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Zone command
Manages zones and zone membership on a switch. The Zone command defines members (ports and devices)
for a single switch. Zones are members of zone sets.
Authority
Admin authority and a Zoning Edit session. See the “Zoning command” on page 66 for information about
starting a Zoning Edit session. The List, Members, and Zonesets keywords are available with User authority
and do not require a Zoning Edit session.
Syntax
zone
add [zone] [members]
copy [zone_source] [zone_destination]
create [zone]
del
ete [zone]
list
members [zone]
remove [zone] [members]
rename [zone_old] [zone_new]
type [zone] [zone_type]
zonesets [zone]
Keywords
add [zone] [members]
Specifies one or more ports given by [members] to add to the zone named [zone]. A zone can have a
maximum of 256 members. [members] can have one of the following formats:
• Domain ID and port number pair (domain ID, port number). Domain IDs and port numbers are in
decimal format. Ports are numbered beginning with 0.
• 6-character hexadecimal device Fibre Channel address (hex)
• 16-character hexadecimal port worldwide name (PWWN) with the format
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx.
• Alias name
The application verifies that the [zone] format is correct, but does not validate that such a port exists.
copy [zone_source] [zone_destination]
Creates a new zone named [zone_destination] and copies the membership into it from the zone given
by [zone_source].
create [zone]
Creates a zone with the name given by [zone]. An zone 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 zones.
del
ete [zone]
Deletes the specified zone given by [zone] from the zoning database. If the zone is a member of the
active zone set, the zone will not be removed from the active zone set until the active zone set is
deactivated.
list
Displays a list of all zones and the zone sets of which they are members. This keyword is valid for
User authority and does not require a zoning edit session.