New Addressing Scheme for Drives
29
Addressing Drives Using the PROM
The previous PROM drive addressing format remains in place; for example:
dksc(a,b,c)
where
a
represents the SCSI bus number,
b
refers to the drive number, and
c
refers to the drive’s partition number. The
dksc
designation is the monitor’s
name for SCSI.
Note:
The PROM can address only the master IO4 board in a system. In a
deskside system, the master IO4 resides in either slot 3 (Onyx) or slot 5
(CHALLENGE). In a rackmount system, the master IO4 resides in slot 15. If
you need to address a drive connected to another IO4 board, you must do so
under IRIX.
Addressing Drives Under IRIX
Under IRIX, the addressing scheme has changed as shown in the following
new format:
/dev/dsk/dksSSSdDsP
where
/dev/dsk
references the IRIX file directory of the drives and
dks
designates SCSI. The
SSS
designator represents the slot number of the IO4
board and/or the SCSI bus number (see Note below),
dD
refers to the drive
number, and
sP
refers to the drive’s partition number.
Note:
If you are addressing a drive on the master IO4 board system, you
need to specify
only
the applicable SCSI bus number. If you are addressing a
drive on another IO4 board, you must specify both the slot number of the
board and the applicable SCSI bus number.
If, for example, you are addressing a drive connected to an IO4 board in slot
4 and SCSI bus number 5 (on a deskside system), the
SSS
number would be
45.
With the earlier IO3 boards, the software required only single digits to
differentiate drives; however, with the IO4 and new version of the software,
the SCSI bus or
SSS
number can contain up to three digits. If
SSS
is a two- or
Содержание CHALLENGE CMN A012B
Страница 1: ...CHALLENGE Vault Rack and SCSIBox 2 Owner s Guide Document Number 007 1762 040 ...
Страница 6: ...vi Figures ...
Страница 7: ...vii Tables Table A 1 Vault Rack Specifications 23 Table A 2 SCSIBox 2 Specifications 25 ...
Страница 8: ...viii Tables ...
Страница 10: ...2 Introducing the CHALLENGE Vault Rack and SCSIBox 2 Figure 1 1 Vault Peripherals Rack ...
Страница 18: ......
Страница 29: ...Operating the Vault Rack 21 Figure 3 4 Vault Power Switch Power distribution unit Power switch ...
Страница 30: ...22 Operating the SCSIBox 2 and Vault Rack ...
Страница 34: ...26 Specifications ...
Страница 39: ......