HP Digital AlphaStation 255 Family - Page 6

Contents
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PCI Architecture ............................................................................................2–2
SCSI Controller..............................................................................................2–2
System Front View................................................................................................2–3
System Rear View.................................................................................................2–4
System Unit Components......................................................................................2–6
Motherboard .........................................................................................................2–8
Keyboard ............................................................................................................2–10
3 Configuring Your System
Introduction ..........................................................................................................3–1
Configuring with AlphaBIOS Firmware................................................................3–1
Starting AlphaBIOS .......................................................................................3–1
Booting the System........................................................................................3–2
AlphaBIOS Setup...........................................................................................3–3
Displaying Your Configuration................................................................3–4
Setting Up the Hard Disks.......................................................................3–5
CMOS Setup Tasks .................................................................................3–6
Advanced CMOS Setup...........................................................................3–8
Utilities ...................................................................................................3–9
Configuring with SRM Firmware........................................................................3–11
Introduction..................................................................................................3–11
Conventions .................................................................................................3–11
Booting the System......................................................................................3–13
Boot Command Examples.....................................................................3–14
Setting and Showing Environment Variables................................................3–14
Set Command........................................................................................3–14
Set Command Examples........................................................................3–15
Show Command....................................................................................3–16
Show Command Examples....................................................................3–17
Environment Variables..........................................................................3–18
Adding ISA Bus Devices..............................................................................3–19
ISA Configuration Utility......................................................................3–19
ICONFIG Utility ...................................................................................3–20
ISACFG Utility Command Format........................................................3–21
Adding ISA Options to OpenVMS and Digital UNIX Systems ..............3–23
ISACFG Command Examples...............................................................3–23