Brocade Communications Systems IP250 Creating a zone alias, Editing a zone alias, Click New Alias

Zoning configuration 19

The Zoning Policies dialog box closes and the Zone DB tab displays.

8.Click OK or Apply to save your changes.

Any zones or zone configurations you have changed are saved in the zone database.

Creating a zone alias

An alias is a logical group of port index numbers and WWNs. Specifying groups of ports or devices as an alias makes zone configuration easier by enabling you to configure zones using an alias rather than inputting a long string of individual members. You can specify members of an alias using the following methods:

•Identifying members by switch domain and port index (D,I) number pair.

•Identifying members by device node and device port WWNs.

Zone aliases are supported only in Network OS.

For Network OS, only device node and device port WWNs are supported as members of the zone alias. Network OS does not support D,I members.

1.Select Configure > Zoning > Fabric. The Zoning dialog box displays.

2.Click the Zone DB tab if that tab is not automatically displayed.

3.Select a fabric from the Zoning Scope list.

4.Select Alias from the Type list.

5.Click New Alias.

The New Alias dialog box displays.

6.Type a name for the alias in the Alias Name field.

Refer to “Zoning naming conventions” on page 639 for rules about zone alias names.

7.(Optional) Show all discovered fabrics in the Potential Members list by right-clicking in the Potential Members list and selecting Display All.

8.Select one or more members that you want to add to the alias in the Potential Members list. (Press SHIFT or CTRL and click each member to select more than one member.)

You can also add WWNs not listed in the Potential Members list by entering the WWN in the Detached WWN field and clicking Add.

9.Click the right arrow between the Potential Members list and the Selected Member(s) list to add the selected members to the alias.

10.Click OK or Apply on the New Alias dialog box to save your changes.

11.Click OK or Apply on the Zoning dialog box to save your changes.

Editing a zone alias

1.Select Configure > Zoning > Fabric. The Zoning dialog box displays.

2.Click the Zone DB tab if that tab is not automatically displayed.

Brocade Network Advisor IP User Manual	647
53-1003056-01