Dell Brocade G620 Brocade 8.0.1 Fabric OS Command Reference - Page 1185

zoneCreate zoneCreate Creates a zone or a Peer Zone. Synopsis zonecreate "zonename", "member[;member...]" zonecreate --peerzone "zonename" -principal "principal[;principal...]" [-members "member[;member...]"] Description Use this command to create a new zone or a Peer Zone, or to create a "broadcast" zone. A broadcast zone is a special zone that specifies the nodes that can receive broadcast traffic. This zone must be named "broadcast". Only one "broadcast" zone can exist within a fabric. This type of zone is enforced by the hardware; the switch controls the data transfer to a port. This command changes the defined configuration. For the change to be preserved across switch reboots, save it to nonvolatile memory with the cfgSave command. For the change to become effective, enable the zone configuration with the cfgEnable command. Target Driven Peer Zones are not allowed to be created using this command. Notes The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric restrictions that may be in place. Refer to "Using Fabric OS Commands" and "Command Availability" for details. When an FCS policy is enabled, this command can be issued only from the primary FCS switch. Operands The following operands are required: "zonename" Specify a unique name for the zone to be created. Double quotation marks are optional. A zone name must begin with a letter and followed by any number of letters, numbers, or underscore characters. Names are case-sensitive. For example, "Zone_1" and "zone_1" indicate different zones. Zone names are limited to 64 characters. Spaces are ignored. "member" Specify a member or a list of members to be included in the zone. The list must be enclosed in double quotation marks. Members must be separated by semicolons. The list must have at least one member; empty lists are not allowed. Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference 1161 53-1004112-02