Compaq 4100 Alpha Systems Firmware Quarterly Update Kit, Accessing Firmware Over the Internet

Firmware Update Information

Table 1–5 Configuration Utility Revisions

Utility	Kit No.	Part No.	Minimum Rev.
ECU (VMS/UNIX)	QA-01YAA-HC	AK-Q2CRH-CA	V1.9
RCU	QB-2XHAH-SB	–	V3.2
KZPSA Utilities
- FWUPDATE.EXE			V1.4 1
- CNFGDIAG.EXE			V1.5 1

1Using earlier versions of the KZPSA utilities on your AlphaServer 4100 will corrupt your KZPSA adapter’s NVRAM and render your system unusable!

1.5Alpha Systems Firmware Quarterly Update Kit

The Alpha Systems Firmware Update Kit ships on a CD-ROM. For ordering information please reference the Release Notes Overview booklet included in the firmware CD kit.

All the binary update images and release notes for the AlphaServer 4100 platform will be released in the [AS4X00], [OPTIONS], and [DOC] directories of the Alpha Systems Firmware Update V6.0 CD-ROM.

1.6Accessing Firmware Over the Internet

Many customers rely upon the Customer Firmware Kit quarterly update service (includes Alpha Firmware Update CD-ROM) for their firmware updates. Firmware updates can also be obtained via the Internet, at the following address:

ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/readme.html

Using a World Wide Web browser, use the following URLs:

http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/readme.html

http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/v6.0/as4x00

http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/v6.0/options

http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/v6.0/doc

The Web pages are organized for the CD release for each platform. There are directories for each AlphaServer platform as well as a common options area for I/O option firmware. In addition, a /interim page is maintained for products such as the AlphaServer 4100 which ship between Alpha Firmware CD releases. Watch for firmware updates in the /interim/as4x00 directory as well as future CD-ROM releases.

Console firmware update images and associated files are located in the /as4x00 directory. I/O option firmware files are accessible via the /options directory. Release notes are accessible via the /doc directory.

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