Reference Guide

16 Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference
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ad
name
An Admin Domain name can be up to 63 bytes, must begin with a letter, and can consist of
letters, numbers, and underscore characters. The Admin Domain names with the format
AD[0-255] are reserved for autoassigning Admin Domain names to Admin Domains
created with an Admin Domain number. and can be assigned only to the corresponding
Admin Domain. Using ad --rename, for example, in an attempt to assign a name of AD5 to
an Admin Domain with ID not equal to 5 fails. Admin Domain names are case-sensitive.
number
An Admin Domain can be specified by a number. Valid values include 0 through 255. AD0
and AD255 are always active. AD0 cannot be specified with --activate, --deactivate or
--delete actions. AD255 can be specified only with --exec, --show and --validate actions.
For all command iterations, with the exception of ad --create, the Admin Domain is
specified either by a name or a number. For ad --create, both name and number can be
specified: for example, ad --create test_ad/10 -d "100,5; 100,1".
-d "dev_list"
Specifies the list of devices in an Admin Domain, in quotation marks. Separate each entry in
the device list with a semicolon (;). Valid formats include the following:
D,PI
Uses existing zone D,PI member types. Benefits include the following:
• Grants port control and zoning on the switch port and the devices attached to that port.
• PI can be specified as a range; for example, D,[0 to 34]. The port index range is
expanded and stored internally.
• The same D,PI members can be specified in more than one Admin Domain.
Device WWN
Uses traditional zone WWN member types. Benefits include the following:
• Supports node or port WWNs.
• End-device members, whose WWNs are used in an Admin Domain definition, need
not be online when the Admin Domain is created (similar to a zoneCreate operation).
• Provides rights to zone the devices.
• Provides administrative view rights to the switch port the device is connected to.
-s "switch_list"
Specifies the list of switches in an Admin Domain. The list must be enclosed in quotation
marks. Separate each entry in the switch list with a semicolon (;). Specify the switch in one of
the following formats:
Switch WWN
World wide name of the switch.
Domain ID
Any switch member specified in Domain ID format is converted into a switch
WWN-based on the current fabric information. Operations with switch list fail if the
domain ID to switch WWN lookup fails.
Membership in an AD switch_list grants switch administrative operations such as
switchDisable, switchEnable, reboot, ad, etc. on the switch. Ownership of a switch
implicitly provides port control capability on all its ports, but no zoning control.