HP Storage Essentials V5.00.01 CLI guide (T4283-96015, January 2006)

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• <fabric id> is the fabric identifier. The fabric identifier can be obtained from several
methods, such as from the appiqlist -fabric -all 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: Creates a zone alias assigned to a port in a specified fabric.
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, "ZoneAlias1" and "zonealias1" are different zone
aliases.
• You cannot create a zone alias with the same name as an existing zone, zone alias or zone
set. For example, if you create a zone alias 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
($).
Naming Conventions for McDATA and Connectrix Switches:
• The name can have a maximum of 64 characters.
• The first character of a zone alias name must be a letter (A-Z, AZ).
• A zone alias name cannot contain spaces.
• Valid characters are a-a, AA, 0-9, caret (^), dash ( -), underscore ( _), and dollar sign ($).
• 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