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Zone Command |
Zone Command
Manages zones and zone membership on a switch. The Zone command defines members (ports and devices) for a single switch. Zones are members of zone sets.
Authority Admin authority within a Zoning Edit session. Refer to the Zoning Command on page
Syntax zone
add [zone] [members]
copy [zone_source] [zone_destination] create [zone]
delete [zone] list
members [zone]
remove [zone] [members] rename [zone_old [zone_new] type [zone] [zone_type] zonesets [zone]
Keywords add [zone] [members]
Specifies one or more ports given by [members] to add to the zone named [zone]. The application verifies that the [zone] format is correct, but does not validate that such a port exists. [members] can have one of the following formats:
■Domain ID and port number pair (Domain ID, Port Number). Domain IDs and port numbers are in decimal. Ports are numbered beginning with 0.
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■Alias name
copy [zone_source] [zone_destination]
Creates a new zone named [zone_destination] and copies the membership into it from the zone given by [zone_source].
create [zone]
Creates a zone with the name given by [zone]. The zone name can have a maximum of 64
delete [zone]
Deletes the specified zone given by [zone] from the zoning database. If the zone is a member of the active zone set, the zone will not be removed from the active zone set until the active zone set is deactivated.
list
Displays a list of all zones and the zone sets of which they are members. This keyword is valid for User authority and does not require a zoning edit session.
