Q-Logic 8C/16 manual Zone Command, Syntax zone

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A – Command Line Interface Zone Command

Zone Command

Manages zones and zone membership on a switch. The Zone command defines members (ports/devices) for a single switch. Zones are members of zone sets.

Authority Admin authority and a Zoning Edit session. Refer to the ”Zoning Command” on page A-84for information about starting a Zoning Edit session. The List, Members, and Zonesets keywords are available with User authority and do not require a Zoning Edit session.

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/devices given by [members] to add to the zone named [zone]. A zone can have a maximum of 256 members. [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.

„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.

„Alias name

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

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]. An zone 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 1000 zones.

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.

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