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The same SCSI disk, DKA300:, could be represented as $1$GKA300:, TEST$DKA300:, or simly DKA300: depending on the device naming format (see below).
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The same SCSI disk, DKA300:, could be represented as $1$GKA300:, TEST$DKA300:, or simply DKA300: depending on the device naming format (see below).
  
 
=Formats=
 
=Formats=
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==Allocation Class==
 
==Allocation Class==
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Allocation Class is used to uniquely identify shared devices in multipath and cluster configurations. Please see [[ALLOCATION_CLASS]] for more information. If allocation classes are used, the format for device names is as follows: $allocation-class$device-name.
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Allocation Class is used to uniquely identify shared devices in multipath and cluster configurations. Please see [[Allocation Class]] for more information. If allocation classes are used, the format for device names is as follows: $allocation-class$device-name.
  
 
==Nodename==
 
==Nodename==
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| CMA0:
 
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| TU58 Cartridge Tape (VAX)
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| DG
 
| Fibre Channel disk
 
| Fibre Channel disk
 
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| Disk drives connected to a SWXCR Raid Controller (Mylex DAC960) KZESC/KZPSC/KZPAC, RM03, RM05, RM80, RP07 Disk (VAX)
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| Ethernet Network Device
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| SCSI tape
 
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MUTape Class Driver
 
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==Third letter==
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==Controller Designation==
 
The third letter represents controller designation (in the order detected by hardware): A - first controller, B - second controller, etc. Pseudo-controllers and indirect controllers (shadow, SAN) always use A.
 
The third letter represents controller designation (in the order detected by hardware): A - first controller, B - second controller, etc. Pseudo-controllers and indirect controllers (shadow, SAN) always use A.
  

Latest revision as of 11:51, 3 February 2020

Device Name refers to identification of peripheral devices on OpenVMS systems and device naming conventions. For DEVICE_NAMING system parameter, see DEVICE_NAMING.

A device name is a string that uniquely identifies a device such as a disk, tape, network controller, terminal etc. on an OpenVMS system.

Syntax

Parts of an OpenVMS device name include:

The same SCSI disk, DKA300:, could be represented as $1$GKA300:, TEST$DKA300:, or simply DKA300: depending on the device naming format (see below).

Formats

There are three general formats for naming devices depending on the use of clustering and multipath configurations:

  • ddcu - when there is no clustering or multipath devices, e.g. DKA100:
  • node$ddcu - when there is clustering, e.g. TEST$DKA100:
  • $allocation-class$ddcu - when there is clustering and/or multipath devices, e.g. $30$DKA100:

If a device name is preceded by an underscore, this means that the name is a physical device name, not a logical name.

Device Naming Conventions

Allocation Class

Allocation Class is used to uniquely identify shared devices in multipath and cluster configurations. Please see Allocation Class for more information. If allocation classes are used, the format for device names is as follows: $allocation-class$device-name.

Nodename

An OpenVMS Cluster device name includes the name of the node to which the device is attached and the physical device name, separated by a dollar sign ($). For example, TEST$DKA1 refers to disk DKA1 on node TEST. Allocation classes should be used in multipath configurations.

Device Type

MUTape Class Driver
Device Type Meaning Example
CM IPMI device CMA0:
CR Card Reader
CS Console Storage Device
DA RRD40: disks DAD42:
DB RP05, RP06 Disk (VAX)
DD TU58 Cartridge Tape (VAX)
DG Fibre Channel disk DGA100:
DJ RA60 Disk
DI
DK SCSI disk DKA100:
DL RL02 Cartridge Disk (VAX)
DM RK06, RK07 Cartridge Disk (VAX)
DP
DQ IDE/PATA disk or RL02 Cartridge Disk, R80 Disk (VAX)
DR Disk drives connected to a SWXCR Raid Controller (Mylex DAC960) KZESC/KZPSC/KZPAC, RM03, RM05, RM80, RP07 Disk (VAX) DRA0:
DS Disk Stripe set (e.g. a shadowed disk) DSA0:
DU Disk connected to MSCP controllers, UDA Disk (VAX) DUA0:
DX RX01 Diskette (VAX)
DY RX02 Diskette (VAX)
EC Ethernet Network Device
EF Ethernet Network Device
EQ Ethernet Network Device
ES Ethernet Network Device
ET Ethernet Network Device
EX Ethernet Network Device
EW Ethernet network adapter connected to PCI EWA0:
EZ Ethernet Network Device
FC Ethernet Network Device
FG Fiber Channel Host Bus Adapter FGA0:
FX Ethernet Network Device
FT Network Terminal
GG Medium Changer
GH DECwindows output device GHA0:
I Token Ring
H ATM
KB Terminal KBD0:
LA LPA11–K Laboratory Peripheral Accelerator (VAX)
LC Line Printer on DMF32 (VAX)
LP Line Printer on LP11 (VAX)
LM SCSI tape LMA0:
LP Printer LPA0:
LT LAT Network Terminal
MB Mailbox MBA0:
MF TU78 Magnetic Tape
MG Fibre Channel tape drive MGA300
MK SCSI Tape Drive
MO Terminal MOU0:
MS TS11 Magnetic Tape (VAX)
MT MTTE16, TU45, TU77 Magnetic Tape (VAX)
MU Tape Drive
NET Network Communications Logical Device
NL System Null Device
NTY Network Terminal
OP Operator's console OPA0:
PA Computer Interconnect
PE NISCA PEA0:
PK SAS controller PKA0:
PT TU81 Magnetic Tape (VAX)
PU UDA-50 (VAX)
RT DECnet (remote) terminal (created with the SET HOST command)
SE ACPI system event SEA0:
T Terminal TNA0:
TT Interactive Terminal on DZ11 (VAX)
TX Interactive Terminal on DMF32, DMZ32, DHU11, or DMB32 (VAX)
VT Virtual Terminal
XA DR11–W General-Purpose DMA Interface (VAX)
XD DMP–11 Synchronous Communications Line
XF DR32 Interface Adapter (VAX)
XG DMF32 Synchronous Communications Line
XI DR Interface on DMF32
XJ DUP11 Synchronous Communications Line
XM DMC11 Synchronous Communications Line
XQ Ethernet card (DELQA-T (M7516-YM), DELQA (M7516) and DEQNA (M7504) Q-bus Ethernet cards)
XU Ethernet card (Digital's DEUNA (M7792/M7793) and DELUA (M7521) Unibus Ethernet cards)

Controller Designation

The third letter represents controller designation (in the order detected by hardware): A - first controller, B - second controller, etc. Pseudo-controllers and indirect controllers (shadow, SAN) always use A.

Unit Number

SCSI disks often have unit numbers that are multiples of 100: DKA100:, DKA200:, DKA300 etc. For tapes on parallel SCSI, the device name of a directly attached tape implies the physical location of the device; for example, MKB301 resides on bus B, SCSI target ID 3, and LUN 1. Such a naming scheme does not scale well for Fibre Channel configurations, in which the number of targets or nodes can be very large.

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