HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.3.x administrator guide (5697-0244, November 2009)

380 Administering Advanced Zoning
If the effective configuration has only a broadcast zone, then the configuration appears as a No Access
configuration. To change this configuration to All Access, you must put all the available devices in a
regular zone.
See ”Activating default zones” on page 383 for additional information about default zoning.
Creating and managing zone aliases
A zone alias is a logical group of ports, WWNs, or AL_PAs. You can simplify the process of creating
zones by first specifying aliases, which eliminates the need for long lists of individual zone member names.
Be aware that if you are creating a new alias using
aliCreate w, “1,1”, and a user in another telnet
session executes cfgEnable (or cfgDisable, or cfgSave), the other user’s transaction will abort your
transaction and you will receive an error message. Creating a new alias while there is a zone merge
taking place might also abort your transaction. For more details about zone merging and zone merge
conflicts, refer to ”Adding a new switch or fabric” on page 389.
To create an alias
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the aliCreate command.
3. Enter the cfgSave command to save the change to the defined configuration.
To add members to an alias
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the aliAdd command.
3. Enter the cfgSave command to save the change to the defined configuration.
To remove members from an alias
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the aliRemove command.
switch:admin> alicreate “array1”, “2,32; 2,33; 2,34; 4,4”
switch:admin> alicreate “array2”, “21:00:00:20:37:0c:66:23; 4,3”
switch:admin> alicreate “loop1”, “4,6”
switch:admin> cfgsave
You are about to save the Defined Zoning configuration. This
action will only save the changes on the Defined configuration.
Any changes made on the Effective configuration will not
take effect until it is re-enabled.
Do you want to save Defined Zoning configuration only? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
switch:admin> aliadd “array1”, “1,2”
switch:admin> aliadd “array2”, “21:00:00:20:37:0c:72:51”
switch:admin> aliadd “loop1”, “4,6”
switch:admin> cfgsave
You are about to save the Defined Zoning configuration. This
action will only save the changes on the Defined configuration.
Any changes made on the Effective configuration will not
take effect until it is re-enabled.
Do you want to save Defined Zoning configuration only? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y