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Series 920, 922, 932, 948, 958, 925, 935, 949 CIO Systems

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You can configure these systems with HP-IB, HP-FL and some SCSI interfaces.

Three or four levels of addressing are required: a channel adapter module number (or interface slot number), the device adapter address the device address and possibly a unit address.

NOTE: The operating system will not boot from a CIO SCSI device.

Channel Adapter

The first address level is the channel adapter module number. For example, to configure a channel adapter number of 4 you would enter:

   APATH 4,ID=nnnnn

where nnnnn is a channel adapter module identifier such as HP19744A, HPA1101A or HPA1741A.

Device Adapter

To configure a device adapter (with an address of 3 for example) to the channel adapter module enter:

   APATH PATH 4.3,ID=nnnn

where nnnnn is a device adapter identifier such as HP27113A, HP28616A or HP28642A.

HP-FL/HP-IB Devices

To configure a device (with an address of 1 for example) to the device adapter:

   ADEV PATH 4.3.1,ID=nnnnn

where nnnnn is a device identifier such as HP7957A HP7937FL or HPC2474R.

NOTE: For reasons relating to backward compatibility, optical disk library (SCSI device) configuration for CIO does not utilize the following PSEUDO device identifier. Instead, optical disk libraries are configured with a valid device identifier similar to HP-FL and HP-IB devices. For more information refer to the installation documentation for the device.

SCSI Devices

For a SCSI interface you must use the word PSEUDO as the device identifier as follows:

   PATH 4.3.1,ID=PSEUDO

Unit Identifier

The fourth-level provides the unit address for multi-unit devices. It is required for SCSI devices regardless of whether they are single or multi-unit. It is required for HP-FL and HP-IB devices only when they are configured as multi-unit devices.

To configure a unit address of 3, for example, on the device configured above, enter:

   ADEV 4.3.1.3,ID=nnnnn

where nnnnn is a valid device identifier.

If the device is not a multi-unit device or if a multi-unit device is being configured as a single unit, the device unit address of 0 is used to complete the address. For example, to use the device configured above as a single-unit device, enter the following:

   ADEV 4.3.1.0,ID=nnnnn

where nnnnn is a valid device identifier.

NOTE: An expander bay is available for configuring additional devices on series 925, 935, 949.
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