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

instl_adm(4) instl_adm(4)
release
A string corresponding to the HP-UX release for which the configuration file contains the
system defaults (for example, "B.11.11", "B.11.23", etc.).
is_net_info_temporary
A boolean value that reflects the choice made by you in the network information screen
or as set using the keyword of the same name in the configuration file.
(sw_sel string)
A boolean value that reflects whether the software selection tag given as string has been
selected for loading.
Note: It is not advisable to initialize variables within a sw_sel conditional statement
because the variables are not be re-initialized if a you make a change to the sw_sel in
the UI.
(cfg string)
A boolean value that reflects whether the INDEX file selection referenced by string is the
one being used for this installation.
I/O Configuration
Some of the variables that control the I/O configuration process use special types of values. These value
types may also be used by some conditional expressions and other variables. These special I/O configura-
tion value types are:
Hardware Path (hw_path):
For keywords that take a hardware path as an index parameter or a value, the hardware
path may be a series of more than one decimal or hexadecimal numbers separated by the
period (.) or the forward slash (/) characters. A complex string or string variable may
also be used where a hardware path is expected. A hardware path refers to a particular
node in the system I/O configuration (sometimes called the I/O tree). The hardware path
value may be required to refer to specific I/O node type for some variables. For example,
the hardware path may need to be an I/O adapter path or a disk device path. Note that
hardware paths for mass storage devices (e.g. disks) in HP-UX 11.31 and later releases
include: LUN hardware path, lunpath hardware path and legacy hardware path types.
Physical Location (phys_loc):
A physical location may be a series of alphanumeric values separated by the colon (:)
character. This value indicates the actual physical device location (e.g. based on an
enclosure and bay number). Hardware paths for some I/O protocols vary from install to
install. A physical location is a human-readable value which consistently refers to a
device based on where the device is physically located in the system configuration. Phys-
ical location is not available for all I/O protocol types. Physical location may not be
available for all devices of a protocol type even though it is available for some devices of
that protocol type.
World-Wide Name / World-Wide Identifier (wwid):
A globally unique value specific to an individual device. The format of the value varies
depending on the protocol and the device. This value is often a standard IEEE value in
hexadecimal format however this value may have some other format. The formats may
vary widely but should not contain white space. Rarely, old devices may not support a
unique identifier and a wwid value will be generated. Such a generated wwid value will
not match from install to install and recovery to recovery.
Device ID (device_id):
This value is typically set by system administrators using tools like scsimgr on HP-
UX B.11.31 and later releases (see scsimgr(1M)). As such, it is not guaranteed to be
unique. Ignite-UX will recognize this attribute and will use it to find a disk, but Ignite-UX
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