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1018 Fabric OS Command Reference
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zoneCreate
Creates a zone.
Synopsis zonecreate "zonename", "member[; member...]"
Description Use this command to create a new zone, or to create a “broadcast” zone.
A broadcast zone is a special zone that specifies the nodes that can receive broadcast traffic. This
zone must be named "broadcast". Only one "broadcast" zone can exist within a fabric. This type of
zone is enforced by the hardware; the switch controls the data transfer to a port.
This command changes the defined configuration. For the change to be preserved across switch
reboots, save it to nonvolatile memory with the cfgSave command. For the change to become
effective, enable the zone 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 a unique name for the zone to be created. Double quotation marks
are optional. A zone name must begin with a letter and followed by any
number of letters, numbers, or underscore characters. Names are
case-sensitive. For example, "Zone_1" and "zone_1" indicate different zones.
Zone names are limited to 64 characters. Spaces are ignored.
"member" Specify a member or a list of members to be included in the zone. The list
must be enclosed in double quotation marks. Members must be separated by
semicolons. The list must have at least one member; empty lists are not
allowed.
A member can be specified in one or more of the following ways:
• Domain and port index pair: Specify a port by domain and port index, for
example, "2, 20" specifies port index 20 on switch domain 2. When a
zone member is specified by port index, all devices connected to that
port are in the zone. If this port is an arbitrated loop, then all devices on
the loop are in the zone. Use switchShow for a list of valid port index
numbers.
• World wide name: Specify a world wide name as eight hex numbers
separated by colons, for example "10:00:00:60:69:00:00:8a". Zoning
compares the WWN with the node and port names presented by a device
in a login frame (FLOGI or PLOGI). When a zone member is specified by
node name, then all ports on that device are in the zone. When a zone
member is specified by port name, then only that single device port is in
the zone.
• Zone alias name: Specify a zone alias name using the same format as a
zone name. Refer to aliCreate command help for zone alias naming
requirements.