Ignite-UX Reference (March 2010, B3921-90005)

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value. For example:

Swap size in bytes: +${_hp_pri_swap+0}.

Variables that the UI does not recognize as special are represented in the Additional button available in the

UI on the Basic tab. From the Additional dialog, you may modify the values of any visible variables.

Variables do not need to be declared as their type (integer or string) is determined the ﬁrst time they are

assigned and cannot be assigned a different type later. Variables may be assigned using two different con-

structs:

init _variable=value

Preceding the assignment with the init keyword means the variable is to be initialized

to the given value, but the UI is allowed to alter the value later.

_variable=value

When the init keyword is not used, the variable cannot be changed by the UI. This

type of assignment is not recommended for "visible" variables.

Variables may be assigned a list of potential values the UI may choose from in generating a selection list

for the user. This is done with the following syntax:

_variable={value1,value2,...}

Sets the list of potential values of the variable to those given and is for use by the UI only. There

is no error checking to ensure the resulting value is in the given list.

_variable+={value2,value3,...}

Using the += operator adds the given values to any existing values speciﬁed for that variable.

_variable={number..number}

Speciﬁes a numeric range of potential values using two numbers (or integer variables/keywords)

separated by two dots.

_variable={disk[*], disk[*=X]}

Creates a list of potential values made of the hardware paths of all the disks in the ﬁrst case, and

the ﬁrst "X" number of disks in the second case. This is useful when you need to choose from the

list of available disks on the system.

Variable values that should be restricted to one of the list of potential values may be speciﬁed as an enumer-

ation variable using the enum keyword as follows:

enum _variable

Variables that should not be displayed in the UI should be set to invisible using the syntax:

_variable visible_if false

The help_text keyword may be used to specify a longer, more descriptive name for the variable that the

UI may use in the Additional dialog. The syntax is:

_variable help_text string

Special Variables

These are variables that are treated specially by the UI or other parts of Ignite-UX and are described as fol-

lows:

_hp_addnl_fs_free_pct

Integer variable used to control the amount of additional free space (or "breathing room") allocated

to volumes beyond the space required to load the software. If this variable is not set, it defaults to

10 (10%). See the deﬁnition for the ﬁle system size keyword attribute for more details.

_hp_cfg_detail_level

Internal string variable fundamental in the conﬁguration ﬁle management done by Ignite-UX. It is

used primarily in the client-speciﬁc conﬁguration ﬁles. It contains a list of option characters that

represent which aspects of the conﬁguration ﬁle have been modiﬁed by the UI. This represents the

areas of information the conﬁguration ﬁle written by the UI contains.