Renaming Zone Aliases; Deleting Zone Aliases; Creating And Populating Zones - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B Administrator's Manual

Renaming zone aliases

The new alias name cannot exceed 64 characters and can contain alphabetic, numeric, and
underscore characters.
For more information on enabling the configuration, refer to
page 118.
To change the name of a zone alias, perform the following steps.
1. Open the Zone Administration window as described in
2. Select the Alias tab and select the alias you want to rename from the Name list.
3. Click Rename.
4. Enter a new alias name and click OK.
5. Select Zoning Actions > Save Config to save the configuration changes.

Deleting zone aliases

You can remove a zone alias from the Zone Admin buffer. When a zone alias is deleted, it is no
longer a member of the zones of which it was once a member.
NOTE
If you delete the only member zone alias, an error message is issued when you attempt to save the
configuration.
To delete the zone aliases, perform the following steps.
1. Open the Zone Administration window as described in
2. Select the Alias tab.
3. Select the alias you want to delete from the Name list. and click Delete.
4. Click Yes.
5. Select Zoning Action > Save Config to save the configuration changes.

Creating and populating zones

A zone is a region within the fabric where specified switches and devices can communicate. A
device can communicate only with other devices connected to the fabric within its specified zone.
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page 104.
The Rename an Alias dialog box displays.
The alias is renamed in the Zone Admin buffer. At this point, you can either save your changes
or save and enable your changes.
page 104.
The Confirm Deleting Alias dialog box displays.
The selected alias is deleted from the Zone Admin buffer. At this point, you can either save your
changes or save and enable your changes.
To enable the configuration, refer to
"Enabling zone configurations"
"Opening the Zone Admin window"
"Opening the Zone Admin window"
"Enabling zone configurations"
Zoning management
on page 118.
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