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Displaying and Setting Paths

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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: Table 9-1. System Paths Path Type primary or pri Device Your workstation's default boot device (usually the root disk) alternate or alt console or con Your workstation's alternate boot device (usually a DDS-format tape device) Your workstation's primary display device keyboard or key Your workstation's primary ASCII input device To display the current settings for the system paths, type the following at the prompt: Main Menu: Enter a command or a menu > path Enter 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 Specification Format Built-in FWSCSI core.fwscsi.scsi_address.logical_unit_number Expansion FWSCSI slotn.fwscsi.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 Boot Console 9-5

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Boot Console
9–5
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:
Table 9–1.
System Paths
primary
or
pri
Device
Your workstation’s default boot device
(usually the root disk)
Path Type
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
To display the current settings for the system paths, type the following at the prompt:
Main Menu: Enter a command or a menu >
path
Enter
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
Specification Format
core.fwscsi
.
scsi_address.logical_unit_number
slot
n
.fwscsi
.
scsi_address.logical_unit_number
core.scsi
.
scsi_address.logical_unit_number
core.lan
.
server_address.init_timeout.io_time-
out