software configurations. The hinv(1M) and versions(1M) commands display the hardware and software inventories, respectively. Other commands are presented that report on graphics hardware, the system name, configured printers, and basic system settings. Checking Installed Hardware With hinv The hinv command displays the system’s hardware inventory table which is created at boot time. This command can be run from the Command (PROM) Monitor or from your system shell prompt. Pertinent information such as the processor type, amount of main memory, and all disks, tape drives, and other devices is included.
software configurations. The hinv(1M) and versions(1M) commands display the hardware and software inventories, respectively. Other commands are presented that report on graphics hardware, the system name, configured printers, and basic system settings. Checking Installed Hardware With hinv The hinv command displays the system’s hardware inventory table which is created at boot time. This command can be run from the Command (PROM) Monitor or from your system shell prompt. Pertinent information such as the processor type, amount of main memory, and all disks, tape drives, and other devices is included.
ware configurations. The `hinv`(1M) and `versions`(1M) commands display the hardware and software inventories, respectively. hinv Command The `hinv` command displays the machine's hardware inventory. `hinv` can be run from the Command Monitor or from your system shell prompt. Pertinent information such as the processor type, amount of main memory, and all disks, tape drives, or other devices is included. A sample `hinv` output for a typical workstation is:
1 100 MHZ IP22 Processor
FPU: MIPS R4010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
CPU: MIPS R4000 Processor Chip Revision: 3.0
On-board serial ports: 2
On-board bi-directional parallel port
Data cache size: 8 Kbytes
Instruction cache size: 8 Kbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte
Main memory size: 64 Mbytes
Vino video: unit 1, revision 1
Iris Audio Processor: version A2 revision 4.1.0
Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
CDROM: unit 4 on SCSI controller 0
#### Displaying the Inventory with hinv
The `hinv` command formats all or selected rows of the inventory table for display (see the `hinv(1)` reference page), translating the numbers to readable form. The user or system administrator can use command options to select a class of entries or certain specific device types by name. The class or type can be qualified with a unit number and a controller number. For example,
hinv -c disk -b 1 -u 4
---
displays information about disk 4 on controller 1.
You can use `hinv` to check the result of installing new hardware. The new hardware should show up in the report after the system is booted following installation, provided that the associated device driver was called and was written correctly.
A full inventory report (`hinv -v`) is almost mandatory documentation for a software problem report, either submitted by your user to you, or by you to Silicon Graphics.
software configurations. The hinv(1M) and versions(1M) commands display the hardware and software inventories, respectively. Other commands report on graphics hardware, the system name, configured printers, and basic system settings. Checking Installed Hardware With hinv The hinv command displays the system’s hardware inventory table, which is created at boot time. This command can be run from the Command (PROM) Monitor or from your system shell prompt. Pertinent information such as the processor type, amount of main memory, and all disks, tape drives, and other devices is included.
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. The `hinv`(1M) and `versions`(1M) commands display the hardware and software inventories, respectively. hinv Command The `hinv` command displays the machine's hardware inventory. `hinv` can be run from the Command Monitor or from your system shell prompt. Pertinent information such as the processor type, amount of main memory, and all disks, tape drives, or other devices is included. A sample `hinv` output for a typical workstation is:
#### Displaying the Inventory with hinv
The `hinv` command formats all or selected rows of the inventory table for display (see the `hinv(1)` reference page), translating the numbers to readable form. The user or system administrator can use command options to select a class of entries or certain specific device types by name. The class or type can be qualified with a unit number and a controller number. For example, the following command displays information about disk 4 on controller 1:
**hinv -c disk -b 1 -u 4**
---
You can use `hinv` to check the result of installing new hardware. The new hardware should show up in the report after the system is booted following installation, provided that the associated device driver was called and was written correctly.
A full inventory report (`hinv -mv`) is almost mandatory documentation for a software problem report, either submitted by your user to you, or by you to Silicon Graphics.
inventories, respectively. Other commands are presented that report on graphics hardware, the system name, configured printers, and basic system settings.
### Checking Installed Hardware With hinv
The `hinv` command displays the workstation or server's hardware inventory. This command can be run from the Command (PROM) Monitor or from your system shell prompt. Pertinent information such as the processor type, amount of main memory, and all disks, tape drives, or other devices is included. A sample `hinv` output for a typical workstation is:
1 100 MHZ IP22 Processor
FPU: MIPS R4010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
CPU: MIPS R4000 Processor Chip Revision: 3.0
On-board serial ports: 2
On-board bi-directional parallel port
Data cache size: 8 Kbytes
Instruction cache size: 8 Kbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte
Main memory size: 64 Mbytes
Vino video: unit 1, revision 1
inventories, respectively. Other commands are presented that report on graphics hardware, the system name, configured printers, and basic system settings.
