Compaq AlphaServer 160 User Manual page 6

Chapter 3 GS160/320 System Configuration Rules
3.1 GS160 System Cabinet.......................................................................... 3-2
3.2 GS320 System Cabinets........................................................................ 3-4
3.3 Power Cabinet....................................................................................... 3-6
3.3.1 Power Supply Slot Assignments ........................................................... 3-8
3.4 System Box.......................................................................................... 3-10
3.5 QBB Color Code .................................................................................. 3-12
3.6 Memory Configurations ...................................................................... 3-14
3.7 Memory Interleaving Guidelines ........................................................ 3-16
3.8 PCI Boxes............................................................................................ 3-18
3.9 PCI Box Slot Configuration................................................................. 3-20
3.10 Expander Cabinet ............................................................................... 3-22
Chapter 4 GS80 Rack System Overview
4.1 Rack System Characteristics ................................................................ 4-2
4.2 System Drawer Architecture................................................................. 4-4
4.3 System Drawer Modules ....................................................................... 4-6
Chapter 5 GS80 Rack System Configuration Rules
5.1 Rack....................................................................................................... 5-2
5.2 Rack Power System............................................................................... 5-4
Chapter 6 Booting and Installing an Operating System
6.1 Powering Up the System....................................................................... 6-2
6.1.1 SCM Power-Up Display ........................................................................ 6-4
6.1.2 SRM Power-Up Display ........................................................................ 6-6
6.2 Setting Boot Options ........................................................................... 6-10
6.2.1 Bootdef_dev ......................................................................................... 6-10
6.2.2 Boot_file .............................................................................................. 6-11
6.2.3 Boot_osflags......................................................................................... 6-12
6.2.4 ei*0_inet_init or ew*0_inet_init.......................................................... 6-14
6.2.5 ei*0_protocols or ew*0_protocols......................................................... 6-15
6.3 Booting Tru64 UNIX ........................................................................... 6-16
6.3.1 Booting Tru64 UNIX Over the Network ............................................. 6-18
6.4 Installing Tru64 UNIX........................................................................ 6-20
6.5 Booting OpenVMS............................................................................... 6-22
6.5.1 Booting OpenVMS from the InfoServer .............................................. 6-24
6.6 Installing OpenVMS ........................................................................... 6-26
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