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B – Command Line Interface

 

 

Zoning Command

 

 

 

 

limits

Displays the number of zone sets, zones, aliases, members per zone, members per alias, and total members in the zoning database. This keyword also displays the switch zoning database limits, excluding the active zone set, which are described in Table B-17. This keyword does not require an Admin session.

Table B-17. Zoning Database Limits

 

 

Limit

Description

 

 

MaxZoneSets

Maximum number of zone sets (256)

MaxZones

Maximum number of zones (1000)

MaxAliases

Maximum number of aliases (2500)

MaxTotalMembers

Maximum number of zone and alias members (10000)

 

that can be stored in the switch’s zoning database.

MaxZonesInZoneSets

Maximum number of zones that are components of

 

zone sets (1000), excluding those in the orphan zone

 

set, that can be stored in the switch’s zoning

 

database. Each instance of a zone in a zone set

 

counts toward this maximum.

MaxMembersPerZone

Maximum number of members in a zone (2000)

MaxMembersPerAlias

Maximum number of members in an alias (2000)

 

 

list

Lists all fabric zoning definitions. This keyword does not require an Admin session.

restore

Reverts the changes to the zoning database that have been made during the current Zoning Edit session since the last Zoning Save command was entered.

save

Saves changes made during the current Zoning Edit session. The system will inform you that the zone set must be activated to implement any changes. This does not apply if you entered the Zoning Clear command during the Zoning Edit session.

Examples The following is an example of the Zoning Edit command:

SANbox2 #> admin start

SANbox2 (admin) #> zoning edit

SANbox2 (admin-zoning) #>

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2-8C specifications

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