Managing Aliases; Creating An Alias; Adding A Member To An Alias; Removing An Alias From All Zones - HP StorageWorks 8/20q User Manual

Managing aliases

An alias is a collection of objects that can be zoned together. An alias is not a zone, and cannot have a
zone or another alias as a member.
NOTE: Changes that you make to the zoning database are limited to the managed switch and do not
propagate to the rest of the fabric. To distribute changes to configured zone sets fabric wide, you must edit
the zoning databases on the individual switches. Aliases do not appear in the active zone set.

Creating an alias

To create an alias:
1. Open the Zoning menu, and select Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning dialog box.
2. Select Edit > Create Alias to open the Create Alias dialog box.
3. Enter a name for the alias, and click OK. The alias name is displayed in the Zonesets dialog box. An
alias name must begin with a letter and be no longer than 64 characters. Valid characters are 0–9,
A–Z, a–z, _, $, ^, and -.
4. Click Apply to save the alias name to the zoning database.

Adding a member to an alias

You can add a port/device to an alias by domain ID and port number, device port Fibre Channel address,
or the device port WWN. To add ports/devices to an alias:
1. Select Zoning > Edit Zoning to open the Edit Zoning dialog box.
2. Choose one of the following options to add the port/device:
• Select a port/device in the Port/Device tree, and drag it into the alias. To select multiple
ports/devices, press and hold the Control key while selecting.
• Select a port/device in the Port/Device tree. Click an alias to select multiple ports/devices, press
and hold the Control key while selecting. Select an alias. Open the Edit menu and then select Add
Members.
• Select a port/device in the Port/Device tree. To select multiple ports/devices, press and hold the
Control key while selecting. Select an alias, and then click Insert.
3. If the port/device you want to add is not in the Port/Device tree, you can add it by doing the following:
• Right-click the selected alias.
• Select Edit > Create Members.
• Select the WWN, Domain/Port, or First Port Address option.
• Enter the hexadecimal value for the port/device according to the option selected: 16 digits for a
WWN member, 4 digits for a Domain/ Port member (DDPP), or a 6-digit Fibre Channel Address
for a First Port Address member (DDPPAA), where DD=domain ID, PP=port number, and
AA=AL_PA.
4. Click OK to add the member and save the change.

Removing an alias from all zones

To remove an alias from all zones:
1. In the Zone Sets tree in the Edit Zoning dialog box, select the alias to be removed.
2. Select Edit >Delete Alias.
3. Click Yes in the Remove dialog box.
4. Click Apply in the Edit Zoning dialog box to save the change.
5. Click Close to close the Edit Zoning dialog box.
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