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• Make sure that the accounting ﬁles are a manageable size

1.12 Administering Events and Errors

Chapter 13 contains information on system events and errors, describing

system events, logging, and the components you employ to react to these

events. Use the information in this chapter to perform the following tasks:

• Change the default event-logging conﬁguration

• Examine the event-logging ﬁles to ensure that problems do not exist

• Make sure that the event-logging ﬁles are a manageable size

• Set the naming options for core ﬁles

• Administer crash dumps

• Conﬁgure environmental monitoring on certain processors

1.13 Appendixes

The appendixes to this manual describe auxiliary information, seldom-used

utilities, and components which are scheduled for retirement, but that are

documented for backward compatibility.

1.13.1 Device Mnemonics

Appendix A identiﬁes and deﬁnes the mnemonics that you use to attach

any hardware or software device to your system. You specify the

mnemonics when you create the character or block special ﬁles that

represent each of the devices.

1.13.2 SCSI/CAM Utility Program

Appendix B describes the SCSI/CAM Utility Program (SCU), which

interfaces with the Common Access Method (CAM) I/O subsystem and the

peripheral devices attached to Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)

busses. This utility implements the SCSI commands necessary for manual

maintenance and diagnosis of SCSI peripheral devices and the CAM I/O

subsystem.

1.13.3 CI and HSC Hardware

Appendix C describes the CI bus and Hierarchical Storage Controller

(HSC) hardware. This appendix contains information about hardware and

software installation, setup, and restrictions. It also describes how to boot

an HSC controller and disk and how to share HSCs among hosts.

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