HP StorageWorks 2/16 - SAN Switch Manual page 232

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Zone alias names have the same format as zone names and are created with the alicreate
command. The alias must resolve to a list of one or more physical fabric port numbers, World
Wide Names, or QuickLoop AL_PAs.
The types of zone members used to define a zone might be mixed. For example, a zone
defined with the members 2,12; 2,14; 10:00:00:60:69:00:00:8a contains
devices connected to switch 2, ports 12 and 14, and the device with a World Wide Name of
10:00:00:60:69:00:00:8a (either node name or port name), whichever port in the
fabric to which it is connected.
Note:
effective, an appropriate zone configuration must be enabled using the
For the change to be preserved across switch reboots, it must be saved to nonvolatile memory using
the
When security is enabled, this command can be issued only from the primary FCS switch.
Operands
The following operands are required:
zoneName
zoneMemberList
Example
To create three zones using a mixture of port numbers and zone aliases:
switch:admin> zoneCreate "Red_zone", "1,0; loop1"
switch:admin> zoneCreate "Blue_zone", "1,1; array1; 1,2; array2"
switch:admin> zoneCreate "Green_zone", "1,0; loop1; 1,2; array2"
See Also
cfgtransabort
zoneadd
zonedelete
zoneremove
zoneshow
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This command changes the defined configuration (see cfgshow). For the change to become
command.
cfgsave
A name for the zone, in quotes.
A semicolon-separated list of members, in quotes.
command.
cfgenable
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