Alicreate – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Fabric OS Command Reference

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aliCreate

Creates a zone alias.

Synopsis

alicreate “aliName”, “member[; member...]”

Description

Use this command to create a new zone alias. The zone alias member list must have at least one
member (empty lists are not allowed). The alias member list cannot contain another zone alias.
Refer to the zoneCreate command for more information on name and member specifications.

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

“aliName”

Specify a name for the zone alias, in double quotation marks. A zone alias
name must begin with a letter and can be followed by any number of letters,
numbers, and underscore characters. Names are case-sensitive. For
example, “Ali_1” and “ali_1” are different zone aliases. Spaces are ignored.

“member”

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

•

A switch domain and port index pair. Use switchShow for a list of valid
port index numbers.

•

A world wide name (WWN).

Examples

To create a zone alias defined by domain and port index pairs:

switch:admin>

alicreate "array1", "2,32; 2,33; 2,34"

To create a zone alias with one member defined by WWN.

switch:admin>

alicreate "array2", "21:00:00:20:37:0c:66:23"