HP Digital AlphaStation 255 Family - System Firmware; Update Utility

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Updating System Firmware
Introduction
This appendix explains how to use the firmware update utility to install firmware upgrades
and change from SRM firmware to AlphaBIOS firmware or vice versa.
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The user is responsible for performing system firmware upgrades. Consult your
upgrade documentation for more information.
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System Firmware
The Digital AlphaStation 255 system contains 512 KB of flashROM for the console
firmware. The flashROM contains either the AlphaBIOS firmware (for the Windows NT
operating system) or the SRM console firmware (for the Digital UNIX and OpenVMS
operating systems).
Update Utility
Use the update utility to update your AlphaBIOS and SRM firmware or change from SRM
to AlphaBIOS firmware or vice versa. The update utility contains three images: the update
utility itself, the SRM image, and the AlphaBIOS image.
Flash Enable Switch
The flashROM write enable switch (3) is located on the motherboard and should always be
set to the write enable position. If you have any problems updating firmware, check the
switch to ensure that it is set properly. See Appendix B for the location of the switch.