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Performing System Management Tasks

Using Initial System Loader (ISL) Commands 

You use Initial System Loader (ISL) commands to display or change boot
path information or to initiate the ISL utilities.  The commands are
listed and briefly explained in the following table.  To issue one of
them, enter the command at the ISL prompt (ISL>).

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|      Parameter      |                             Definition                             |
|                     |                                                                    |
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|                     |                                                                    |
| HELP or HE or ?     | Lists ISL commands and definitions, along with the ISL utilities   |
|                     | available through the selected boot media.                         |
|                     |                                                                    |
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| LISTF or LS         | Lists the ISL utilities available through the selected boot media. |
|                     |                                                                    |
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|                     |                                                                    |
| AUTOBOOT            | Sets or clears the autoboot flag in stable storage.  (Stable       |
|                     | storage is memory that retains its information until overwritten   |
|                     | or subjected to a power loss.)                                     |
|                     |                                                                    |
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| AUTOSEARCH          | Sets or clears the autosearch flag in stable storage.              |
|                     |                                                                    |
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|                     |                                                                    |
| PRIMPATH            | Modifies the primary boot path in stable storage.                  |
|                     |                                                                    |
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|                     |                                                                    |
| ALTPATH             | Modifies the alternate boot path in stable storage.                |
|                     |                                                                    |
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|                     |                                                                    |
| CONSPATH            | Modifies the system console boot path in stable storage.           |
|                     |                                                                    |
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|                     |                                                                    |
| DISPLAY or DI       | Displays the current paths in stable storage for the primary,      |
|                     | alternate, and the console boot paths.  DISPLAY also shows the     |
|                     | status of the autoboot and autosearch flags.                       |
|                     |                                                                    |
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|                     |                                                                    |
| LISTAUTOFL or       | Lists the contents of the current AUTOBOOT file.                   |
| LSAUTOFL            |                                                                    |
|                     |                                                                    |
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|                     |                                                                    |
| FASTSIZE            | Sets or displays FASTSIZE.                                         |
|                     |                                                                    |
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|                     |                                                                    |
| SUPPORT             | Boots the support tape from the boot device.                       |
|                     |                                                                    |
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|                     |                                                                    |
| READNVM             | Displays the contents of one word (four bytes) of nonvolatile      |
|                     | memory (NVM). (NVM is memory that retains its information, in      |
|                     | standard hexadecimal format, until overwritten.)  Specify the word |
|                     | address in either decimal or hexadecimal.                          |
|                     |                                                                    |
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|                     |                                                                    |
| READSS              | Displays the contents of one word (four bytes) of stable storage.  |
|                     | Specify the word address in either decimal or hexadecimal.  The    |
|                     | display is in standard hexadecimal format.                         |
|                     |                                                                    |
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