HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 5.0.0 Command Reference Guide (AA-RW1MA-TE, May 2005)

Fabric OS 5.0.0 command reference guide 41
Creates a zone alias.
Synopsis
alicreate “aliName“, “member; member“
Availability
admin
NOTE: This command requires an HP Advanced Zoning license.
Description
Use this command to create a new zone alias. The zone alias member list must have at least one member
(empty lists are not allowed). The alias member list cannot contain another zone alias. Refer to the
zoneCreate command for more information on name and member specifications.
Zone alias members can be specified using the area number to represent a specific port and slot
combination. Area numbers are automatically assigned to a port by the Fabric OS. You can view the Area
numbers using the switchShow command.
This command changes the defined configuration. For the change to be preserved across switch reboots, it
must be saved to flash memory using the cfgSave command. For the change to become effective, an
appropriate zone configuration must be enabled using the cfgEnable command.
NOTE: When security is enabled, this command can be issued only from the primary FCS switch.
Operands
This command has the following operands:
aliCreate
“aliName” Specify a name for the zone alias, in quotation marks. This
operand is required. A zone alias name must begin with a letter
and can be followed by any number of letters, digits and
underscore characters. Names are case sensitive: for example,
“Ali_1” and “ali_1” are different zone aliases. Spaces are
ignored.
“member” Specify a member or list of members to be added to the alias, in
quotation marks, separated by semicolons. An alias member
can be specified by one or more of the following methods:
• A switch domain and port area number pair. View the area
numbers for ports using the switchShow command.
• WWN
• QuickLoop AL_PAs
This operand is required.