HP visualize J6000 work stations Displaying and Setting Paths, System Paths, Path Type Device

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 a workstation. The path command sets the system paths shown in Table 5-1.

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

Table 4-1. System Paths

Path Type	Device
primary or pri	The workstation’s default boot device (usually the root disk)
alternate or alt	The workstation’s alternate boot device (usually a DDS-format tape device)
console or con	The workstation’s primary display device
keyboard or key	The workstation’s primary ASCII input device

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

Main Menu: Enter command > path [Enter]

The paths are displayed in Mnemonic Style Notation, as shown in Table 5-2.

Table 4-2. Mnemonic Style Notation

I/O Type	Specification Format
Internal LVD SCSI	fwscsi.scsi_address.logical_unit_number
External SE/LVD	scsi.scsi_address.logical_unit_number
SCSI
Built-in LAN	lan.server_address.init_timeout.io_timeout
Optional SCSI	pcin.scsi_address.logical_unit_number
Built-in IDE	IDE

To display the current setting for a particular system path, follow the directions in the section “Accessing the Boot Console Handler” found in this chapter, and type the following at the prompt:

Main Menu: Enter command > path path_type [Enter]

where path_type is one of the path types listed in Table 5-1.

For example, to get the path to the primary boot device, follow the directions in the section “Accessing the Boot Console Handler” found in this chapter, and type the following at the prompt:

Main Menu: Enter command > path primary [Enter]

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