HP-UX Peripheral Devices Manager

The HP-UX Peripheral Devices Manager tool (pdweb), lists and manages the OLRAD capable PCI slots reported by olrad command and Peripheral Devices reported by ioscan command. On selecting a slot/device from the list, it displays details about the selected device/slot.

It allows a user to Add / Replace / Delete an OLRAD capable card online. The tool allows the user to view the devices reported by ioscan command and allows to re-install the Device Special Files where possible.

The name of the pdweb bundle is PeriphDevWeb.

Summary of Change

What’s New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1 September 2005?

The Peripheral Devices Manager (pdweb) tool is enhanced for the following:

• To support the Agile Hardware Path Addressing and Persistent Device Special Files. The tool provides for backward compatibility by providing a link to toggle between the Agile Addressing and Legacy Addressing.

• To allow for Online deletion of OLRAD Cards.

• To read the detailed CRA report from the log file in which the report is logged after the change in the CRA behavior.

In the 11i v3 release, the Peripheral Devices Manager (pdweb) tool is also enhanced to provide:

• A new Text User Interface (TUI)

• Error Management Technology support

What’s New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v2 June 2006?

See “What’s New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1 September 2005?”

Impact

There are no impacts other than those previously listed.

Compatibility

There are no known compatibility issues.

Performance

There are no known performance issues.

Documentation

• Peripheral Devices Manager Online Help

• pdweb(1M) manpage

• sam(1M) and smh(1M) manpages

Obsolescence

Not applicable.