Table 1-1: Console Firmware Tasks - Compaq AlphaServer 1000A Owner's Manual

The Windows NT (ARC) console firmware has a menu-based interface designed to
facilitate hardware interaction with the Windows NT operating system.
The OpenVMS Alpha and Digital UNIX (SRM) console firmware has a command line
interface for hardware interaction with the Digital UNIX or OpenVMS Alpha operating
systems.
Table 1–1: Console Firmware Tasks
If You Are And You Want to...
Running...
Windows NT Boot Windows NT
Run the EISA Configuration Utility
Run an Adapter Configuration Utility
Update firmware
Switch to the SRM console
Run programs written to run within the
ARC firmware
List Windows NT device names
Change Windows NT boot configurations
and environment variables
Initialize the system
Display system configuration
Perform diagnostic tests
Digital UNIX or Boot Digital UNIX or OpenVMS Alpha
OpenVMS Alpha
Update firmware
Switch to the Windows NT console
Initialize the system
Display system configuration
Display system storage devices
Set/display environment variables specific
to Digital UNIX and OpenVMS Alpha
Set and display environment variables
common to Digital UNIX, OpenVMS
Alpha, and Windows NT
Set console security
Perform diagnostic tests
Run the RAID Configuration Utility
Run the EISA Configuration Utility
Use this Console...
ARC
ARC
ARC
ARC
ARC
ARC
ARC
ARC
ARC
ARC
SRM
SRM
SRM
SRM
SRM
SRM
SRM
SRM
SRM
SRM
SRM
SRM command invokes ARC
SRM command invokes ARC
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