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

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Description: Creates a zone within the specified fabric and containing the specified zone alias.
Use the appiqadd -zone <zone id> -port <port id> command to add the port identifier
for a storage system or host. Spaces and dashes are not supported within the zone name for
McDATA and Brocade switches. This command is for switches that do not use virtuals storage area
networks (VSANs). Use the appiqcreate -zone <VSAN1>:<switch1>:<zone> -fabric
<fabric id> -port <port id> command for switches that do use virtual storage area
networks.
Naming Conventions for Brocade Switches:
• The name must contain 1 to 64 characters.
• The name must begin with a letter. Any character other than the first character can be a letter, a
number (0 to 9), or an underscore (_).
• The name is case sensitive. For example, "Zone1" and "zone1" are different zones.
• You cannot create a zone with the same name as an existing zone, zone alias or zone set. For
example, if you create a zone named “new”, you cannot give a zone, zone alias, or zone set
the same name.
• The following characters are invalid for Brocade switches: caret (^), dash (-), and dollar sign
($).
Naming Conventions for McDATA and Connectrix Switches:
• The name can have a maximum of 64 characters.
• The first character of a zone name must be a letter (A-Z, AZ).
• A zone name cannot contain spaces.
• Valid characters are a-a, AA, 0-9, caret (^), dash ( -), underscore ( _), and dollar sign ($).
• All names must be unique and may not differ by case. For example, myzone and MyZone are
considered to be the same zone.
appiqcreate –zone <zonename> -fabric <fabric id>
-zonealias <zonealias id> -port <port id>
where
• <zone name> is the name of the zone. Make sure you do not have a zone with the same
name by entering the appiqlist -fabric <fabric id> -zone command.
• <fabric id> is the fabric identifier. The fabric identifier can be obtained from several
methods, such as from the appiqlist -fabric -all command.
• <zonealias id> is the zone alias identifier. The zone alias identifier can be obtained from
several methods, such as from the appiqlist -zone <zone id> -zonealias command.
• <port id> is the port identifier for a host or a 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.
Description: Creates a zone within the specified fabric and containing the specified zone alias. If
you used the port identifier of a host when you created the zone, use the appiqadd -zone
<zone id> -port <port id> command to add the port identifier for the storage system.