HP e3000 MPE/iX Release 6.0 System Software Maintenance Manual (30216-90272)
Table Of Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Task Checklists
- 3 Planning for Your Task
- 4 Preparing Your System
- 5 Modifying Your System
- 6 Finishing the Process
- A Manually Installed Products
- B Configuration Tables
- C Managing Disk Space
- D Backdating Your System
- E CD-ROM Resources
- F HP Patch/iX Reference
- G HP Stage/iX Reference
- H Error Messages and Warnings
- A
Chapter 3 63
Planning for Your Task
3.5 Checking Peripherals
LDEV 1 Disk Minimum Capacity
LDEV 1 requires a minimum capacity of 500 MBytes. As of Release 5.0, you cannot use the
older HP7933 or HP7935 disk drives as LDEV 1 (the system disk).
When you update to MPE/iX Release 6.0, you may still use HP7933 and HP7935 drives
elsewhere on your system, but these drives do not have a large enough capacity to serve as
the system disk.
To identify your LDEV 1 device, use the DSTAT ALL command to determine the logical
device numbers of configured devices.
1. From either the terminal or console for each system:
:DSTAT ALL
2. If you are on an operating system older than 5.0, and if the device configured as your
LDEV 1 is an unsupported device (such as HP7933 or HP7935), you must replace your
LDEV 1 device with a supported device. Contact your HP representative to schedule
installation of the replacement disk drive. See further instructions in the 5.5 System
Software Installation Manual for Release 5.5.
3. If the device configured as your LDEV 1 is supported, proceed with “LDEV 1 Disk
Maximum Usage.”
LDEV 1 Disk Maximum Usage
If you have a CIO system and you are using a disk drive with over 2 GBytes capacity as
your LDEV 1, any disk space over the 2 GBytes is not available for use. It cannot and will
not be used for system or user files.
If you have an NIO system and you are using a disk drive with over 4 GBytes capacity as
LDEV 1, any disk space over the 4 GBytes is not available for use. It cannot and will not be
used for system or user files.
The 9 GB disk drive cannot be used as LDEV 1.
The predefined variable HPCPUNAME contains the name of your computer model.
:SHOWVAR HPCPUNAME
This is a sample reply:
HPCPUNAME = Series 957
See Table for a list of NIO/CIO systems.
• Checking Peripherals completed. Go to the next section on your checklist.
Table 3-4. NIO/CIO Systems
NIO Systems CIO Systems (Support
CIO and NIO Cards)
CIO Systems
Series 9x7RX, 9x7LX,
9x7SX, 9x8LX, 9x8RX,
9x9KS, 99x
Series 920, 922, 932,
948, 958
Series 925, 935,
949, 950, 955, 960,
980