HP StorageWorks 8/80 HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.1.x administrator guide (5697 - Page 204

Creating and managing zone aliases A zone alias is a logical group of ports or WWNs. You can simplify the process of creating zones by first specifying aliases, which eliminates the need for long lists of individual zone member names. If you are creating a new alias using aliCreate w, "1,1", and a user in another Telnet session executes cfgEnable (or cfgDisable, or cfgSave), the other user's transaction will abort your transaction and you will receive an error message. Creating a new alias while there is a zone merge taking place might also abort your transaction. For more details about zone merging and zone merge conflicts, see "New switch or fabric additions" on page 219. To create an alias: 1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin. 2. Enter the aliCreate command, using the following syntax: alicreate "aliasname", "member[; member...]" The values represent the following: aliasname The name of the zone alias to be created. member A member or list of members to be added to the alias. An alias member can be specified by one or more of the following methods: • A domain,port pair. • Device node or device port WWN 3. Enter the cfgSave command to save the change to the defined configuration. switch:admin> alicreate "array1", "2,32; 2,33; 2,34; 4,4" switch:admin> alicreate "array2", "21:00:00:20:37:0c:66:23; 4,3" switch:admin> alicreate "loop1", "4,6" switch:admin> cfgsave You are about to save the Defined zoning configuration. This action will only save the changes on the Defined configuration. Any changes made on the Effective configuration will not take effect until it is re-enabled. Do you want to save Defined zoning configuration only? (yes, y, no, n): [no] y To add members to an alias: 1. Connect to the switch and log in as admin. 2. Enter the aliAdd command, using the following syntax: aliadd "aliasname", "member[; member...]" The values represent the following: aliasname The name of the zone alias. member A member or list of members to be added to the alias. An alias member can be specified by one or more of the following methods: • A domain,port pair. • Device node or device port WWN 3. Enter the cfgSave command to save the change to the defined configuration. switch:admin> aliadd "array1", "1,2" switch:admin> aliadd "array2", "21:00:00:20:37:0c:72:51" switch:admin> aliadd "loop1", "5,6" switch:admin> cfgsave 204 Administering Advanced Zoning