Displaying And Setting Paths - HP b2600 Technical Reference

Displaying and Setting Paths

A path is the hardware address of a device that is attached to the I/O system of a
workstation. The path command sets the system paths shown in Table 4-1.
The path command sets and displays the hardware address of a specified device attached
to the I/O bus of the workstation.
Table 4-1. System Paths
Path Type
primary or pri
alternate or alt
console or con
keyboard or key
To display the current settings for the system paths, type the following at the prompt:
Main Menu: Enter command > path [Enter]
The paths are displayed in Mnemonic Style Notation, as shown in Table 4-2.
Table 4-2. Mnemonic Style Notation
I/O Type
Internal LVD SCSI
Built-in LAN
Optional SCSI
Built-in IDE
To display the current setting for a particular system path, follow the directions in the
section "Accessing the Boot Console Handler" found in this chapter, and type the following
at the prompt:
Main Menu: Enter command > path path_type [Enter]
where path_type is one of the path types listed in Table 4-1.
For example, to get the path to the primary boot device, follow the directions in the section
"Accessing the Boot Console Handler" found in this chapter, and type the following at the
prompt:
Main Menu: Enter command > path primary [Enter]
Chapter 4
Device
The workstation's default boot device (usually the root disk)
The workstation's alternate boot device (usually a DDS-format tape device)
The workstation's primary display device
The workstation's primary ASCII input device
Specification Format
fwscsi.scsi_address.logical_unit_number
lan.server_address.init_timeout.io_timeout
pci n .scsi_address.logical_unit_number
IDE
Boot Console Handler
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