Fabric OS Reference Manual (Version 3.0)

Fabric OS Reference 1-9

Telnet Commands

aliCreate

Create a zone alias.

Synopsis aliCreate "aliName", "member; member"

Availability admin

Description Use this command to create a new zone alias.

A zone alias name must begin with a letter and can be followed by any number of letters, digits and

underscore characters. Names are case sensitive, for example “Ali_1” and “ali_1” are different

zone aliases. Blank spaces are ignored.

The zone alias member list must have at least one member (empty lists are not allowed). The alias

member list cannot contain another zone alias.

Operands This command has the following operands:

aliName Specify a name for the zone alias in quotation marks. This operand is required.

member Specify a member or list of members to be added to the alias, in quotation marks,

separated by semi-colons. An alias member can be specified by one or more of

the following methods:

• Physical fabric port numbers

• Worldwide names

• QuickLoop AL_PAs

This operand is required.

Example To create zone aliases using worldwide names: