Brocade Fabric OS Administrators Guide (Supporting Fabric OS v7.3.0) - Manual (Page 310)

Creating a zone
ATTENTION
The zoneCreate command will add all zone member aliases that match the "aliasname_pattern" in the
zone database to the new zone.
Use the following procedure to create a zone.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
2. Enter the zoneCreate command, using either of the following syntaxes:
zonecreate "zonename ", "member[; member...]"
zonecreate "zonename ", "aliasname_pattern *[;members]"
NOTE
The zoneCreate command supports partial pattern matching ("wildcards") of zone member aliases.
This allows you to add multiple aliases that match the "aliasname_pattern" in the command line.
To create a broadcast zone, use the reserved name "broadcast".
3. Enter the cfgSave command to save the change to the defined configuration.
The cfgSave command ends and commits the current zoning transaction buffer to nonvolatile
memory. If a transaction is open on a different switch in the fabric when this command is run, the
transaction on the other switch is automatically aborted. A message displays on the other switches
to indicate that the transaction was aborted.
4. Enter the cfgShow command to view the changes.
Example of creating a new zone
switch:admin> zonecreate sloth, "b*; 10:00:00:00:01:1e:20:20"
switch:admin> cfgsave
switch:admin> cfgshow
Defined configuration:
zone: matt 30:06:00:07:1e:a2:10:20; 3,2
zone: sloth bawn; bolt; bond; brain; 10:00:00:00:01:1e:20:20 alias: bawn
3,5; 4,8
alias: bolt 10:00:00:02:1f:02:00:01
alias: bond 10:00:05:1e:a9:20:00:01; 3,5
alias: brain 11,4; 22,1; 33,6
alias: jake 4,7; 8,9; 14,11
alias: jeff 30:00:00:05:1e:a1:cd:02; 40:00:00:05:1e:a1:cd:04
alias: jones 7,3; 4,5
alias: zeus 4,7; 6,8; 9,2
Effective configuration:
No Effective configuration: (No Access)
Adding devices (members) to a zone
ATTENTION
The zoneAdd command will add all zone member aliases that match the "aliasname_pattern" in the
zone database to the specified zone.
Use the following procedure to add members to a zone:
Creating a zone
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