HP AE370A Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide v6.0.0 (53-1000606-01, April - Page 121

Managing zone aliases 8 • Devices Only-Displays a list of the attached and imported physical devices by WWN. You cannot select ports for port-based or mixed zoning schemes, nor can you select virtual initiators for iSCSI FC Zone creation. 1. Launch the Zone Administration window as described on page 96. 2. Click View> Choose Fabric Resources View. 3. Choose the way you want to view the fabric resource and click OK. Managing zone aliases An alias is a logical group of port index numbers and WWNs. Specifying groups of ports or devices as an alias makes zone configuration easier, by enabling you to configure zones using an alias rather than inputting a long string of individual members. You can specify members of an alias using the following methods: • A switch domain and port index number pair, for example, 2, 20 • Device node and device port WWNs Creating and populating zone aliases Use the following procedure to create a zone alias. 1. Open the Zone Administration window as described on page 96. 2. Select a format to display zoning members in the Member Selection List as described in "Select a zoning view" on page 100. 3. Click the Alias tab and click New Alias. The Create New Alias dialog box displays. 4. On Create New Alias, type a name for the new alias and click OK. The new alias is displayed in the Name drop-down list. 5. Expand the Member Selection List to view the nested elements. The choices available in the Member Selection List depend on the selection in the View menu. 6. Click elements in the Member Selection List that you want to include in the alias. The Add Member button becomes active. 7. Click Add Member to add alias members. Selected members move to the Alias Members window. 8. Optional: Repeat steps 6 and 7 to add more elements to the alias. 9. Optional: Click Add Other to include a WWN or port that is not currently a part of the fabric. 10. Click Actions> Save Config Only to save the configuration changes. To enable the configuration, see "Enabling zone configurations" on page 108. Web Tools Administrator's Guide 101 53-1000606-01