Displaying And Setting Paths; System Paths; Mnemonic Style Notation - HP Visualize J5000 - Workstation Service Handbook

Displaying and Setting Paths

A path is the hardware address of a device that is attached to the I/O system of your
workstation. The path command sets the system paths shown in Table 9–1:
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 a command or a menu >
The boot paths are displayed in Mnemonic Style Notation, as shown in Table 9–2.
Table 9–2. Mnemonic Style Notation for Boot Paths
I/O Type
Built-in FWSCSI
Expansion FWSCSI
Built-in SCSI
Built-in LAN
Table 9–1. System Paths
Device
Your workstation's default boot device
(usually the root disk)
Your workstation's alternate boot device
(usually a DDS-format tape device)
Your workstation's primary display device
Your workstation's primary ASCII input
device
path
Specification Format
core.fwscsi.scsi_address.logical_unit_number
slotn.fwscsi.scsi_address.logical_unit_number
core.scsi.scsi_address.logical_unit_number
core.lan.server_address.init_timeout.io_time-
out
Enter
Boot Console 9–5