HP AE370A Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide v6.0.0 (53-1000606-01, April - Page 122

Adding and removing members of a zone alias, Renaming zone aliases, Zone Administration, Alias

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8 Managing zone aliases Adding and removing members of a zone alias Use the following procedure to add or remove zone alias members. 1. Open the Zone Administration window as described on page 96. 2. Click the Alias tab. 3. Select the alias you want to modify from the Name drop-down list. 4. Select an element in the Member Selection List that you want to add to the alias, or select an element in the Alias Members list that you want to remove. 5. Click Add Member to add the selected alias member, or click Remove Member to remove the selected alias member. The alias is modified in the Zone Admin buffer. At this point you can either save your changes or save and enable your changes. 6. Click Zoning Actions> Save Config Only to save the configuration changes. To enable the configuration, see "Enabling zone configurations" on page 108. Renaming zone aliases The new alias name cannot exceed 64 characters and can contain alphabetic, numeric, and underscore characters. Use the following procedure to change the name of a zone alias. 1. Open the Zone Administration window as described on page 96. 2. Click the Alias tab and select the alias you want to rename from the Name drop-down list. 3. Click Rename. The Rename an Alias dialog box appears. 4. Type a new alias name and click OK. The alias is renamed in the Zone Admin buffer. At this point you can either save your changes or save and enable your changes. 5. Click Zoning Actions> Save Config Only to save the configuration changes. To enable the configuration, see "Enabling zone configurations" on page 108. Deleting zone aliases You can remove a zone alias from the Zone Admin buffer. When a zone alias is deleted, it is no longer a member of the zones of which it was once a member. NOTE If you delete the only member zone alias, an error message is issued when you attempt to save the configuration. 1. Open the Zone Administration window as described on page 96. 2. Click the Alias tab. 3. Select the alias you want to delete from the Name drop-down list. 102 Web Tools Administrator's Guide 53-1000606-01

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Managing zone aliases
8
Adding and removing members of a zone alias
Use the following procedure to add or remove zone alias members.
1.
Open the
Zone Administration
window as described on
page 96
.
2.
Click the
Alias
tab.
3.
Select the alias you want to modify from the
Name
drop-down list.
4.
Select an element in the
Member Selection List
that you want to add to the alias, or select an
element in the
Alias Members
list that you want to remove.
5.
Click
Add Member
to add the selected alias member, or click
Remove Member
to remove the
selected alias member.
The alias is modified in the Zone Admin buffer. At this point you can either save your changes
or save and enable your changes.
6.
Click
Zoning Actions
>
Save Config Only
to save the configuration changes.
To enable the configuration, see
“Enabling zone configurations”
on page 108.
Renaming zone aliases
The new alias name cannot exceed 64 characters and can contain alphabetic, numeric, and
underscore characters. Use the following procedure to change the name of a zone alias.
1.
Open the
Zone Administration
window as described on
page 96
.
2.
Click the
Alias
tab and select the alias you want to rename from the
Name
drop-down list.
3.
Click
Rename
.
The
Rename an Alias
dialog box appears.
4.
Type a new alias name and click
OK
.
The alias is renamed in the Zone Admin buffer. At this point you can either save your changes
or save and enable your changes.
5.
Click
Zoning Actions
>
Save Config Only
to save the configuration changes.
To enable the configuration, see
“Enabling zone configurations”
on page 108.
Deleting zone aliases
You can remove a zone alias from the Zone Admin buffer. When a zone alias is deleted, it is no
longer a member of the zones of which it was once a member.
NOTE
If you delete the only member zone alias, an error message is issued when you attempt to save the
configuration.
1.
Open the
Zone Administration
window as described on
page 96
.
2.
Click the
Alias
tab.
3.
Select the alias you want to delete from the
Name
drop-down list.