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Hardware Release Notes
B.4 AlphaServer 4100 (Alpha Only)—EISA Configuration Utility (ECU)
3. Use the down arrow key to select Utilities. Then use either the right arrow
or Enter key to highlight the first submenu entry, "Run ECU From Floppy..."
The display is as follows:
AlphaBIOS Setup F1=Help
ESC=Exit
Display System Configuration...
Upgrade AlphaBIOS
Hard Disk Setup...
CMOS Setup...
Install Windows NT
Utilities Run ECU From Floppy...
About AlphaBIOS... OS Selection Setup...
Run Maintenance Program...
>>
Press ENTER to highlight available utilities
VM-0010A-AI
4. Insert the ECU diskette in the floppy drive (if it is not there already).
5. Press the Enter key to run the ECU.
6. After the ECU has run and returns control to AlphaBIOS, press the reset
button to restart the system.
If you switch from another operating system to OpenVMS on AlphaServer 4100
systems, you may have to remove EISA boards that have not been qualified on
OpenVMS and run the EISA Configuration Utility (ECU).
To run the ECU on other platforms, use the ECU command. To run the ECU on
the AlphaServer 4100, use the ALPHABIOS command, and then run the ECU
from the ALPHABIOS utility menu.
For more information about using the ECU, refer to the AlphaServer 4100 System
Drawer User’s Guide.
B.5 AlphaServer 8200 and AlphaServer 8400 (Alpha Only)
This section contains release notes pertaining to AlphaServer 8200/8400
systems.
B.5.1 Field Replaceable Units (FRU) Table Error
V7.2
The error log buffer size is controlled by the SYSGEN parameter
ERLBUFFERPAGES, which has a maximum value of 32 pagelets. If the Field
Replaceable Unit (FRU) table exceeds this limit during a boot of the OpenVMS
Alpha operating system on an AlphaServer 8200/8400 or 4100 system, an entry
will not be written to the error log file.
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