Compaq AlphaServer 1200 User Manual page 41

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The primary CPU is determined for the last time. The primary CPU unloads
PALcode and decompression code from the FEPROM on the system board to
its B-cache. The primary CPU then jumps to the PALcode to start the SRM
console.
The primary CPU prints a message indicating that it is running the console.
Starting with this message, the power-up display is printed to any console
terminal, regardless of the state of the console environment variable. (If
console is set to graphics, the display from here to the "configuring I/O
adapters..." line is saved in a memory buffer an d printed to the graphics
monitor after the PCI buses are sized and the VGA device is initialized.)
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The size and type of each memory DIMM pair is determined.
The console is started on the secondary CPU. A status message prints for each
CPU.
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The PCI bridges (indicated as IOD n) are probed and the devices are reported.
I/O adapters are configured.
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The SRM console banner and prompt are printed. (The SRM prompt is shown
in this manual as P00>>>. It can, however, be P01>>>. The number indicates
the primary processor.) If the auto_action environment variable is set to boot
or restart and the os_type environment variable is set to unix or openvms, the
DIGITAL UNIX or OpenVMS operating system boots.
If the system is running the Windows NT operating system (the os_type
environment variable is set to nt), the SRM console loads and starts the
AlphaBIOS console.
Refer to Chapter 4 for information about the SRM console and to Chapter 5 for
AlphaBIOS.
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