The Show Device Display Described - Digital Equipment DEC 3000 500X AXP Owner's Manual

Interpreting the show Command Display
Elements in the The
show device described in Table 12–10.
Display
Table 12–10 The show device Display Described
Display Heading
BOOTDEV
ADDR
DEVTYPE
NUMBYTES
RM/FX
WP
DEVNAM
REV
12–16 Identifying a Problem
command displays eight columns of information
show device
Description
The boot device name. In this example, the
boot device name of the RRD42 compact
disc drive is DKA400. Boot device names
for disk drives also indicate the SCSI bus
and ID number–DKA400 indicates that the
RRD42 disc drive is connected to the SCSI_
A bus, and that the SCSI ID number is 4.
The internal address of the device. For SCSI
devices, indicates the SCSI bus and SCSI ID
number.
The type of device. DISK indicates a disk
drive, and RO indicates a Read-Only device,
such as an RRD42 compact disc drive.
The disk drive capacity in megabytes.
Type of drive–RM indicates removable, and
FX indicates fixed.
Write protection indicator–if WP appears,
the drive is write-protected.
Device name. This column usually lists the
Digital product name of the drive, such as
the RZ25 disk drive.
The revision number of the disk drive's
firmware.