Compaq AlphaServer 4100 s Instruction Manual

AlphaServer4100/4000

Firmware Release Notes

For Compaq Tru64

UNIX, DIGITAL UNIX and

OpenVMSCustomers

Revised September, 2001

SRM Console Version: V6.0-4

These release notes are for the V6.0-4 SRM console, and include documented

restrictions in V6.0-4. Firmware update instructions and other useful

information is also provided.

Firmware release notes for Windows NT AlphaServer 4100/4000 customers

are available separately. Information about where to obtain AlphaBIOS

console release notes is provided in Section 1.7 of this document.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Beginning with SRM V5.3 console ﬁrmware, the

AlphaBIOS console was relocated to a different sector in the ﬂash rom to

accomodate Windows NT serviceability. Please read the update procedures

information, found in Chapter 2, carefully for the details on this change and

what new steps are required for updating ﬁrmware. These changes apply to

all systems and are independent of what operating system is in use.

January, 2001

The information in this publication is subject to change without notice.

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Software, Computer Software Documentation, and Technical Data for Commercial

Items are licensed to the U.S. Government under vendor’s standard commercial

license.

Compaq shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained

herein. The information in this document is subject to change without notice.

The limited warranties for Compaq products are exclusively set forth in the

documentation accompanying such products. Nothing herein should be

construed as constituting a further or additional warranty.

FCC NOTICE: The equipment described in this manual generates, uses, and may

emit radio frequency energy. The equipment has been type tested and found to

comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part

15 of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such

radio frequency interference when operated in a commercial environment. Operation

of this equipment in a residential area may cause interference, in which case the user

at his own expense may be required to take measures to correct the interference.

Contents

PREFACE v

CHAPTER 1 FIRMWARE UPDATE INFORMATION 1–1

1.1 FIRMWARE AND OPERATING SYSTEM REVISION MATRIX 1–2

1.2 CONSOLE FIRMWARE COMPONENTS AND REVISION

INFORMATION 1–3

1.3 PCI I/O OPTION FIRMWARE COMPONENTS - REVISION

INFORMATION 1–4

1.4 CONFIGURATION UTILITY KIT AND VERSION INFORMATION 1–4

1.5 ALPHA SYSTEMS FIRMWARE QUARTERLY UPDATE KIT 1–5

1.6 ACCESSING FIRMWARE OVER THE INTERNET 1–5

1.6.1 Proper Transfer Types For Use With FAT-Format Floppy

Updates 1–6

1.7 FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES FOR WINDOWS NT CUSTOMERS 1–6

1.8 ALPHASERVER 4100 DOCUMENTATION 1–6

CHAPTER 2 FIRMWARE UPDATE INSTRUCTIONS 2–1

2.1 UPDATING YOUR SYSTEM FIRMWARE 2–1

2.2 PREPARING FOR THE UPDATE 2–2

2.2.1 LFU command changes 2–2

2.2.2 Updating Using the Alpha Systems Firmware Update V6.0

CD 2–3

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2.2.3 Updating Using a FAT-Formatted Floppy Diskette 2–3

2.2.4 Updating Using an ODS2-Formatted Floppy Diskette 2–4

2.2.5 Updating Off Network Via Your Local MOP Server 2–5

2.2.5.1 Updating Off Network via BOOT command • 2–5

2.2.5.2 Updating Off Network via LFU command • 2–5

2.3 PERFORMING THE UPDATE 2–6

CHAPTER 3 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW THE FIRST TIME YOU

