Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual (53-1000240-01, November 2006)

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Publication Number: 53-1000240-01

aliCreate

Note: Enter commands in lowercase only; mixed case is for readability.

aliCreate

Creates a zone alias.

Synopsis alicreate "aliName", "member; member"

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 (see cfgShow). For the change to be preserved across

switch reboots, it must be saved to nonvolatile memory using the cfgSave command. For the change to

become effective, an appropriate zone configuration must be enabled using the cfgEnable command.

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This command requires a Brocade Advanced Zoning license.

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

Operands This command has the following operands:

"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. This operand is required. 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.

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• QuickLoop AL_PAs

Examples To create a zone alias:

See Also aliAdd, aliDelete, aliRemove, aliShow

switch:admin> alicreate "array1", "2,32; 2,33; 2,34"

switch:admin> alicreate "array2", "21:00:00:20:37:0c:66:23"

switch:admin> alicreate "loop1", "4,5[0x02]; 6,7[0xEF]; 5,4"