Creating A Zone Alias - HP Brocade BladeSystem 4/12 User Manual

5. Make sure the appropriate fabric is named on the Zoning Policies dialog box.
6. Perform one of the following actions based on the task you want to complete:
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8. Click OK or Apply on the Zoning dialog box to save your changes.

Creating a zone alias

An alias is a logical group of port index numbers and WWNs. Specifying groups of ports or devices
as an alias makes zone configuration easier, by enabling you to configure zones using an alias
rather than inputting a long string of individual members. You can specify members of an alias
using the following methods:
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Zone aliases are supported only in Brocade Native mode (InteropMode 0) and in a mixed Fabric OS
and M-EOS McDATA Fabric Mode (InteropMode 2).
1. Select Configure > Zoning > Fabric.
2. Click the Zone DB tab if that tab is not automatically displayed.
3. Select an FC fabric from the Zoning Scope list.
4. Select Alias from the Type list.
5. Click New Alias.
6. Type the desired name for the alias in the Alias Name field.
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8. Show all discovered fabrics in the Potential Members list by right-clicking in the Potential
9. Select one or more members that you want to add to the alias in the Potential Members list.
10. Click the right arrow between the Potential Members list and Selected Member(s) list to add
11. Click OK on the New Alias dialog box to save your changes.
12. Click OK or Apply on the Zoning dialog box to save your changes.
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The format and content of this dialog box vary slightly depending on Interop Mode and the
target selected in the Zoning Scope list.
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To enable the default zone, click Enable, and then click OK.
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To disable the default zone, click Disable, and then click OK.
Click OK to apply your changes and close the Zoning Policies dialog box.
Identifying members by switch domain and port index number pair (for example, 2, 20).
Identifying members by device node and device port WWNs.
The Zoning dialog box displays.
The New Alias dialog box displays.
Select WWN or Domain, Port Index to choose how to display the objects in the Potential
Members list.
Members list and selecting Display All.
(Press SHIFT or CTRL and click each member to select more than one member.)
the selected members to the alias.
Zoning configuration
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