HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.x administrator guide (5697-7344, March 2008)

400 Administering Advanced Zoning
3. Enter the cfgSave command to save the change to the defined configuration.
switch:admin> alidelete "array1"
switch:admin> cfgsave
You are about to save the Defined zoning configuration. This
action will only save the changes on the Defined configuration.
Any changes made on the Effective configuration will not
take effect until it is re-enabled.
Do you want to save Defined zoning configuration only? (yes, y, no, n):
[no] y
To view 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]
The values represent the following:
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
If no parameters are specified, the entire zone database (both the defined and effective configuration) is
displayed.
Creating and maintaining zones
Before executing cfgDisable, cfgEnable, or cfgSave, execute the rcsDisabled command to
check whether your fabric has Reliable Commit Service (RCS) enabled (rcsDisabled=0). If RCS is disabled
(rcsDisabled=1), check for older switches in the fabric. After the older switches are upgraded, RCS is
enabled by default.
RCS is available on all switches running Fabric OS versions 4.1 and later. RCS guarantees that either all or
none of the switches receive the new zone configuration. You should use RCS to secure a reliable
propagation of the latest zone configuration. If you use non-RCS mode, you must log in to every switch to
monitor the status of the zone configuration.
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 395 for additional information.
To create 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...]"
pattern A POSIX-style regular expression used to match zone alias names.
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.