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Table of Contents
Default Chapter
5
Table of Contents
5
Preface
15
Chapter 1 System Overview
17
Model Differences
18
ES45 Model Summary
18
System Enclosures
19
ES45 Systems
19
System Chassis-Front View/Top View
21
Top/Front Components (Pedestal)
21
System Chassis-Rear View
23
Rear Components (Pedestal)
23
Rear Ports and Slots
24
Rear Connectors
24
Operator Control Panel
26
System Motherboard
28
I/O Backplane
30
Model 1B
30
Location of I/O Slots: Model 1B
30
How Physical I/O Slots Map to Logical Slots: Model 1B
31
Model 2B
32
Location of I/O Slots: Model 2B
32
How Physical I/O Slots Map to Logical Slots: Model 2B
33
Model 3B
34
Location of I/O Slots: Model 3B
34
How Physical I/O Slots Map to Logical Slots: Model 3B
35
Power Supplies
36
Removable Media Storage
38
Removable Media Drive Area
38
Storage Subsystem
39
Storage Cages
39
System Access
40
System Keys
40
Console Terminal
42
Console Terminal Connections
42
Chapter 2 Operation
43
Powering up the System
44
Power-Up Displays
45
SROM Power-Up Display
46
SRM Console Power-Up Display
48
SRM Console
52
Selecting the Display Device
53
Setting a Control Panel Message
54
Displaying the Hardware Configuration
55
Displaying Boot Environment Variables
56
Displaying the Logical Hardware Configuration
58
Physical I/O Slots Map to Logical Slots: Model 1B
62
Physical I/O Slots Map to Logical Slots: Model 2B
62
Physical I/O Slots Map to Logical Slots: Model 3B
63
Displaying the Bootable Devices
64
Device Naming Conventions
65
Viewing the Memory Configuration
66
Setting SRM Environment Variables
67
Setting Console Security
68
Setting the Console Password
69
Setting the Console to Secure Mode
71
Turning off Security During a Console Session
72
Returning to User Mode
74
Updating Firmware
75
Firmware Update Utility
76
Manual Updates
78
Updating from the CD-ROM
79
Updating from an Openvms System Disk
80
Updating from the Network
81
Chapter 3 Booting and Installing an Operating System
83
Setting Boot Options
84
Auto_Action
84
Bootdef_Dev
84
Boot_File
84
Boot_Osflags
84
Ei*0_Inet_Init or Ew*0_Inet_Init
84
Openvms Boot Flag Settings
91
Ei*0_Protocols or Ew*0_Protocols
93
Booting Tru64 UNIX
95
Booting Tru64 UNIX over the Network
97
Starting a Tru64 UNIX Installation
99
Booting Linux
101
Booting Openvms
104
Booting Openvms from the Infoserver
106
Starting an Openvms Installation
108
Chapter 4 Configuring and Installing Components
111
Removing Enclosure Panels
113
Enclosure Panel Removal (Tower)
113
Enclosure Panel Removal (Pedestal)
115
Removing Covers from the System Chassis
117
Removing Covers from a Tower
119
Removing Covers from a Pedestal/Rack
120
Before Installing Components
121
Memory Allocation
122
Power Supply Configuration
125
Power Supply Locations
125
Removing and Replacing Power Supplies
127
Installing a Power Supply (Pedestal/Rack View)
127
CPU Configuration
129
CPU Slot Locations (Pedestal/Rack View)
129
CPU Slot Locations (Tower View)
130
Installing Cpus
131
CPU Card Installation (Pedestal/Rack View)
131
Memory Configuration
133
Stacked and Unstacked Dimms
134
Memory Configuration (Pedestal/Rack View)
136
Memory Configuration (Tower View)
137
Installing Dimms
138
Aligning DIMM in MMB
140
PCI Configuration
141
Model 1B PCI Backplane
142
Model 1B Backplane
142
Model 2B PCI Backplane
143
Model 3B PCI Backplane
144
Installing PCI Cards
145
PCI Card Installation (Pedestal/Rack View)
146
Installing Universal Hard Disk Drives
148
Installing a Hard Drive
149
Disk Drive Status Leds
151
Disk Drive Status LED Conditions
152
Installing a Removable Media Device
154
Installing a 5.25-Inch Device (Pedestal/Rack View)