### Checking Installed Hardware With hinv
The `hinv` command displays the workstation or server's hardware inventory. This command can be run from the Command (PROM) Monitor or from your system shell prompt. Pertinent information such as the processor type, amount of main memory, and all disks, tape drives, or other devices is included. A sample `hinv` output for a typical workstation is:
1 100 MHZ IP22 Processor
FPU: MIPS R4010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
CPU: MIPS R4000 Processor Chip Revision: 3.0
On-board serial ports: 2
On-board bi-directional parallel port
Data cache size: 8 Kbytes
Instruction cache size: 8 Kbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte
Main memory size: 64 Mbytes
Vino video: unit 1, revision 1
[Page 62] 32 Chapter 2: Device Configuration Using the Hardware Inventory The hardware inventory is used by users, administrators, and programmers. Contents of the Inventory Using database terminology, the hardware inventory consists of a single table with the following columns: Displaying the Inventory with hinv The hinv command formats all or selected rows of the inventory table for display (see the hinv(1) reference page), translating the numbers to readable form. The user or system administrator can use command options to select a class of entries or certain specific device types by name. The class or type can be qualified with a unit number and a controller number. For example, hinv -c disk -b 1 -u 4 displays information about disk 4 on controller 1. You can use hinv to check the result of installing new hardware. The new hardware should show up in the report after the system is booted following installation, provided
value of 1, if no item of the specified class or type is present in the
hardware inventory table. Otherwise, hinv exits with a value of 0.
NOTE
For many devices, the device will not be displayed in the inventory if
the corresponding driver is not configured into IRIX.
SEE ALSO
lboot(1m), getinvent(3)
[Page 2] 32 Chapter 2: Device Configuration Using the Hardware Inventory The hardware inventory is used by users, administrators, and programmers. Contents of the Inventory Using database terminology, the hardware inventory consists of a single table with the following columns: Displaying the Inventory with hinv The hinv command formats all or selected rows of the inventory table for display (see the hinv(1) reference page), translating the numbers to readable form. The user or system administrator can use command options to select a class of entries or certain specific device types by name. The class or type can be qualified with a unit number and a controller number. For example, hinv -c disk -b 1 -u 4 displays information about disk 4 on controller 1. You can use hinv to check the result of installing new hardware. The new hardware should show up in the report after the system is booted following installation, provided
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software configurations. The hinv(1M) and versions(1M) commands display the hardware and software inventories, respectively. Other commands are presented that report on graphics hardware, the system name, configured printers, and basic system settings. Checking Installed Hardware With hinv The hinv command displays the workstation or server’s hardware inventory. This command can be run from the Command (PROM) Monitor or from your system shell prompt. Pertinent information such as the processor type, amount of main memory, and all disks, tape drives, or other devices is included. A sample hinv output for a typical workstation is: 1 100 MHZ IP22 Processor FPU: MIPS R4010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0 CPU: MIPS R4000 Processor Chip Revision: 3.0 On-board serial ports: 2 On-board bi-directional parallel port
software configurations. The hinv(1M) and versions(1M) commands display the hardware and software inventories, respectively. Other commands are presented that report on graphics hardware, the system name, configured printers, and basic system settings. Checking Installed Hardware With hinv The hinv command displays the workstation or server’s hardware inventory. This command can be run from the Command (PROM) Monitor or from your system shell prompt. Pertinent information such as the processor type, amount of main memory, and all disks, tape drives, or other devices is included. A sample hinv output for a typical workstation is: 1 100 MHZ IP22 Processor FPU: MIPS R4010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0 CPU: MIPS R4000 Processor Chip Revision: 3.0 On-board serial ports: 2 On-board bi-directional parallel port
[Page 70] 30 Chapter 2: Device Configuration Contents of the Inventory Using database terminology, the hardware inventory consists of a single table with the following columns: Displaying the Inventory with hinv The hinv command formats all or selected rows of the inventory table for display (see the hinv(1) reference page), translating the numbers to readable form. The user or system administrator can use command options to select a class of entries or certain specific device types by name. The class or type can be qualified with a unit number and a controller number. For example, hinv -c disk -b 1 -u 4 displays information about disk 4 on controller 1. You can use hinv to check the result of installing new hardware. The new hardware should show up in the report after the system is booted following installation, provided that the associated device driver was called and was written correctly. A full inventory report (hinv -v) is almost mandatory documentation for a software
). ( c April 1990 - 1 - Version 5.0 HINV(IM) SiUcon Graphics HINV(IM) NAME hinv - hardware inventory command SYNOPSIS hinv [ -V ] [ -s ] [ -c class] [ -t type] DESCRIPTION hinv displays the contents of the system hardware inventory table. This table is created each time the system is booted and contains entries describ- ing various pieces of hardware in the system. The items in the table include main memory size, cache sizes, floating point unit, and disk drives. Without arguments, the hinv command will display a one line description of each entry in the table. The -v option will give a more verbose description of some items in the table. The -c class option will display items from class. Classes are processor, disk, memory, serial, parallel, tape, and net- work. The -t type option will display items from type. Types are cpu, fpu, dcache, icache, memory, and qic. The -s option, when used with either the -c or -t options, suppresses output.
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### Checking Installed Hardware With hinv