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8/20q Fibre Channel Switch command line interface guide 85
Managing aliases
Managing aliases consists of the following tasks:
• Creating an alias , page 85
• Deleting an alias , page 85
• Renaming an alias , page 85
• Copying an alias , page 85
• Adding members to an alias , page 85
• Removing members from an alias , page 86
All of these tasks require an Admin session and a Zoning Edit session.
Creating an alias
To create a new alias, enter the
alias create
command, as shown in the following example:
8/20q FC Switch #> admin start
8/20q FC Switch (admin) #> zoning edit
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> alias create alias_1
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> zoning save
Deleting an alias
To delete alias_1 from the zoning database, enter the
alias delete
command, as shown in the
following example:
8/20q FC Switch #> admin start
8/20q FC Switch (admin) #> zoning edit
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> alias delete alias_1
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> zoning save
Renaming an alias
To rename alias_1 to alias_a, enter the
alias rename
command, as shown in the following example:
8/20q FC Switch #> admin start
8/20q FC Switch (admin) #> zoning edit
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> alias rename alias_1 alias_a
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> zoning save
Copying an alias
To copy alias_1 and its contents to alias_2, enter the
alias copy
command, as shown in the following
example:
8/20q FC Switch #> admin start
8/20q FC Switch (admin) #> zoning edit
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> alias copy alias_1 alias_2
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> zoning save
Adding members to an alias
To add ports/devices to alias_1, enter the
alias add
command, as shown in the following example:
8/20q FC Switch #> admin start
8/20q FC Switch (admin) #> zoning edit
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> alias add alias_1 1,4 1,5
8/20q FC Switch (admin-zoning) #> zoning save