154
Installing Disk Drive Cages
157
Disk Cage Installation
157
Fan Locations
161
Cabling a Second Disk Drive Cage
162
Cabling a Second Disk Cage
162
External SCSI Expansion
163
Chapter 5 Firmware
165
Console Overview
166
Invoking the SRM Console
167
SRM Command Overview
168
Summary of SRM Console Commands
168
Notation Formats for SRM Console Commands
170
Special Characters for SRM Console
171
Management Tasks Performed from SRM
173
Management Tasks and Related SRM Commands
173
Getting Help on SRM Commands
174
Displaying the Logical Configuration
175
How Physical I/O Slots Map to Logical Slots
179
Displaying the Bootable Devices
181
Displaying the System Frus
182
Bit Assignments for Error Field
184
Displaying Frus with Errors
185
Displaying the Memory Configuration
186
Displaying the PAL Version
186
Displaying the Power Status
187
Displaying the SRM Console Version
188
Booting an Operating System
189
Testing the System
191
Forcing a System Crash Dump
193
Resuming Program Execution
195
Reading a File
196
Initializing the System
197
Creating a Power-Up Script
200
Entering the RMC from the Local VGA Monitor
202
Setting and Viewing Environment Variables
204
Environment Variable Summary
206
Auto_Action
208
Bootdef_Dev
210
Boot_File
211
Boot_Osflags
213
Openvms Boot Flag Settings
214
Com*_Flow
217
Com1_Mode
218
Console
221
Cpu_Enabled
222
Ei*0_Inet_Init or Ew*0_Inet_Init
224
Ei*0_Mode or Ew*0_Mode
225
Kbd_Hardware_Type
227
Language
228
Memory_Test
229
Ocp_Text
230
Os_Type
231
Pci_Parity
232
Tt_Allow_Login
237
Chapter 6 Remote Management
239
RMC Overview
240
Operating Modes
242
Data Flow in through Mode
242
Bypass Modes
244
Data Flow in Bypass Mode
244
Terminal Setup
247
Setup for RMC (Tower View)
247
SRM Environment Variables for COM1
248
Entering the RMC
249
Using the Command-Line Interface
251
Displaying the System Status
252
Status Command Fields
253
Displaying the System Environment
254
Using Power on and Off, Reset, and Halt Functions
256
Configuring Remote Dial-In
258
Configuring Dial-Out Alert
260
Elements of Dial String and Alert String
262
Resetting the RMC to Factory Defaults
263
RMC Jumpers (Default Positions)
264
RMC Command Reference
265
Troubleshooting Tips
277
RMC Troubleshooting
277
Chapter 7 Troubleshooting
279
Power-Up Error Messages
280
Messages with Beep Codes
280
Error Beep Codes
281
Checksum Error
282
No MEM Error
284
RMC Error Messages
285
SROM Error Messages
287
SRM Diagnostics
289
Console Event Log
289
Show Device Command
290
Test Command
290
Show FRU Command
292
Show Error Command
294
Bit Assignments for Error Field
294
Show Power Command
295
Crash Command
296
Troubleshooting Tables
297
Power Problems
298
Problems Getting to Console Mode
299
Problems Reported by the Console
300
Boot Problems
301
Errors Reported by the Operating System
302
Option Card Problems
303
Troubleshooting PCI Bus Problems
304
Chapter 8 Specifications
305
Physical Specifications
306
Physical Characteristics - Tower
306
Physical Characteristics - Pedestal
307
Physical Characteristics - Rackmount
308
Physical Characteristics - Cabinets
309
Environmental Specifications
310
Environmental Characteristics - All System Variants
310
Electrical Specifications
311
Regulatory Approvals
313
Acoustic Data
314
Index
315
Installing Dimms
317
Location of Drive Status Leds
317
Operator Control Panel
318
Power Supplies
318
Set Ocp_Text Command
320
Show Boot
320
Show Config
320
Show Device
320
Show Memory
320
Device Naming Conventions
320
System Motherboard Block Diagram
321
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Language
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