Command Line Interface

Examples

The following example shows how to open and close an Admin session:

2/8q FC Switch #> admin start

2/8q FC Switch (admin) #>

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2/8q FC Switch (admin) #> admin end 2/8q FC Switch #>

Alias command

Creates a named set of ports/devices. Aliases make it easier to assign a set of ports/devices to many zones. An alias can not have a zone or another alias as a member.

Authority

Admin session for all keywords except List and Members.

Syntax

ALIAS

Keywords

ADD [ALIAS] [ MEMBER_LIST]

Specifies one or more ports/devices given by [member_list] to add to the alias named [alias]. Use a <space> to delimit ports/devices in [member_list]. An alias can have a maximum of 2000 members. The application verifies that the [alias] format is correct, but does not validate that such a port/device exists. A port/device in [member_list] can have any of the following formats:

—Domain ID and port number pair (Domain ID, Port Number). Domain IDs can be 1–-239; port numbers can be 0–-255.

—6-character hexadecimal device Fibre Channel address (hex)

—16-character hexadecimal worldwide port name (WWPN) with the format xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

COPY [ALIAS_SOURCE] [ALIAS_DESTINATION]

Creates a new alias named [alias_destination] and copies the membership into it from the alias given by [alias_source].

CREATE [ALIAS]

Creates an alias with the name given by [alias]. An alias name must begin with a letter and be no longer than 64 characters. Valid characters are 0-9, A-Z, a-z, _, $, ^, and -. The zoning database supports a maximum of 256 aliases.