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4.8 Installing CPUs................................................................................... 4-21
4.9 Memory Configuration........................................................................ 4-23
4.10 Installing DIMMs................................................................................ 4-28
4.11 PCI Configuration............................................................................... 4-31
4.11.1 Model 1B PCI Backplane .................................................................... 4-32
4.11.2 Model 2B PCI Backplane .................................................................... 4-33
4.11.3 Model 3B PCI Backplane .................................................................... 4-34
4.12 Installing PCI Cards........................................................................... 4-35
4.13 Installing Universal Hard Disk Drives............................................... 4-38
4.13.1 Disk Drive Status LEDs ............................................................... 4-41
4.14 Installing a Removable Media Device................................................. 4-44
4.15 Installing Disk Drive Cages................................................................ 4-47
4.15.1 Cabling a Second Disk Drive Cage............................................... 4-52
4.16 External SCSI Expansion................................................................... 4-53
Chapter 5 Firmware
5.1 Console Overview.................................................................................. 5-2
5.2 Invoking the SRM Console.................................................................... 5-3
5.3 SRM Command Overview..................................................................... 5-4
5.4 Management Tasks Performed from SRM............................................ 5-9
5.5 Getting Help on SRM Commands....................................................... 5-10
5.5.1 Displaying the Logical Configuration................................................. 5-11
5.5.2 Displaying the Bootable Devices......................................................... 5-16
5.5.3 Displaying the System FRUs.............................................................. 5-17
5.5.4 Displaying FRUs with Errors ............................................................. 5-20
5.5.5 Displaying the Memory Configuration ............................................... 5-21
5.5.6 Displaying the PAL Version................................................................ 5-21
5.5.7 Displaying the Power Status............................................................... 5-22
5.5.8 Displaying the SRM Console Version ................................................. 5-23
5.6 Booting an Operating System............................................................. 5-24
5.7 Testing the System ............................................................................. 5-26
5.8 Forcing a System Crash Dump........................................................... 5-28
5.9 Resuming Program Execution ............................................................ 5-30
5.10 Reading a File..................................................................................... 5-31
5.11 Initializing the System........................................................................ 5-32
5.12 Creating a Power-Up Script................................................................ 5-35
5.13 Entering the RMC from the Local VGA Monitor................................ 5-37
5.14 Setting and Viewing Environment Variables..................................... 5-39
5.14.1 auto_action.................................................................................... 5-43
5.14.2 bootdef_dev ................................................................................... 5-45