Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Guide v6.1.0 (53-1000599-02, June 2008)

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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.
This command changes the defined configuration. For the change to become effective, enable the
zone configuration with the cfgEnable command. For the change to be preserved across switch
reboots, save the zone configuration to nonvolatile memory with the cfgSave command.
Note When FCS policy is enabled, this command can be issued only from the primary FCS switch.
Operands The following operands are required:
“aliName” Specify a name for the zone alias, in quotation marks. 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, enclosed in
quotation marks. Members must be separated by semicolons. An alias
member can be specified by one or more of the following methods:
• A switch domain and port area or index number pair. Use switchShow for
a list of valid port area or index numbers.
• WWN
Examples To create a zone alias:
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"
See Also aliAdd, aliDelete, aliRemove, aliShow