Compaq AlphaServer ES45 1B Owner's Manual page 6

2.4.2 Displaying the Logical Hardware Configuration................................ 2-16
2.4.3 Displaying the Bootable Devices......................................................... 2-22
2.4.4 Viewing the Memory Configuration.................................................... 2-24
2.5 Setting SRM Environment Variables ................................................. 2-25
2.6 Setting Console Security ..................................................................... 2-26
2.6.1 Setting the Console Password............................................................. 2-27
2.6.2 Setting the Console to Secure Mode.................................................... 2-29
2.6.3 Turning Off Security During a Console Session ................................. 2-30
2.6.4 Returning to User Mode...................................................................... 2-32
2.7 Updating Firmware ............................................................................ 2-33
2.7.1 Firmware Update Utility .................................................................... 2-34
2.7.2 Manual Updates.................................................................................. 2-36
2.7.3 Updating from the CD-ROM............................................................... 2-37
2.7.4 Updating from an OpenVMS System Disk ......................................... 2-38
2.7.5 Updating from the Network................................................................ 2-39
Chapter 3 Booting and Installing an Operating System
3.1 Setting Boot Options ............................................................................. 3-2
3.1.1 auto_action............................................................................................ 3-3
3.1.2 bootdef_dev............................................................................................ 3-4
3.1.3 boot_file ................................................................................................. 3-5
3.1.4 boot_osflags ........................................................................................... 3-6
3.1.5 ei*0_inet_init or ew*0_inet_init............................................................ 3-9
3.1.6 ei*0_protocols or ew*0_protocols......................................................... 3-11
3.2 Booting Tru64 UNIX........................................................................... 3-13
3.2.1 Booting Tru64 UNIX over the Network.............................................. 3-15
3.3 Starting a Tru64 UNIX Installation ................................................... 3-17
3.4 Booting Linux...................................................................................... 3-19
3.5 Booting OpenVMS............................................................................... 3-22
3.5.1 Booting OpenVMS from the InfoServer .............................................. 3-24
3.6 Starting an OpenVMS Installation..................................................... 3-26
Chapter 4 Configuring and Installing Components
4.1 Removing Enclosure Panels.................................................................. 4-3
4.2 Removing Covers from the System Chassis.......................................... 4-7
4.3 Before Installing Components............................................................. 4-11
4.4 Memory Allocation .............................................................................. 4-12
4.5 Power Supply Configuration ............................................................... 4-15
4.6 Removing and Replacing Power Supplies........................................... 4-17
4.7 CPU Configuration.............................................................................. 4-19
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