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This system is intended for the following types of uses:
As an applications server, running relational databases, electronic mail,
communications, or other applications
As a print server, providing common printing resources to PCs and other systems
in a LAN
As a file server, providing disk storage to PCs and other systems in a LAN
As a compute server, displaying the output of applications that you run remotely
on the server
Supported Operating Systems
This system supports the following operating systems:
Microsoft Windows NT
OpenVMS Alpha
Digital UNIX (DEC OSF/1)
While the operating system is running, it controls the system, which is in program
mode. When the operating system is not running, a second mode, console mode,
allows you to control system management functions, described in the next section.
System Console Firmware
You perform many of the tasks for managing and configuring your server system in
console mode, where the system is controlled by the console subsystem, rather than
the operating system.
The console subsystem, located in ROM (read-only memory) on the system board,
contains special software, called firmware, that interacts directly with hardware
components and facilitates interaction between the system hardware and the
operating system.
Because the system is designed to support multiple operating systems, it offers two
separate interfaces to the console subsystem. The Windows NT operating system is
supported by the Advanced RISC Computing (ARC) console. The OpenVMS Alpha
and Digital UNIX operating systems are supported by the Alpha System Reference
Manual (SRM) console. Regardless of the operating system you use, you may need
to access both consoles, depending on the particular task.
Console Firmware Tasks
The console firmware allows you to perform the tasks listed in Table 1-1 through
either the ARC or the SRM console. The Windows NT (ARC) console firmware has
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