User`s guide

4-2 AlphaServer DS20 User’s Guide
4.1 Invoking the SRM Console
When a system is powered up, the SRM console runs and either remains running
or passes control to another console or an operating system. If the system is
already running, invoke the SRM console by shutting down the operating system
or by pressing the Halt button on the control panel.
In a system running the DIGITAL UNIX or OpenVMS Alpha operating system, do
one of the following steps to invoke the SRM console mode:
• Shut down the operating system according to the procedure described in your
operating system documentation. The SRM console prompt, P00>>>, will be
displayed.
• Press the Halt button on the control panel, if your system is running either
OpenVMS or DIGITAL UNIX. The console prompt, P00>>>, will be displayed.
If you are in AlphaBIOS and want to switch to the SRM console, do one of the
following steps:
• Select either OpenVMS console (SRM) or DIGITAL UNIX console (SRM)
from the Console Selection in the Advanced CMOS Setup screen. Save the
setting by pressing the F10 key and reset the system to start the SRM console.
• Press the Reset button, wait 5 seconds, and then press the Halt button. The SRM
console will boot.
After you have performed tasks in the console mode, you must boot the operating
system with the boot command to go back to the operating mode.