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DEC AlphaServer 5/400RM NVRAM Firmware copy to Floppy
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12-26-2005 05:11 AM
12-26-2005 05:11 AM
My Current Firware is as follows:
SRM = V4.8-74
ARC = V5.28
PALCODE = (Openvms) V1.19-4
(Dgital-Unix) V1.21-6
Serial ROM =V1.4
How do I go about this, what are the command strokes from either a termainal or from the GUI.
Thanks for any help on this you can give. I do have the Owners Guide which gives limited info on this type of transfer.
Ray Napier
Napier Semiconductor Soluitons
semics@ptd.net
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12-26-2005 11:02 AM
12-26-2005 11:02 AM
Re: DEC AlphaServer 5/400RM NVRAM Firmware copy to Floppy
Re: DEC AlphaServer 5/400RM NVRAM Firmware copy to Floppy
Are you trying to save the custom _settings_
or the firmware itself? Normally one simply
loads the firmware from a firmware CD (or
floppy). I know of no simple way to record
(or restore) all the custom settings (but
that's not an impossiblity proof).
A Google search for "alpha firmware" finds:
http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/Alpha/firmware/
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12-26-2005 01:13 PM
12-26-2005 01:13 PM
Re: DEC AlphaServer 5/400RM NVRAM Firmware copy to Floppy
Re: DEC AlphaServer 5/400RM NVRAM Firmware copy to Floppy
The server that I am using is a DEC Alpha Server 1000a 5/400 RM. I have seen some limited redirection of the output to the DVA0 drive. I also have seen that the latest Firmware allows for the copy of the nvram to floppy. I just would like to have backups of my firmware as this server is running Varian PVD wafer processing equipment. The version of firmware is an old one (vintage 1997). I will however use your information to see how a spare server performs running the newer firmware with the 6.2-1H3 OpenVMS.
Thanks again for the info.
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12-26-2005 07:43 PM
12-26-2005 07:43 PM
Solutionaccording to chapter 2.5.5 of the V5.7 FW Release Notes for the AlphaServer 1000A, you could boot from a V5.7 Firmware CD and just use LFU from the CD to save/restore the NVRAM data to a floppy.
Running with the most recent firmware should - in general - not cause any problems with OpenVMS.
Volker.
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12-27-2005 01:24 AM
12-27-2005 01:24 AM
Re: DEC AlphaServer 5/400RM NVRAM Firmware copy to Floppy
Re: DEC AlphaServer 5/400RM NVRAM Firmware copy to Floppy
I had downloaded and read the release notes before, but had not tried to upgrade the firmware until yesterday. I only went to release 5.0, but during the course of the upgrade I noticed that I did have a chance to either view my existing firmware before actually performing the upgrade.
I will go ahead and do the same with the 5.7 release and attempt the save_nvram during the course of the upgrade if possible.
My biggest problem was actually getting a new Alpha Server 1000A 5/500 RM to boot using the 6.2-1H3 software that I had imaged over to another hard drive. I kept getting a HRWPB error and the boot would stop. I found that I needed to set the bus_probe_algorithm to new. Once I did this I was able to boot the Alpha from the DKA0 drive as per the norm with my systems. This is the first time I have had to do anything greater than setting the Bootdef_dev.
I will upgrade to the 5.7 firmware. Thanks again for this information. I will back up my old firmware prior to the upgrade using the 5.7 disk/cdrom
Best Regards
Ray Napier
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