Q-Logic 8C Manuel D’Utilisation

B – Command Line Interface

Alias Command

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Creates a named set of ports. Aliases make it easier to assign a set of ports to 
many zones. An alias can not have a zone or another alias as a member. 

Admin

add [alias] [members]
copy [alias_source] [alias_destination]
create [alias]
delete [alias]
list
members [alias]
remove [alias] [members]
rename [alias_old] [alias_new]

add [alias] [members]
Specifies one or more ports given by [members] to add to the alias named [alias]. 
An alias can have a maximum of 2000 members. [members] can have one of the 
following formats:

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Domain ID and port number pair (Domain ID, Port Number). Domain IDs and 
port numbers are in decimal. Ports are numbered beginning with 0.

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6-character hexadecimal device Fibre Channel address (hex)

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16-character hexadecimal worldwide port name (WWPN) with the format 
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.

The application verifies that the [alias] format is correct, but does not validate that 
such a port exists.

copy [alias_source] [alias_destination]
Creates a new alias named [alias_destination] and copies the membership into it 
from the alias given by [alias_source].

create [alias]
Creates an alias with the name given by [alias]. An alias name must begin with a 
letter and be no longer than 64 characters. Valid characters are 0-9, A-Z, a-z, &, _, 
and -. The zoning database supports a maximum of 256 aliases.

delete [alias]
Deletes the specified alias given by [alias] from the zoning database. If the alias is 
a member of the active zone set, the alias will not be removed from the active 
zone set until the active zone set is deactivated.

list
Displays a list of all aliases. This keyword is valid for User authority and does not 
require a zoning edit session or an admin session.