Q-Logic 59226-00 B manual Alias Command, Syntax alias, Keywords add alias memberlist, Create alias

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A – Command Line Interface Alias Command

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

add [alias] [member_list]

copy [alias_source] [alias_destination] create [alias]

delete [alias] list members [alias]

remove [alias] [member_list] rename [alias_old] [alias_new]

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. 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.

The application verifies that the [alias] format is correct, but does not validate that such a port/device exists.

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.

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