Zoneadd – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Fabric OS Command Reference

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zoneAdd

Adds a member to the zone.

Synopsis

zoneadd "zoneName", "member[; member]"

Description

Use this command to add one or more members to an existing zone.

This command changes the defined configuration. For the change to be preserved across switch
reboots, save the configuration to nonvolatile memory with the cfgSave command. For the change
to become effective, enable the configuration with the cfgEnable command.

Notes

The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may
be in place. Refer to chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command
Availability" for details.

When an FCS policy is enabled, this command can be issued only from the primary FCS switch.

Operands

The following operands are required:

"zoneName"

Specify the name of an existing zone. Double quotation marks are optional.

"member"

Specify a member or list of members to be added. The list must be enclosed
in double quotation marks. Members must be separated by semicolons.
Members can be specified in one or more of the following ways:

•

A switch domain and port index number pair; for example, "2, 20". Use
switchShow for a listing of valid port index numbers.

•

Node or port WWN.

•

Zone alias name.

Examples

To add aliases for three disk arrays to “Blue_zone”:

sw5:admin>

zoneadd "Blue_Zone", "array3; array4; array5"