Compaq AlphaServer 160 User Manual page 129

Table 7–4 Device Naming Conventions
Category
dq Driver ID
Storage adapter ID
a
Device unit number
0
Bus node number
0
Channel number
0
Logical slot number
15
Hose number
0
Description
Two-letter designator of port or class driver
dk SCSI drive or CD
dq IDE CD-ROM
dr RAID set device
ci DSSI disk
ei Ethernet port
One-letter designator of storage adapter
(a, b, c...).
Unique number (MSCP unit number). SCSI unit numbers
are forced to 100 X node ID.
Bus node ID.
Used for multi-channel devices.
The slot number assigned by the firmware.
The hose number assigned by the firmware.
ew Ethernet port
fw FDDI device
mk SCSI tape
ci DSSI tape
pk SCSI port
Operation 7-17