HP Linux Server Management Software - Manual (Page 29)

Toolkit utilities 29
Expression operators and terms
Operator or term Result
and True if both operands are true
or True if either operand is true
gt True if the first operand is greater than the second
lt True if the first operand is less than the second
gte True if the first operand is greater than or equal to the second
lte True if the first operand is less than or equal to the second
eq True if the two operands are equal
neq True if the two operands are not equal
not True if the operand is false
PCI:<string>
True if a PCI device whose name includes <string> is found in the hardware discovery
file. <string> is case-sensitive.
HWQ:<string> The hardware discovery file is searched for <string>, and the corresponding value is
the value of this term. <string> is case-sensitive.
<string>
A literal string, used for comparison
<number>
A literal number, used for comparison
Expression examples
Expression input Result
"PCI:Smart Array 5i" True if the Smart Array 5i Controller is found in the
system
HWQ:TotalRAM gte 512 True if the amount of RAM in the hardware
discovery file is at least 512
HWQ:ROMDate neq "11/12/2004" True if the ROM date in the hardware discovery file
is not 11/12/2004
HWQ:SystemName eq "ProLiant DL380 G2" True if the system name in the hardware discovery
file exactly matches "ProLiant DL380 G2"
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.