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A – Command Line Interface
Zone Command
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Zone Command
Manages zones and zone membership on a switch. The Zone command defines
members (ports and devices) for a single switch. Zones are members of zone
sets.
Authority Admin authority within a Zoning Edit session. Refer to the Zoning Command on
page A-67. List, Members, and zone sets keywords are available with User
authority and do not require a Zoning Edit session.
Syntax zone
add [zone] [members]
copy [zone_source] [zone_destination]
create [zone]
del
ete [zone]
list
members [zone]
remove [zone] [members]
rename [zone_old [zone_new]
type [zone] [zone_type]
zonesets [zone]
Keywords add [zone] [members]
Specifies one or more ports given by [members] to add to the zone named [zone].
The application verifies that the [zone] format is correct, but does not validate that
such a port exists. [members] can have one of the following formats:
■ Domain ID and port number pair (Domain ID, Port Number). Domain IDs and
port numbers are in decimal. Ports are numbered beginning with 0.
■ 6-character device Fibre Channel address (hex)
■ 16-character hexadecimal worldwide port name (WWPN) with the format
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.
■ Alias name
copy [zone_source] [zone_destination]
Creates a new zone named [zone_destination] and copies the membership into it
from the zone given by [zone_source].
create [zone]
Creates a zone with the name given by [zone]. The zone name can have a
maximum of 64 alpha-numeric characters without spaces.
del
ete [zone]
Deletes the specified zone given by [zone] from the zoning database. If the zone
is a member of the active zone set, the zone will not be removed from the active
zone set until the active zone set is deactivated.
list
Displays a list of all zones and the zone sets of which they are members. This
keyword is valid for User authority and does not require a zoning edit session.