Specifications

7-4 • Upgrading AlphaServer 1000A Owner's Guide
Upgrade Options
This section lists the types of upgrade options that you may want to choose for your
server. Before you attempt to connect third-party devices or install third-party
devices inside your system unit, you should first check with the third-party vendor to
ensure that your system hardware and operating system software support the device.
Storage devices
SCSI bus backplane cabling
Secondary power supply (for redundant operation)
Memory modules
CPU card
EISA, ISA, and PCI options
-- Network interface cards
-- Graphics cards
-- SCSI controller cards
-- Video cards
-- Communications cards
Operating systems
RAID controller
Firmware
Firmware
You may want to update your system firmware as later versions become available.
The Windows NT (ARC) firmware and the Digital UNIX and OpenVMS Alpha
(SRM) firmware reside in the four FlashROM chips located on the system board.
This section describes how to update to a later version of firmware. You may also
need to recopy firmware onto the system if the FlashROM should ever become
corrupted. To do this, you would use a different procedure. (See "Using the Fail-
Safe Loader" in Chapter 8, "Troubleshooting").
You can load firmware into the FlashROM from any of the following sources:
CDROM
Network
Diskette