Displaying And Setting Paths; Table 6-1. System Paths; Table 6-2. Mnemonic Style Notation For Boot Paths - HP Vizualize,Visualize b2000 Supplementary Manual

Boot Console Handler

Displaying and Setting Paths

Displaying and Setting Paths
A path is the hardware address of a device that is attached to the I/O system of the system.
The path command sets the system paths shown in Table 6-1.
The path command sets and displays the hardware address of a specified device attached
to the I/O bus of the system.

Table 6-1. System Paths

Path Type Device
primary or pri Default boot device (usually the root disk)
alternate or alt Alternate boot device (usually a DDS-format tape device)
console or con Primary display device
keyboard or key Primary input ASCII device
To display the current settings for the system paths, type the following at the prompt and
press :
Enter
Main Menu: Enter command> path
The paths are displayed in Mnemonic Style Notation, as shown in Table 6-2.

Table 6-2. Mnemonic Style Notation for Boot Paths

I/O Type
Built-in LVD SCSI
Plug-in device
Built-in LAN
Built-in IDE
To display the current setting for a particular system path, follow the directions in
"Accessing the Boot Console Handler" earlier in this chapter, and then type the following at
the prompt and press
Main Menu: Enter command> path path_type
where path_type is one of the path types listed in Table 6-1.
For example, to get the path to the primary boot device, follow the directions in "Accessing
the Boot Console Handler" earlier in this chapter, and then type the following at the
prompt and press
Enter
Main Menu: Enter command> path primary
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Specification Format
scsi.scsi_address.logical_unit_number
pcin.scsi_address.logical_unit_number
lan.server_address.init_timeout.io_timeout
ide
:
Enter
:
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