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nPartition System Overviews

HP-UX Hardware Paths for nPartitions

HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1

HP-UX Hardware Paths for nPartitions

The HP-UX hardware path for nPartition systems is provided in the

format described here.

The /usr/sbin/ioscan HP-UX command reports the hardware path for

active components within the nPartition in which the command is

issued.

You also can use the /usr/bin/rad -q command to list details about

active I/O slots and cards in the local nPartition.

NOTE The ioscan and rad commands only report information about the

currently active hardware components in the local partition.

These commands do not report details for hardware that is not assigned

to the local nPartition or hardware that is inactive in the nPartition.

Hardware Paths in nPartitions

The components of nPartition hardware paths are:

a/b/c/d/e.f.g

where these components are as described in the following list.

• a

Is the global cell number.

• b

Is a processor (10–13), memory (5), or a system bus adapter (0). Each

I/O chassis has a single system bus adapter.

• c

Is a local bus adapter (the LBA, one for each PCI card slot in the

chassis). The LBA connects its corresponding PCI card slot with the

system bus adapter.

NOTE The LBA number is not necessarily the same as the PCI slot number.