Appendix Asrm Console Commands; Srm Commands Used On Es40 Systems - Compaq AlphaServer ES40 Service Manual

This appendix lists the SRM console commands that are most frequently used
with the Compaq AlphaServer ES40 family of systems.
Table A–1 SRM Commands Used on ES40 Systems
Command Function
alphabios Loads and starts the AlphaBIOS console.
Loads and starts the operating system.
boot
buildfru Initializes I
Displays the console event log. Same as more el, but scrolls rapidly.
cat el
The most recent errors are at the end of the event log and are
visible on the terminal screen.
Clear errors logged in the FRU EEPROMs as reported by the show
clear error
error command.
continue Resumes program execution on the specified processor or on the
primary processor if none is specified.
Forces a crash dump at the operating system level.
crash
deposit Writes data to the specified address of a memory location, register,
or device.
Invokes the console line editor on a RAM file or on the user power-
edit
up script, "nvram," which is always invoked during the power-up
sequence.
examine Displays the contents of a memory location, register, or device.
SRM Console Commands
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Cbus EEPROM data structures for the named FRU.
SRM Console Commands
Appendix A
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