Q-Logic 5000 Switch User Manual


 
7 – Zoning Configuration
Managing Aliases
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7.9
Managing Aliases
Managing aliases consists of the following tasks:
Create an Alias
Delete an Alias
Rename an Alias
Copy an Alias
Add Members to an Alias
Remove Members from an Alias
All of these tasks require an Admin session and a Zoning Edit session.
7.9.1
Create an Alias
Enter the Alias Create command to create a new alias as shown in the following
example:
SANbox #> admin start
SANbox (admin) #> zoning edit
SANbox (admin-zoning) #> alias create alias_1
SANbox (admin-zoning) #> zoning save
7.9.2
Delete an Alias
Enter the Alias Delete command to delete alias_1 from the zoning database as
shown in the following example:
SANbox #> admin start
SANbox (admin) #> zoning edit
SANbox (admin-zoning) #> alias delete alias_1
SANbox (admin-zoning) #> zoning save
7.9.3
Rename an Alias
Enter the Alias Rename command to rename alias_1 to alias_a as shown in the
following example:
SANbox #> admin start
SANbox (admin) #> zoning edit
SANbox (admin-zoning) #> alias rename alias_1 alias_a
SANbox (admin-zoning) #> zoning save