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ControllerDevices on controllerDescription
KZPBA

-DKA0 (RZ28)
-DKA100 (RZ22)
-DKA200 (RZ23) 
-MKA600 (tape) 

SCSI disk/tape controller
KGPSA-CA-DGA0 (RZ24)FC disk controller
OPA0 System console

TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-222BB

-DQA0IDE CD-ROM controller
EWA0 Network interface, MAC address: "F8-D1-11-00-67-E6"

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So the collected information about the HP AlphaServer ES40 system is:

ComponentValue
System Type

AlphaServer ES40 6/667

Serial Number

SN01234567

Number of CPUs4
System memory512 Mb
Info

In some particular situations it is also important to know the exact placement of all the peripheral devices on HP Alpha PCI bus. To get that information issue "show config" command in ">>>" prompt of HP Alpha console, for example:

>>>show config

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PCI Bus

Bus 00 Slot 03: DECchip 21142 Network Controller
ewa0.0.0.3.0 00-00-F8-03-9A-6D

Bus 00 Slot 07: Cypress PCI Peripheral Controller

Bus 00 Slot 07: Function 1: PCI IDE

Bus 00 Slot 07: Function 2: PCI IDE

Bus 00 Slot 07: PCI USB

Bus 00 Slot 08: DECchip 21052 PCI to PCI Bridge

Bus 01 Slot 08: ISP1040 Scsi Controller
pka0.7.0.1008.0 SCSI Bus ID 7
dka0.0.0.1008.0 RZ2DD-KS
dka400.4.0.1008.0 RRD45

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The "show config" command allows to collect the following information of placement of peripheral devices on PCI bus:

  • Bus number
  • Slot number
  • Function number

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In our example, possible mappings of KZPBA SCSI controller include disk and tape images. Tape images should not be manually created, whereas you have to provision disk images, as described below.

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