Updating From An Openvms System Disk; Openvms And Tru64 Unix Network Boots; Updating Openvms Using The Mop Protocol - Compaq ES40CSLP Installation, User & Service Manual

Operation

3.10.5 Updating from an OpenVMS System Disk

You can update OpenVMS from a system disk.
1. Download the firmware update image from the Firmware Updates Web site.
2. Rename the downloaded file to fwupdate.exe.
3. Enter the following commands on the OpenVMS Alpha system:
$ set file/attr=(rfm:fix,lrl:512,mrs:512,rat:none) fwupdate.exe
$ copy/contiguous fwupdate.exe "system_disk":[sys0.sysexe]
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Insert the name of your system disk in place of "system_disk," for example,
dka100:.
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4. Shut down the operating system to get to the SRM console prompt.
5. Boot the update utility from the SRM console as follows:
P00>>> boot dka100 -flags 0,a0
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Replace dka100 with the name of the system disk, if different.
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6. After some messages are displayed, you will be prompted for the bootfile. Enter the
directory and file name as follows :
Bootfile: [sys0.sysexe]fwupdate.exe
7. Enter the update command at the UPD> prompt.

3.10.6 OpenVMS and Tru64 UNIX Network Boots

You can update OpenVMS using the MOP network protocol and Tru64 UNIX with the BOOTP
protocol.

3.10.6.1 Updating OpenVMS Using the MOP Protocol

1. Download the firmware update image from the Firmware Updates Web site.
2. Copy the downloaded file to an OpenVMS based network server for MOP booting on the
AlphaServer system. For details on configuring the MOP server, refer to OpenVMS
documentation or the system's Firmware Release Notes document.
3. To ensure that the downloaded file is in a proper VMS fixed record format, enter the
following command before using the file for MOP booting:
$ set file/attr=(rfm:fix,lrl:512,mrs:512,rat:none) "fwupdate.sys"
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Replace "fwupdate.sys" with the name of the firmware image you downloaded.
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4. Boot the update file. For example:
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