HP Linux Server Management Software - Manual (Page 34)

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Expression input Result
HWQ:SystemName eq "ProLiant DL380 G2"
and "PCI:Smart Array 5i" and
HWQ:ROMDate eq "11/12/2004"
True if the system is a ProLiant DL380 G2 with a
Smart Array 5i Controller present and a ROM
date of 11/12/2004
"PCI:Smart Array 5i" or "PCI:Smart
Array 6i"
True if the system contains a Smart Array 5i
Controller or a Smart Array 6i Controller
Using HWQUERY
HWQUERY is used from a script, in conjunction with other utilities, to control the deployment. The
HWQUERY utility enables you to use data from the hardware discovery file in your own scripts.
HWQUERY cannot alter environment variables directly. To set the variable, the output of HWQUERY must
be used by the hosting script. The most common way to use it is to write the output to an intermediate
script that is subsequently called by the hosting script.
HWQUERY command-line syntax
hwquery [drive:][path]hpdiscoveryfilename
[drive:][path]allboards.xml variable=<string> ...
HWQUERY command line arguments
Command-line argument Description
[drive:][path]hpdiscoveryfilena
me
This argument specifies the hardware discovery file used to
run the query.
[drive:][path]allboards.xml This argument specifies the allboards.xml PCI device list
file, which is used to convert PCI IDs found in hardware
discovery into device names, such as "Smart Array 5i
Controller."
variable=<string> In this argument, variable is the name of an environment
variable and <string> is a PCI device name or the name of
an element from the hardware discovery file. Arguments
must be in quotes if <string> contains spaces. <string> is
case-sensitive.
... You can specify multiple variable=<string> arguments.
HWQUERY return codes
Value Meaning
0 The command was completed successfully
n N arguments were ignored because they were not in the variable=<string> format.
HWQUERY command-line examples
Command-line argument Description
hwquery hpdiscovery.xml allboards.xml For a hpdiscovery.xml file that contains