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Telnet Commands
zoneCreate
Create a zone.
Syntax zoneCreate "zoneName", "member/member"
Availability Admin
Description Use this command to create a new zone.
This command requires a Zoning license.
A zone 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, "Zone_1" indicates a different zone
thand "zone_1". Blank spaces are ignored.
The zone member list must have at least one member (empty lists are
not allowed). The members are described by a list of member
definitions separated by semicolons.
In v3.0, specify ports by domain and port number. The values are
entered as a pair of numbers: "s,p" where "s" is the switch number
(domain ID) and "p" is the port number. For example, "2,12" specifies
port 12 on switch number 2. When a zone member is specified by
physical fabric port number, then all devices connected to that port
are in the zone. If this port is an arbitrated loop, then all devices on
the loop are in the zone.
In v4.0, spcify ports by domain and port area number. The values are
entered as a pair of numbers: "s,p" where "s" is the switch number
(domain ID) and "p" is the port area number. For example, "2,20"
specifies port area number 20 on switch domain 2. When a zone
member is specified by port area number, then all devices connected
to that port are in the zone. If this port is an arbitrated loop, then all
devices on the loop are in the zone.
Specify a World Wide Name as eight hex numbers separated by colons,
for example, "10:00:00:60:69:00:00:8a". Zoning has no knowledge of
the fields within a World Wide Name; the eight bytes are simply
compared with the node and port names presented by a device in a
login frame (FLOGI or PLOGI). When a zone member is specified by
node name, then all ports on that device are in the zone. when a zone
member is specif ied by p ort num ber, then o nly tha t singl e device port
is in the zone.