Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide v6.0.0 (53-1000606-01, April 2008)

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Managing zone aliases

Adding and removing members of a zone alias

Use the following procedure to add or remove zone alias members.

1. Open the Zone Administration window as described on page 96.

2. Click the Alias tab.

3. Select the alias you want to modify from the Name drop-down list.

4. Select an element in the Member Selection List that you want to add to the alias, or select an

element in the Alias Members list that you want to remove.

5. Click Add Member to add the selected alias member, or click Remove Member to remove the

selected alias member.

The alias is modified in the Zone Admin buffer. At this point you can either save your changes

or save and enable your changes.

6. Click Zoning Actions> Save Config Only to save the configuration changes.

To enable the configuration, see “Enabling zone configurations” on page 108.

Renaming zone aliases

The new alias name cannot exceed 64 characters and can contain alphabetic, numeric, and

underscore characters. Use the following procedure to change the name of a zone alias.

1. Open the Zone Administration window as described on page 96.

2. Click the Alias tab and select the alias you want to rename from the Name drop-down list.

3. Click Rename.

The Rename an Alias dialog box appears.

4. Type a new alias name and click OK.

The alias is renamed in the Zone Admin buffer. At this point you can either save your changes

or save and enable your changes.

5. Click Zoning Actions> Save Config Only to save the configuration changes.

To enable the configuration, see “Enabling zone configurations” on page 108.

Deleting zone aliases

You can remove a zone alias from the Zone Admin buffer. When a zone alias is deleted, it is no

longer a member of the zones of which it was once a member.

NOTE

If you delete the only member zone alias, an error message is issued when you attempt to save the

configuration.

1. Open the Zone Administration window as described on page 96.

2. Click the Alias tab.

3. Select the alias you want to delete from the Name drop-down list.