POWER ON YOUR MACHINE 3–1

3.1 MEMORY TESTS CAN TAKE A VERY LONG TIME! 3–1

3.2 SELECTING WHICH CONSOLE IS LOADED AND YOUR DISPLAY

DEVICE 3–1

3.3 CONFIGURING YOUR MACHINE PRIOR TO BOOTING 3–2

3.4 SRM CONSOLE FIRMWARE SUPPORTED BOOT DEVICES 3–4

3.5 NEW FEATURES, CHANGES AND BUGS FIXED IN THE V6.0 SRM

CONSOLE 3–4

3.6 SRM CONSOLE FIRMWARE BUGS AND RESTRICTIONS 3–5

3.7 WINDOWS NT SERVICEABILITY INFORMATION 3–5

3.7.1 Software requirements 3–5

3.7.2 Effects of Window NT Serviceability support on the update

process 3–6

3.7.3 EEPROM commands for Windows NT error logging 3–6

3.7.3.1 Build eeprom • 3–6

3.7.3.2 Show eeprom • 3–6

3.7.3.3 Clear eeprom • 3–6

3.8 ADDITIONAL NOTES FOR KZPSA CHANGES IMPLEMENTED WITH

THE V5.1 RELEASE 3–7

3.9 DIGITAL FAST ETHERWORKS PCI 10/100 (DE500) ADAPTERS AND

AUTO-NEGOTIATION 3–7

Contents

3.9.1 Set EW*0_Mode Auto-Negotiate 3–8

3.9.2 Behavior Note on Systems with Multiple DE500’s 3–8

3.10 NOTE ON UNIX INSTALLATIONS 3–9

CHAPTER 4 RUNNING EISA, RAID, AND OTHER CONFIGURATION

UTILITIES 4–1

4.1 SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM TO RUN ARC-BASED UTILITIES 4–1

4.2 USING A SERIAL LINE INTERFACE TO RUN ARC-BASED UTILITIES 4–1

4.3 RESTRICTIONS WHEN RUNNING KZPSA UTILITIES 4–2

APPENDIX A RESTORE_NVRAM AND SAVE_NVRAM A–1

A.1 SAVE NVRAM DATA IN EEROM/TOY TO A FLOPPY FILE. A–1

A.2 RESTORE NVRAM DATA TO EEROM/TOY FROM A FLOPPY FILE. A–2

TABLES

1–1 AlphaServer 4100 Firmware/Software Revision Matrix 1–2

1–2 V6.0-4 SRM Console Firmware Components and Revisions 1–3

1–3 Fail-safe Loader Kit content 1–3

1–4 I/O Module Firmware Revision Matrix 1–4

1–5 Conﬁguration Utility Revisions 1–5

1–6 Orderable Documentation for the AlphaServer 4100 1–6

3–1 Supported Boot Devices (SRM Console V4.8 or above) 3–4

4–1 KZPSA CNFGDIAG.EXE (V1.5) Issues/Bugs With SCSI Options 4–2

Preface

Purpose of These Release Notes

These release notes are intended for users of the AlphaServer 4100 and

AlphaServer 4000 cabinet- and pedestal-style systems. Henceforth in

these notes, "4100" will be used to refer to both the model 4100 and model

4000. These release notes also support the DIGITAL Server 7000 Models

7300, 7305 and 7310.

This document provides release note information for the following items:

• SRM Console - system FEPROM0, sectors 3 - 15

• Loadable Firmware Update (LFU) Utility - built into SRM console

• OpenVMS Alpha PALcode - system FEPROM0, sector 1

• DIGITAL UNIX PALcode - system FEPROM0, sector 1

• Extended SROM (XSROM) - system FEPROM0 sectors 0 and 2

• Fail-safe Loader (FSL) - aforementioned XSROM sectors

• EISA Conﬁguration Utility (ECU) - ﬂoppy diskette

• RAID Conﬁguration Utility (RCU) - ﬂoppy and Alpha FW CD

• KZPSA Conﬁguration/Diagnostic Utilities - Alpha FW CD

• PCI I/O Adapter Firmware for ISP1020 - shipped in SRM console

image

• PCI I/O Adapter Firmware for KZPSA, DEFPA, and CIPCA - Alpha

FW CD

AlphaBIOS, which resides in system FEPROM1 and is used to boot

and support Windows NT on the AlphaServer 4100, ships release notes

separately. See Section 1.7 for information about where to ﬁnd AlphaBIOS

release notes.

