Zoning User's Guide

Zoning Telnet Commands 33
aliCreate
Create a zone alias.
Synopsis
aliCreate aliName, aliMemberList
Availability Administrator
Description Use this command to create a new zone alias.
A zone alias name is a C-style name beginning with a letter and 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. Blank
spaces are ignored.
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.
Operands The following operands are required:
Example To create three zone aliases using worldwide names:
aliName
Name for new zone alias, in quotes. This name cannot
be used for another zone object.
aliMemberList
List of members to be included in alias, in quotes,
separated by semi-colons. Can be one or more of the
following:
• Physical fabric port numbers
• Worldwide names
• QuickLoop AL_PAs
sw5:admin> aliCreate "array1", "21:00:00:20:37:0c:72:8c"
sw5:admin> aliCreate "array2", "21:00:00:20:37:0c:66:23"
sw5:admin> aliCreate "loop1", "21:00:00:20:37:0c:67:e3"