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Contents
Preface Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 GS160/320 System Overview
Chapter 3 GS160/320 System Configuration Rules
Chapter 4 GS80 Rack System Overview
Chapter 5 GS80 Rack System Configuration Rules
Chapter 6 Booting and Installing an Operating System
Chapter 7 Operation
Chapter 8 Using the System Control Manager
Appendix A Jumpering Information
Glossary Index Examples
Figures
Tables
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Preface
Intended Audience
Document Structure
Documentation Titles
Table 1 AlphaServer 80/160/320 Family Documentation
Information on the Internet
Introduction
1.1 AlphaServer GS160/320 and GS80 Systems
Figure 11 AlphaServer GS160 and GS80 Systems
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1.2 Firmware and Utilities Overvi ew
1.3 System Architecture
Figure 12 Sample System Architecture
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Chapter 2 GS160/320 System Overview
2.1 System Characteristics
Table 22 Power Cabinet and System Environ mental Characteristics
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2.2 System Box Architecture
System Box 2
Figure 22 System Box Block Diagram (16-Processor Syst em)
System Box 1
PK-0623-98
Figure 23 System Box Block Diagram (8-Processor System)
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2.3 Quad Building Block (QBB) Components
Figure 24 shows two QBB s back to back in the sys tem box.
Figure 24 System Box QBBs (Top View)
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2.3.2 CPU Module
Figure 26 CPU Module
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2.3.4 Directory Module
Figure 28 Directory Module
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2.3.6 Power System Manager Module
Figure 210 Power System Manager Module
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2.3.10 Distribution Board
Figure 214 Distribution Board
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Figure 215 is a block diagram showing the distribution board as the interconnect between two QBBs.
Figure 215 Distribution Board in Single-Box Syst em
2.3.11 Hierarchical Switch
Figure 216 Hierarchical Switch
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2.4 Power System
Figure 217 Power System
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2.4.1 AC Input Box
Figure 218 AC Input Box
Table 23 AC Input Box Circuit Breakers
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2.5 PCI I/O
The power cabinet contains at least one PCI master box, and may contain PCI expansion boxes.
Figure 219 PCI Master Box
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2.6 Control Panel
Figure 220 Control Panel
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2.6.1 Control Panel LEDs
Figure 221 shows the various control panel LED status indications.
Figure 221 Control Panel LED Status
Control Panel LEDs Status
GS160/320 System Configuration Rules
3.1 GS160 System Cabinet
Figure 31 GS160 System
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3.2 GS320 System Cabinets
Figure 32 GS320 System
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3.3 Power Cabinet
Figure 33 Power Cabinet Configuration (32-P System)
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3.3.1 Power Supply Slot Assignments
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3.4 System Box
Figure 35 System Box QBB (Cabinet Front)
Figure 36 System Box QBB (Cabinet Rear)
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3.5 QBB Color Code
Figure 37 QBB Center Bar Color Code (Cabinet Front)
GS160/320 System Config uration Rules 3-13
Figure 38 QBB Center Bar Color Code (Cabinet Rear)
3.6 Memory Configurations
Figure 39 Memory Module and Directory Module
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3.7 Memory Interleaving Guidelines
Table 31 Interleaving Memory Modules
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3.8 PCI Boxes
Figure 310 Sample I/O Subsystem
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3.9 PCI Box Slot Configu ration
Figure 311 PCI Slot Locations
Table 32 PCI Slots and Logical Hoses
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3.10 Expander Cabinet
PK-0646-99
Figure 312 BA356 Storage Device Configurations
Default Configuration
Configuration
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4.1 Rack System Characteristics
Table 42 Rack System Characteristics
4.2 System Drawer Architecture
Figure 42 Two-Drawer Block Diagram
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4.3 System Drawer Modules
Figure 43 System Drawer Modules
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5.1 Rack
Figure 51 Rack
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5.2 Rack Power System
Figure 52 Two-Drawer Rack Power System
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Booting and Installing an Operating System
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6.1 Powering Up the System
6.1.1 SCM Power-Up Display
Example 61 SCM Power-Up Display
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Example 61 SCM Power-Up Display (Continued)
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6.1.2 SRM Power-Up Display
Example 62 SRM Power-Up Display
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Example 62 SRM Power-Up Display (Continued)
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6.2 Setting Boot Options
6.2.1 Bootdef_dev
6.2.2 Boot_file
6.2.3 Boot_osflags
Table 61 OpenVMS Boot Flag Settings
6.2.4 ei*0_inet_init or ew*0_inet_init
6.2.5 ei*0_protocols or ew*0_protocols
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6.3 Booting Tru64 UNIX
Example 63 Booting Tru64 UNIX from a Local S CSI Disk
Example 63 Booting Tru64 UNIX from a Local S CSI Disk (Continued)
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1. Power up the system. The system stops at the SRM console prompt,
4. Enter the following commands. Example 64 assumes you are booting from
5. Enter the boot command and command-lin e parameters (if you have not
6.4 Installing Tru64 UNIX
Example 65 Tru64 UNIX Installation Display
Boot the operating system from the DVD/CD-ROM drive connected to the
Follow the Tru64 UNIX installation procedure displayed after the
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6.5 Booting OpenVMS
OpenVMS is booted from a local SCSI disk drive or from a DVD/CD- ROM drive on the InfoServer.
