HP 2/8q Fibre Channel - Manual (Page 118)

Command Line Interface
118 HP StorageWorks 2/8q Fibre Channel Switch Management User Guide
Examples
The following example shows how to open and close an Admin session:
2/8q FC Switch #> admin start
2/8q FC Switch (admin) #>
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2/8q FC Switch (admin) #> admin end
2/8q FC Switch #>
Alias
command
Creates a named set of ports/devices. Aliases make it easier to assign a set of ports/devices to
many zones. An alias can not have a zone or another alias as a member.
Authority
Admin session for all keywords except List and Members .
Syntax
ALIAS
Keywords
ADD [ALIAS] [ MEMBER_LIST]
Specifies one or more ports/devices given by [member_list] to add to the alias named
[alias]. Use a <space> to delimit ports/devices in [member_list]. An alias can have a
maximum of 2000 members. The application verifies that the [alias] format is correct,
but does not validate that such a port/device exists. A port/device in [member_list] can
have any of the following formats:
— Domain ID and port number pair (Domain ID, Port Number). Domain IDs can be
1–-239; port numbers can be 0–-255.
— 6-character hexadecimal device Fibre Channel address (hex)
— 16-character hexadecimal worldwide port name (WWPN) with the format
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
COPY [ALIAS_SOURCE] [ALIAS_DESTINATION]
Creates a new alias named [alias_destination] and copies the membership into it from
the alias given by [alias_source].
CREATE [ALIAS]
Creates an alias with the name given by [alias]. An alias name must begin with a letter
and be no longer than 64 characters. Valid characters are 0-9, A-Z, a-z, _, $, ^, and -.
The zoning database supports a maximum of 256 aliases.