Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.0.0 (53-1002148-02, June 2011)

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Zone creation and maintenance
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take effect until it is re-enabled. Until the Effective
configuration is re-enabled, merging new switches into the
fabric is not recommended and may cause unpredictable
results with the potential of mismatched Effective Zoning
configurations.
Do you want to save Defined zoning configuration only? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y
Viewing an alias in the defined configuration
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the aliShow command, using the following syntax
alishow "pattern"[, mode]
If no parameters are specified, the entire zone database (both the defined and effective
configuration) is displayed.
Example
The following example shows all zone aliases beginning with “arr”.
switch:admin> alishow "arr*"
alias: array1 21:00:00:20:37:0c:76:8c
alias: array2 21:00:00:20:37:0c:66:23
Zone creation and maintenance
To create a broadcast zone, use the reserved name “broadcast”. Do not give a regular zone the
name of “broadcast”. See “Broadcast zones” on page 246 for additional information about this
special type of zone.
Virtual Fabric considerations: Zone definitions should not include logical port numbers. Zoning is
not enforced on logical ports.
Creating a zone
1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin.
2. Enter the zoneCreate command, using the following syntax:
zonecreate "zonename", "member[; member...]"
To create a broadcast zone, use the reserved name “broadcast”.
3. Enter the cfgSave command to save the change to the defined configuration.
The cfgSave command ends and commits the current zoning transaction buffer to nonvolatile
memory. If a transaction is open on a different switch in the fabric when this command is run,
the transaction on the other switch is automatically aborted. A message displays on the other
switches to indicate that the transaction was aborted.
Example
switch:admin> zonecreate "greenzone", "2,32; 2,33; 2,34; 4,4"
switch:admin> zonecreate "bluezone", "21:00:00:20:37:0c:66:23; 4,3"
switch:admin> zonecreate "broadcast", "1,2; 2,33; 2,34"
switch:admin> cfgsave