Compaq 4100 manual Preface, Purpose of These Release Notes

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.

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