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Fabric OS Command Reference 53

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aliShow

Displays zone alias information.

SYNOPSIS alishow [--ic] ["pattern"][, mode]

alishow --help

DESCRIPTION Use this command to display zone configuration information.

Use the pattern operand to display only matching zone alias names in the defined configuration.

If no parameters are specified, all zone configuration information (both defined and effective) is

displayed. Refer to cfgShow for a description of this display.

NOTES The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may be in

place. Refer to Chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command Availability" for

details.

When an FCS policy is enabled, this command can be issued only from the primary FCS switch.

OPERANDS When invoked without an operand, this command displays all zone configuration information (defined

and effective). Refer to cfgShow for a description of this display. The following operands are optional:

--ic

Displays all configured zone alias names for a given pattern without case

distinction.

"pattern"

A POSIX-style regular expression that matches zone alias names. This operand

must be enclosed in quotation marks. Patterns may contain:

• Question mark (?) - matches any single character.

• Asterisk (*) - matches any string of characters.

• Range - matches any character within the range. Ranges must be enclosed

in brackets: for example, [0-9] or [a-f].

mode

Specify 0 to display the contents of the transaction buffer (the contents of the

current transaction), or specify 1 to display the contents of the nonvolatile

memory. The default value is 0.

--help

Displays the command usage.

EXAMPLES To display 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

To display all zone alias names beginning with "arr", regardless of the case:

switch:admin> alishow --ic "arr*"

alias: array1 20:e0:00:05:33:11:1f:00

alias: ARRAY2 2f:11:00:05:33:c1:37:a2

SEE ALSO aliAdd, aliCreate, aliDelete, aliRemove