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fcalias member
fcalias member
To add the specified member to the named alias, use the fcalias member command. An alias is a group
of FC ports or devices (such as switches, storage or SN 5428-2 Storage Routers) that are grouped
together for convenience.
fcalias alias-name member wwpn xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Syntax Description
Defaults None.
Command Modes Administrator.
Command History
Usage Guidelines An alias allows you to group FC ports and devices together for zoning purposes. Unlike zones, however,
aliases do not impose any communication restrictions on its members. An alias can belong to one or
more zones, but a zone cannot be a member of an alias, nor can an alias be a member of another alias.
The command verifies the format of the WWPN, but does not verify that the specified device exists. A
default alias of iscsi is provided that contains both initiators WWPN1 and WWPN2.
Caution If the storage router is connected to the FC switched fabric, all zoning changes (including adding a
member to an alias) are immediately propagated to other SN 5428-2 Storage Routers and switches in the
fabric.
See Chapter 5, “Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces,” for more information about FC fabric zoning.
Examples The following example creates the alias named LabGroupA, and then adds the devices with the WWPN
2200001026558a0f and 220000201744ab3c to the named alias:
[SN5428-2A]# fcalias LabGroupA
[SN5428-2A]# fcalias LabGroupA member wwpn 2200001026558a0f
[SN5428-2A]# fcalias LabGroupA member wwpn 220000201744ab3c
alias-name The name of the alias entity.
wwpn
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The World Wide Port Name (WWPN) of the port or device to be added to
the alias.
Note WWPN address notation is represented by 16 hex digits. The digits
may be separated by colons. When entering WWPN addresses,
colons can be omitted or placed anywhere in the address notation as
long as they do not leave one character without a partner character.
Release Modification
3.2.1 This command was introduced.