HP 2/8q Fibre Channel manual Saving the Zoning Database to a File, Select Edit Add Members

Switch Manager

Creating an alias

1.Select Zoning > Edit Zoning. The Edit Zoning dialog box is displayed (Figure 17).

2.Select Edit > Create Alias. The Create Alias dialog box is displayed.

3.Enter a name for the alias, and then click OK.

The alias name is displayed in the Zone Sets dialog box. 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 -.

4.Click OK.

Adding a member to an alias

You can add a member to an alias in the following ways:

■Drag-and-drop method.

■Select the alias in the left pane and the member in the right pane to add to that alias, and then click Insert.

■Select the alias in the left pane and the member in the right pane to add to that alias, and then select Edit > Add Members.

To add a member to an alias using the drag-and-drop method:

1.On the member to be added, click and hold down the mouse button.

2.Drag the selected member from the right pane to the alias in the left pane. To add a member to an alias using the menu options:

1.Select Zoning > Edit Zoning. The Edit Zoning dialog box is displayed (Figure 17).

2.Select an alias in the left pane.

3.Select the member to add to the selected alias in the right pane.

4.Choose one of the following:

—Select Edit > Add Members.

—Click Insert.

5.Click OK.

Removing an alias from all zones

To remove an alias from all zones:

1.Select Zoning > Edit Zoning. The Edit Zoning dialog box is displayed (Figure 17).

2.Select the alias to be removed in the Zone Sets tree.

3.Select Edit > Remove Alias from All Zones. The Remove dialog box is displayed.

4.Click Yes.

Saving the Zoning Database to a File

You can save the zoning database to an XML file. You can later reload this zoning database on the same switch or another switch.

1.Select Zoning > Edit Zoning. The Edit Zoning dialog box is displayed (Figure 17).

2.Select File > Save As. The Save dialog box is displayed.

3.Enter a file name for the database file.

4.Click Save.

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