User`s guide

SRM Console 4-3

4.2

Command Summary

The SRM (Alpha System Reference Manual) console is a command line interface

used when the operating system is either DIGITAL UNIX or OpenVMS. Console

commands enable the user to examine and modify the system state.

Table 4-1 gives the most commonly used SRM console commands.

Table 4-2 gives the syntax for the console commands.

Table 4-3 gives special characters you can use in console mode.

Table 4-1 Summary of SRM Console Commands

Command Function

alphabios Loads and starts the AlphaBIOS console.

boot Loads and starts the operating system.

clear envar Resets an environment variable to its default value.

clear password Sets the password to zero.

continue Resumes program execution.

crash Forces a crash dump at the operating system level.

deposit Writes data to the specified address.

edit Invokes the console line editor on a RAM file or on the nvram file

(power-up script).

examine Displays the contents of a memory location, register, or device.

halt Halts the specified processor. (Same as stop.)

help Displays information about the specified console command.

initialize Resets the system to a known state.

isacfg Displays or modifies parameters for ISA devices.

lfu Runs the Loadable Firmware Update Utility.

commands during the current session.

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