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B – Command Line Interface

Zoneset Command

 

 

 

 

Zoneset Command

Manages zone sets and zone set membership across the fabric.

Authority Admin authority within a Zoning Edit session. Refer to the ”Zoning Command” on page B-67. Active, List, Zones keywords are available with User authority. You must close the Zoning Edit session before using the Activate and Deactivate keywords.

Syntax zoneset active

activate [zone_set]

add [zone_set] [zone_list or alias]

copy [zone_set_source] [zone_set_destination] create [zone_set]

deactivate

delete [zone_set] list

remove [zone_set] [zone_list or alias] rename [zone_set_old] [zone_set_new] zones [zone_set]

Keywords active

Displays the name of the active zone set. This keyword is available with User authority and does not require a Zoning Edit session.

activate [zone_set]

Activates the zone set given by [zone_set]. This keyword deactivates the active zone set. Close the Zoning Edit session before using this keyword.

add [zone_set] [zone_list or alias]

Adds one or more zones given by [zone_list] to the zone set given by [zone]. [zone_list] can be an alias. This keyword requires a Zoning Edit session.

copy [zone_set_source] [zone_set_destination]

Creates a new zone set named [zone_set_destination] and copies into it the membership from the zone set given by [zone_set_source]. This keyword requires a Zoning Edit session.

create [zone_set]

Creates the zone set with the name given by [zone_set]. A zone set name can have a maximum of 64 alpha-numeric characters without spaces. This keyword requires a Zoning Edit session.

deactivate

Deactivates the active zone set. Close the Zoning Edit session before using this keyword.

delete [zone_set]

Deletes the zone set given by [zone_set]. If the specified zone set is active, the command is suspended until the zone set is deactivated. This keyword requires a Zoning Edit session.

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