Compaq AlphaServer GS60 Operation Manual page 307

Display shows the system physical configuration. Display is equivalent to
issuing the console command show configuration. Because it shows the slot for
each module, display can help you identify the location of a device.
Verify reads the firmware from the module into memory and compares it with
the update firmware on the CD-ROM. If a module already verified successfully
when you updated it, but later failed self-test, you can use verify to tell whether
the firmware has become corrupted.
Updating Firmware B-13