HP StorageWorks 2/16V Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual - Supporting - Page 765

zoneCreate 2 zoneCreate Creates a zone. Synopsis zonecreate "zonename", "member;member" Description Use this command to create a new zone. A zone name is a C-style name beginning with a letter and followed by any number of letters, digits, and underscore characters. Names are case sensitive; for example, "Zone_1" indicates a different zone than "zone_1". Spaces are ignored. Zone names are limited to 64 characters. The zone member list must have at least one member (empty lists are not allowed). The members are described by a list of member definitions separated by semicolons. Specify ports by domain and port area number. The values are entered as a pair of numbers "s,p" where "s" is the switch number (domain ID) and "p" is the port area number. For example, "2, 20" specifies port area number 20 on switch domain 2. When a zone member is specified by port area number, all devices connected to that port are in the zone. If this port is an arbitrated loop, all devices on the loop are in the zone. Specify a World Wide Name as eight hex numbers separated by colons: for example, "10:00:00:60:69:00:00:8a". Zoning compares the WWN with the node and port names presented by a device in a login frame (FLOGI or PLOGI). When a zone member is specified by node name, then all ports on that device are in the zone. When a zone member is specified by port name, then only that single device port is in the zone. Specify a QuickLoop AL_PA as a QuickLoop name followed by a list of AL_PAs: for example, "qloop1[01,02]". QuickLoop names have the same format as zone names, and define a switch or pair of switches that form the QuickLoop. Specify a zone alias name using the same format as a zone name. A zone alias is created with the aliCreate command. The alias must resolve to a list of one or more of the following: • A switch domain and port area number pair. View the area numbers for ports using the switchShow command. • World Wide Names. • QuickLoop AL_PAs. The types of zone members used to define a zone can be mixed. For example, a zone defined with the members "2,12; 2,14; 10:00:00:60:69:00:00:8a" would contain all devices connected to switch 2, ports 12 and 14, and to the device with the World Wide Name "10:00:00:60:69:00:00:8a" (either node name or port name), at the port in the fabric to which it is connected. This command changes the defined configuration. For the change to be preserved across switch reboots, it must be saved to flash memory using the cfgSave command. For the change to become effective, an appropriate zone configuration must be enabled using the cfgEnable command. This command requires a Brocade Advanced Zoning license. Use this command to create a "broadcast" zone. This is a special zone used to specify those nodes that can receive broadcast traffic. Broadcast traffic is usually meant for servers and not for storage Fabric OS Command Reference Manual 733 53-1000436-01