HP Storage Essentials V5.1 CLI Guide First Edition (T4283-96029, August 2006)

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• The following characters are invalid for Brocade switches: caret (^), dash (-), and dollar sign
($).
Naming Conventions for McDATA and Connectrix Switches:
• The name can have a maximum of 64 characters.
• The first character of a zone alias name must be a letter (A-Z, AZ).
• A zone alias name cannot contain spaces.
• Valid characters are a-a, AA, 0-9, caret (^), dash ( -), underscore ( _), and dollar sign ($).
• All names must be unique and may not differ by case. For example, myzonealias and
MyZoneAlias are considered to be the same zone alias.
appiqdelete -zonealias <zonealias id>
where <zonealias id> is the zone alias identifier. The zone alias identifier can be obtained
from several methods, such as from the appiqshow -fabric -all -zonealias command.
Description: Deletes a zone alias.
appiqadd -zonealias <zonealias id> -port <port id>
where
• <zonealias id> is the zone alias identifier. The zone alias identifier can be obtained from
several methods, such as from the appiqshow -fabric -all -zonealias command.
• <port id> is the port identifier for a host, switch or storage system. The port identifier for a
host can be obtained from the appiqlist -device -host <id> -port command and
the port identifier for a storage system can be obtained from the appiqlist -device
-storagesystem <storage system id> -port command. The port identifier for a
switch can be obtained from the appiqlist -device -switch <switch id> -all
command.
Description: Adds a port to a zone alias.
appiqremove -zonealias <zonealias id>
-port <port id>
where
• <zonealias id> is the zone alias identifier. The zone alias identifier can be obtained from
several methods, such as from the appiqshow -fabric -all -zonealias command.
• <port id> is the port identifier. The port identifier can be obtained from the appiqshow
-zonealias <zonealias id> -port command.
Description: Removes the association with a zone alias and a specified port.
Zone Sets
Use the following types of CLI commands to manage and obtain information about zone sets:
• appiqlist - Lists information about the members of the zone set specified.
• appiqshow - Obtains a detailed description about the members of the zone set specified.