User`s guide

A – Command Line Interface
Zoneset Command
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Zoneset Command
Manages zone sets and zone set membership across the fabric.
Authority Admin authority and a Zoning Edit session. Refer to the Zoning Command on
page A-79 for information about starting a Zoning Edit session. The Active, List,
and Zones keywords are available with User authority. You must close the Zoning
Edit session before using the Activate and Deactivate keywords.
Syntax zoneset
act
ivate [zone_set]
active
add [zone_set] [zone_list]
copy [zone_set_source] [zone_set_destination]
create [zone_set]
deact
ivate
del
ete [zone_set]
list
remove [zone_set] [zone_list]
rename [zone_set_old] [zone_set_new]
zones [zone_set]
Keywords activate [zone_set]
Activates the zone set given by [zone_set]. This keyword deactivates the active
zone set. Close the Zoning Edit session before using this keyword.
active
Displays the name of the active zone set. This keyword is available with User
authority and does not require a Zoning Edit session.
add [zone_set] [zone_list]
Adds a list of zones and aliases given by [zone_list] to the zone set given by
[zone_set]. Zone and alias names are delimited by spaces in [zone_list]. This
keyword requires a Zoning Edit session.
copy [zone_set_source] [zone_set_destination]
Creates a new zone set named [zone_set_destination] and copies into it the
membership from the zone set given by [zone_set_source]. This keyword requires
a Zoning Edit session.
create [zone_set]
Creates the zone set with the name given by [zone_set]. A zone set name must
begin with a letter and be no longer than 64 characters. Valid characters are 0-9,
A-Z, a-z, _, and -. This keyword requires a Zoning Edit session. The zoning
database supports a maximum of 256 zone sets.
deact
ivate
Deactivates the active zone set. Close the Zoning Edit session before using this
keyword.