setboot(1M) in HP-UX 11i v3

Abstract
This white paper discusses changes made to the setboot command to take advantage of several features
introduced in HP-UX 11i v3. It is intended for HP-UX system administrators who use setboot to manage/modify
boot variables in stable storage.
Background
HP-UX 11i v3 incorporates many advanced features and improvements. The setboot command has been enhanced
to support two of the key features introduced in HP-UX 11i v3,
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The Next Generation Mass Storage Stack
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Dual Core Intel® Itanium® 2 Hyper-Threading
This document provides a brief overview of the above mentioned features and explains how these changes affect
setboot. It also addresses various
Impacts to Other Subsystems.
In addition, there is an appendix section that shows sample output of setboot, ioscan, and scsimgr to illustrate the
changes.
The paper closes with a roadmap to related resources.
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