Chapter 6. Devices

Introduction

With the proliferation of cell-based partitionable HP-UX systems, there is a lot to know about devices. Cell-based systems greatly increase the complexity of working with devices, such as determining in what partition devices are located, mapping card and slot numbers in I/O chassis, and other topics. Whether you use cell-based systems or not, you need to understand many important device-related commands, such as ioscan. Keep in mind that most device-related work on cell-based systems is relative to the partition in which you're working and not on a global systems basis. The tear-out card provided with this book also contains a lot of useful information related to devices. This chapter covers a variety of topics, ...

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