Configuring Your System
6-10 AlphaServer 1000A Rackmount Owner’s Guide
The set and show Commands
The
set
and
show
commands are used to set environment variables. Typically, you set
environment variables when you configure a system.
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Environment variables must be entered exactly as shown, not abbreviated. They
will not be recognized by the system in abbreviated form.
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Synopsis:
set envar value [-default] [-integer] [-integer] -[string]
show envar
Arguments:
envar
The name of the environment variable to
be modified (auto_action, bootdef_dev,
boot_file, boot_osflags).
value
The value that is assigned to the
environment variable.
Options:
-default Restores variable to its default value.
-integer Creates variable as an integer.
-string Creates variable as a string (default).
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Use the
init
command to initialize the firmware whenever you reset the
following environment variables:
auto_action, console, language,
os_type, bus_probe_algorithm.
Example:
>>> set os_type NT
>>>
init
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