following
example:
8/20q FC Switch #> admin start
8/20q FC Switch (admin) #> zoning edit
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> zone delete zone_1
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> zoning save
Renaming a zone
To rename zone_1 to zone_a, enter the zone rename command, as shown in the following example:
8/20q FC Switch #> admin start
8/20q FC Switch (admin) #> zoning edit
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> zone rename zone_1 zone_a
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> zoning save
Copying a zone
To copy the contents of an existing zone (zone_1) to a new zone (zone_2), enter the zone copy
command, as shown in the following example:
8/20q FC Switch #> admin start
8/20q FC Switch (admin) #> zoning edit
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> zone copy zone_1 zone_2
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> zoning save
Adding members to a zone
To add ports/devices to zone_1, enter the zone add command, as shown in the following example:
8/20q FC Switch #> admin start
8/20q FC Switch (admin) #> zoning edit
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> zone add zone_1 alias_1 1,4 1,5
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> zoning save
Removing members from a zone
To remove ports/devices from zone_1, enter the zone remove command, as shown in the following
example:
8/20q FC Switch #> admin start
8/20q FC Switch (admin) #> zoning edit
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> zone remove zone_1 alias_1 1,4 1,5
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> zoning save
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Zoning configuration