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nPartition Unique Identifiers
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions—rp7410
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nPartition Unique Identifiers
NOTE Use the getconf command or the confstr() call to obtain unique
machine and partition ID information. Do not use the uname -i
command, which does not report unique IDs for nPartition systems.
In order to guarantee compatibility on current and future platforms use
the interfaces to getconf (1M) and confstr (3C) to retrieve unique machine
identifiers.
The interfaces include the _CS_PARTITION_IDENT and
_CS_MACHINE_IDENT parameters:
• For a nPartition-specific unique ID use this command:
/usr/bin/getconf _CS_PARTITION_IDENT
• For a complex-specific unique ID use this command:
/usr/bin/getconf _CS_MACHINE_IDENT
The complex and partition unique IDs are based, in part, on the machine
serial number.
To retrieve the machine serial through these interfaces, specify the
_CS_MACHINE_SERIAL parameter to them.
See the confstr (3C) manpage for details on these parameters and their
use.
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DRAFT NOV 2001