AlphaBIOS is also used to run ECU, RCU, and various other ARC-

based utilities which ship on ﬂoppy and/or the Alpha Firmware CD.

See Chapter 4 of these release notes and the AlphaServer 4100 System

Drawer User’s Guide for instructions on how to use AlphaBIOS and run

ARC-based utilities.

System ﬂash parts (FEPROM0 and FEPROM1) reside on the PCI

motherboard and logically hang off the EISA/XBUS.

See Table 1–1 for current revision information.

Preface

Conventions Used in This Guide

This document uses the following conventions:

KEY Indicates a key on your keyboard.

CTRL/key Indicates control characters. For example, Control C is

shown as CTRL/C and indicates that both the CTRL and

the Cmust be pressed simultaneously.

1FirmwareUpdateInformation

This chapter provides ﬁrmware and utility revision information, as well as

information on where to ﬁnd ﬁrmware update images and documentation

for your AlphaServer 4100 system.

Firmware updates are performed using the SRM console’s built-in LFU

utility. Bootable LFU images are also supported, e.g. when booting the

ﬁrmware update CD. LFU supports multiple update devices: local SCSI

CD-ROM (CDA0), local ﬂoppy (DVA0), and local network (EWA0). Other

devices are supported for the advanced user. Refer to Chapter 2 and the

AlphaServer 4100 System Drawer User’s Guide for more information about

LFU and other console commands, environment variables to set when

performing updates off a network device, and ﬁrmware update procedures

and examples.

The SRM and AlphaBIOS consoles, and associated ﬁrmware ﬁles such as

I/O option ﬁrmware, are available via customer update kits (CD-ROM). For

order information of the customer update kit please reference the Release

Notes Overview booklet included in the ﬁrmware CD kit. A pointer to

the World Wide Web (WWW) pages, which can be used to obtain interim

ﬁrmware releases of AlphaServer 4100 ﬁrmware, is available later in this

chapter.

1–1

Firmware Update Information

1.1 Firmware and Operating System Revision Matrix

Table 1–1 lists operating system versions supported by SRM console.

The ﬁrmware from this release is on the Alpha Systems Firmware Update

V6.0 CD.

Table 1–1 AlphaServer 4100 Firmware/Software Revision Matrix

Alpha Systems Firmware Update CD

Release V6.0 V5.9 V5.8 V5.7

Date June-01 Jan.-01 Aug.-00 Apr.-00

AlphaServer 4x00 Firmware

SRM Firmware V6.0-4 V5.9-5 V5.8-2 V5.7-4

AlphaBIOS Firmware V5.70-0 V5.70-0 V5.70-0 V5.70-0

OpenVMS PAL V1.21-2 V1.21-2 V1.21-2 V1.21-2

DIGITAL UNIX PAL V1.23-2 V1.23-2 V1.23-2 V1.23-2

Operating Systems

OpenVMS V7.3 V7.3

V7.2-1 V7.2-1 V7.2-1 V7.2-1

V7.2 V7.2 V7.2 V7.2

V7.1-2 V7.1-2 V7.1-2 V7.1-2

V7.1-1H1 V7.1-1H1 V7.1-1H1 V7.1-1H1

V7.1 V7.1 V7.1 V7.1

V6.2-1H3 V6.2-1H3 V6.2-1H3 V6.2-1H3

Compaq Tru64 UNIX V5.2 V5.2

V5.1 V5.1 V5.1

V5.0 V5.0 V5.0 V5.0

V4.0F V4.0F V4.0F V4.0F

DIGITAL UNIX V4.0E V4.0E V4.0E V4.0E

V4.0D V4.0D V4.0D V4.0D

V4.0B V4.0B V4.0B V4.0B

V4.0A V4.0A V4.0A V4.0A

V3.2G V3.2G V3.2G V3.2G

V3.2F V3.2F V3.2F V3.2F

Windows NT V3.51 V3.51 V3.51 V3.51

V4.0 V4.0 V4.0 V4.0

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