Firmware Update Information
1.2Console Firmware Components and Revision Information
The AlphaServer 4100 is shipped with two console images - the SRM console for Compaq Tru64 UNIX, DIGITAL UNIX and OpenVMS Alpha customers and the AlphaBIOS console for Windows NT customers and for running
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Component | Revision Information |
SRM Console | |
OpenVMS Alpha PALcode | |
DIGITAL UNIX PALcode | |
Extended SROM (XSROM) | V6.0 |
Qlogic ISP1020 Firmware | V5.57. |
A World Wide Web (WWW) site is provided for firmware updates. Once the Alpha Systems Firmware Update V6.0
Serial ROM (SROM) ships in a socketed part on each AlphaServer 4100 CPU. It is reponsible for initializing and testing enough of the machine to load Extended SROM (XSROM) from system flash ROM. The latest SROM revision for all AlphaServer 4100 CPU types/revisions is V3.0. Versions V1.1 and V2.0 SROMs can be used on all CPU types/revisions unless you will be bypassing the embedded remote console function and connecting to a high speed modem, in which case, the minimum version needed is V2.0 SROMs for alternate
XSROM is reponsible for loading the SRM console and associated PAL code. If SROM determines that the firmware image it is supposed to load is corrupt (checksum fails), it attempts to load the system
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Part Number | Description |
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AlphaServer FSL V5.0 | RX23 KIT | |
AlphaServer FSL V5.0 | RX23 | |
AlphaServer Fail Safe REL NTE |
The AlphaBIOS console is loaded and started by the SRM console if the
SRM console’s OS_TYPE environment variable is set to "NT" or if the