Maintaining zone objects, Copying a zone object, Deleting a zone object – HP StorageWorks 2.128 SAN Director Switch User Manual

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Viewing a configuration in the effective zone database

1.

Connect to the switch and log in as admin.

2.

Issue the

cfgActvShow

command.

For example:

Maintaining zone objects

You can use the

cfgDelete

command to delete a zone configuration, but there is a quicker and easier

way to perform the same task via the zone object commands (

zoneObjectExpunge

,

zoneObjectCopy

, and

zoneObjectRename

). You can also copy and rename zone objects. When you

copy a zone object, the resulting object has the same type as the original. Deleting a zone object also

removes the object from any member lists of other objects. You can rename objects for all zone object

types.

Copying a zone object

1.

Connect to the switch and log in as admin.

2.

Issue the

cfgShow

command to view the zone configuration objects you want to copy.

For example, to display all zone configuration objects that start with

Test

:

3.

Issue the

zoneObjectCopy

command, specifying the zone configuration objects you want to copy,

along with the new object name.
Note that zone configuration names are case-sensitive; blank spaces are ignored. For example:

4.

Issue the

cfgShow

command to verify the new zone object is present.

For example:

5.

If you want the change preserved when the switch reboots, save it to nonvolatile memory (also known

as flash memory) by issuing the

cfgSave

command.

6.

For the change to become effective, enable the appropriate zone configuration using the

cfgEnable

command.

Deleting a zone object

1.

Connect to the switch and log in as admin.

2.

Issue the

cfgShow

command to view the zone configuration objects you want to delete.

switch:admin> cfgactvshow

Effective configuration:
cfg: NEW_cfg
zone: Blue_zone
1,1
21:00:00:20:37:0c:76:8c
21:00:00:20:37:0c:71:02
1,2
21:00:00:20:37:0c:76:22
21:00:00:20:37:0c:76:28
zone: Red_zone
1,0
21:00:00:20:37:0c:76:85
21:00:00:20:37:0c:71:df

switch:admin> cfgshow "Test*"

cfg: Test1 Blue_zone

cfg: Test_cfg Red_zone; Blue_zone

switch:admin> zoneobjectcopy "Test1", “US_Test1"

switch:admin> cfgshow "Test*"

cfg: Test1 Blue_zone

cfg: Test_cfg Red_zone; Blue_zone

cfg: US_Test1

Blue_zone

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