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2.3.4 AlphaBIOS Menus........................................................................2-10
2.3.5 Remote Management Console (RMC)...........................................2-10
2.3.6 Operating System Exercisers (DEC VET)....................................2-11
2.3.7 Crash Dumps................................................................................2-11
2.3.8 Revision and Configuration Management Tool (RCM).................2-11
2.3.9 StorageWorks Command Console (SWCC)...................................2-12
2.4 Information Resources........................................................................ 2-13
2.4.1 Compaq Service Tools CD.............................................................2-13
2.4.2 AlphaServer ES40 Service HTML Help File................................2-13
2.4.3 Alpha Systems Firmware Updates...............................................2-13
2.4.4 Fail-Safe Loader ...........................................................................2-14
2.4.5 Software Patches ..........................................................................2-14
2.4.6 Late-Breaking Technical Information..........................................2-15
2.4.7 Supported Options........................................................................2-15
Chapter 3 Power-Up Diagnostics and Display
3.1 Overview of Power-Up Diagnostics.......................................................3-2
3.2 System Power-Up Sequence..................................................................3-3
3.3 Power-Up Displays................................................................................3-6
3.3.1 SROM Power-Up Display ...............................................................3-8
3.3.2 SRM Console Power-Up Display...................................................3-10
3.3.3 Resizing SRM Console Heap.........................................................3-14
3.3.4 SRM Console Event Log ...............................................................3-19
3.3.5 AlphaBIOS Startup Screens.........................................................3-20
3.4 Power-Up Error Messages ..................................................................3-22
3.4.1 SROM Messages with Beep Codes................................................3-22
3.4.2 Checksum Error............................................................................3-24
3.4.3 No MEM Error..............................................................................3-26
3.4.4 RMC Error Messages....................................................................3-28
3.4.5 SROM Error Messages .................................................................3-30
3.5 Forcing a Fail-Safe Floppy Load.........................................................3-32
3.6 Updating the RMC..............................................................................3-34
Chapter 4 SRM Console Diagnostics
4.1 Diagnostic Command Summary ...........................................................4-2
4.2 buildfru .................................................................................................4-4
4.3 cat el and more el..................................................................................4-8
4.4 clear_error...........................................................................................4-10
4.5 crash....................................................................................................4-11
4.6 deposit and examine ...........................................................................4-12