User Guide

Overview of Server Disks and Storage Devices 13
NetWare Server Disks and Storage Devices Administration Guide
103-000179-001
August 30, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Object Numbers
Object numbers are hexadecimal numbers assigned to devices, adapters,
media, partitions, and divisions of a partition (such as the Hot Fix redirection
area).
If you mirror partitions, each logical partition in the mirrored set has the same
object number as the other partitions in the set.
Object numbers are not sequential or persistent. New numbers can be assigned
when the server is restarted. But the same object number represents the same
entity in any NetWare utility. For example, if you type LIST DEVICES at the
server console prompt, you would see a list of storage devices, such as the
following (the first number in each line is the Hexidecimal object number):
0x0001: [V312-A0-d4:0] iomega jaz 1GB rev:H.72
0x0003: [V025-A1-D1:0] WDC AC22100H
0x0002: [V025-A2-D2:0] NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:282 rev:3.07
Likewise, in MONITOR, if you select Available Options > Storage Devices,
you would see a list of storage devices, partitions, and adapters similar to the
following:
0x0001: [V312-A0-d4:0] iomega jaz 1GB rev:H.72
0x0000: [V025-A1] Novell IDE Host Adapter Module
0x0003: [V025-A1-D1:0] WDC AC22100H
0x0002: [V025-A2-D2:0] NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:282 rev:3.07
0x0006: DOS Partitioned Media
0x0008: NetWare Partition
0x000A: Non-Mirrored Partition
In the MONITOR example, object number 0x0001 represents an Iomega Jaz
drive, just as it did in the LIST DEVICES display.
Note that a physical NetWare partition is identified as NetWare Partition and
a logical partition is identified either as Non-Mirrored Partition or Mirrored
Partition.
Mirroring messages use the logical partition object number to report that hard
disks are being remirrored or unmirrored.
For instructions on using MONITOR, see MONITOR in the Utilities
Reference.