Administrator Guide

FC-ID: Switch assigned 24-bit device FC address.
Alias: User-dened name of a zone member.
NOTE: Dell Networking OS does not support using WWNN or Domain/Port as members of a zone.
Creating Zone and Adding Members
To create a zone and add members to the zone, use the following commands.
1 Create a zone.
CONFIGURATION mode
fc zone zonename
2 Add members to a zone.
ZONE CONFIGURATION mode
member word
The member can be WWPN (00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00), port ID (000000), or alias name (word).
Example of Creating a Zone and Adding Members
Dell(conf)#fc zone z1
Dell(conf-fc-zone-z1)#member 11:11:11:11:11:11:11:11
Dell(conf-fc-zone-z1)#member 020202
Dell(conf-fc-zone-z1)#exit
Creating Zone Alias and Adding Members
To create a zone alias and add devices to the alias, follow these steps.
1 Create a zone alias name.
CONFIGURATION mode
fc alias ZoneAliasName
2 Add devices to an alias.
ALIAS CONFIGURATION mode
member word
The member can be WWPN (00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00), port ID (000000), or alias name (word).
Example of Creating a Zone Alias and Adding Members
Dell(conf)#fc alias al1
Dell(conf-fc-alias-al1)#member 030303
Dell(conf-fc-alias-al1)#exit
Dell(conf)#fc zone z1
Dell(conf-fc-zone-z1)#member al1
Dell(conf-fc-zone-z1)#exit
Creating Zonesets
A zoneset is a grouping or conguration of zones.
To create a zoneset and zones into the zoneset, use the following steps.
1 Create a zoneset.
CONFIGURATION mode
FC FPORT
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