Example 66 Booting OpenVMS from a Local Disk
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6.5.1 Booting OpenVMS from the InfoServer
Example 67 InfoServer Boot
3. Enter the show device command to determine the unit number of the
4. Enter the boot command and any command-line parameters . In
5. Respond to the menu prompts , using the selections shown in this
6.6 Installing OpenVMS
Example 68 OpenVMS Installation Menu
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Operation
7.1 SRM Console
7.1.1 SRM Command Overview
Table 71 Summary of SRM Commands
Table 71 Summary of SRM Commands (Continued)
Table 72 Notation Formats for SRM Console Commands
Table 73 Special Characters for SRM Console
Table 73 Special Characters for SRM Console (Continued)
7.1.2 Setting the Control Panel Message
Example 71 Set Ocp_Text Command
7.2 Displaying the System Configuration
7.2.1 Show Boot Command
Example 72 Show Boot*
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7.2.2 Show Config Command
Example 73 Show Config
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7.2.3 Show Device Command
Example 74 Show Device
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Table 74 Device Naming Convention s
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7.2.4 Show Memory Command
The show memory command displays the main memory config uration.
Example 75 Show Memory
P00>>> show memory
7.3 Setting SRM Environment Variables
7.4 Setting SRM Console Security
7.4.1 Setting Tru64 UNIX or OpenVMS Systems to Auto Start
7.5 Changing the Default Bo ot Device
7.6 Soft Partitioning
Table 75 SRM Environment Variables for Soft Partitions
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7.7 Hard Partitioning
Table 76 SCM Environment Variables for Hard Partitions
Example 77 Defining Hard Partitions
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Chapter 8 Using the System Control Manager
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8.1 Console Serial Bus Subsystem
Figure 81 CSB Block Diagram
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8.2 System Control Manager Overview
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8.3 SCM COM1 Operating Mod es
Figure 82 Data Flow in Through Mode
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8.3.1 Bypass Modes
Figure 83 Data Flow in Bypass Mode
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8.4 Console Device Setup
Figure 84 Setups for SCM (PCI Box)
8.5 Entering the SCM
8.6 SRM Environment Variables for COM1
8.7 SCM Command-Line Interf ace
Table 81 SCM Commands
Table 81 SCM Commands (Continued)
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8.7.1 Defining the COM1 Data Flow
8.7.2 Displaying the System Status
Table 82 Status Command Fields
Table 82 Status Command Fields (Continued)
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8.7.4 Power On and Off, Reset, and Halt
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8.7.6 Configuring Alert Dial-Out
Example 82 Alert Dial-Out Configuration
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Table 83 Elements of Dial String and Al ert String
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8.7.7 Resetting the Escape Sequence
8.8 Troubleshooting Tips
Table 84 SCM Troubleshooting
Table 84 SCM Troubleshooting (Cont inued)
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Appendix A Jumpering Information
A.1 PCI Backplane Jumpers
Table A1 PCI Backplane Jumpers
A.2 HPM Jumpers
Table A2 HPM Jumpers
A.3 Standard I/O Module Jum pers
Table A3 Standard I/O Module Jumpers
Glossary
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