Naming Convention Common To Both Operating Systems; Alternate Naming Convention For Dec Osf/1 System - Digital Equipment 300 Series AXP Reference Manual

BOOT
Conventions
for Both
Operating
Systems
4–12
The device naming convention common to both the OpenVMS
AXP and DEC OSF/1 operating system is ddiunn. The alternate
device naming convention for the DEC OSF/1 operating system
is ddui. See Table 4–4 and Table 4–5 for descriptions of these
conventions.
Table 4–4 Naming Convention Common to Both Operating
Systems
Convention Description
dd Device name identifier from Table 4–3
i Designates SCSI controller (A)
u Designates the SCSI ID number, also known as
a logical unit number (LUN).
nn Designates SCSI sub-logical unit number (sub-
LUN), with the default of 00
Table 4–5 Alternate Naming Convention for DEC OSF/1 System
Convention Description
dd Device name identifier from Table 4–3
u Designates the SCSI ID number, also known as
a logical unit number (LUN).
i Designates SCSI controller (A)