Cfgcreate – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Fabric OS Command Reference

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cfgCreate

Creates a zone configuration.

Synopsis

cfgcreate "cfgName", "member[ ;member...]"

Description

Use this command to create a new zone configuration.

This command changes the Defined Configuration (see cfgShow). For the change to become
effective, enable the configuration with the cfgEnable command. For the change to be preserved
across switch reboots, save the configuration to nonvolatile memory with the cfgSave command.

Refer to the zoneCreate command for more information on name and member specifications.

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:

"cfgName"

Specify a name for the zone configuration in double quotation marks. A zone
configuration name must begin with a letter followed by any number of
letters, numbers, and underscores. Names are case-sensitive. For example,
"Cfg_1" and "cfg_1" are different zone configurations. Blank spaces are
ignored.

"member"

Specify a zone member or list of zone members to be added to the
configuration. The list must be enclosed in double quotation marks. Members
must be separated by semicolons. The zone configuration member list must
have at least one member. Empty member lists are not allowed.

Examples

To create a configuration containing three zones:

switch:admin>

cfgcreate "USA_cfg", "Purple_zone;Blue_zone;Green_zone"