Zone management, Commands to open a transaction – HP StorageWorks MSA 2.8 SAN Switch User Manual

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Zoning Concepts

Zone Management

Zoning may be managed one of three ways: either by logging into the switch via
telnet, via Web Tools, or via Fabric Manager. Any switch in the fabric can be used
to make changes to the zoning configuration. The changes will be replicated to all
the other switches in the fabric only if commands which “close a transaction” are
used.

Zoning commands are executed under the transaction model. A working copy of
the defined configuration is created at the start of a transaction. Each Zoning
command is executed from the working copy.

Note:

When a transaction is opened, all new zoning information is placed in a

transactional buffer. The new changes are not applied to the fabric until the transaction

is closed. A transaction is aborted when another switch closes its transaction or by

issuing the command cfgTransAbort. When a transaction is closed, all new and existing

zoning information is applied to the fabric and saved to flash memory.

Commands to Open a Transaction

The following commands can be issued to open a transaction:

aliAdd

Add a member to a zone alias

aliCreate

Create a zone alias

aliDelete

Delete a zone alias

aliRemove

Remove a member from a zone alias

cfgAdd

Add a member to a configuration

cfgClear

Clear all zone configurations

cfgCreate

Create a zone configuration

cfgDelete

Delete a zone configuration

cfgRemove

Remove a member from a configuration

fazoneAdd

Add a member to a Fabric Assist zone

fazoneCreate

Create a Fabric Assist zone

fazoneDelete

Delete a Fabric Assist zone

fazoneRemove

Remove a member from a Fabric Assist zone

qloopAdd

Add a member to a qloop