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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 zoneset zoneset_name
2 Add zones into a zoneset.
ZONESET CONFIGURATION mode
member zonename
Example of Creating Zonesets
Dell(conf)#fc zoneset zs1
Dell(conf-fc-zoneset-zs1)#member z1
Dell(conf-fc-zoneset-zs1)#
Dell(conf-fc-zoneset-zs1)#exit
Dell(conf-fc-zoneset-zs1)#
Activating a Zoneset
Activating a zoneset makes the zones within it eective.
On a switch, only one zoneset can be active. Any changes in an activated zoneset do not take eect until it is re-activated.
By default, the fcoe-map default_full_fabricdoes not have any active zonesets.
1 Change to the default zone behavior.
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