Displaying and setting paths – HP C100/110 User Manual

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The Boot Console Interface

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 your workstation. The path command sets the system paths shown in
Table 24.

The path command sets and displays the hardware address of a specified
device attached to the I/O bus of your workstation.

To display the current settings for the system paths, type the following at the
prompt:

Main Menu: Enter a command or a menu >

path

The paths are displayed in Mnemonic Style Notation, as shown in Table 25.

Table 24

System Paths

Path Type

Device

primary or pri

Your workstation’s default boot device (usually the root
disk)

alternate or alt

Your workstation’s alternate boot device (usually a DDS-
format tape device)

console or con

Your workstation’s primary display device

keyboard or
key

Your workstation’s primary ASCII input device

Table 25

Mnemonic Style Notation

I/O Type

Specification Format

Built-in FWSCSI

core.fwsci.scsi_address.logical_unit_number

Built-in SCSI

core.scsi.scsi_address.logical_unit_number

Built-in LAN

core.lan.server_address.init_timeout.io_timeout

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