Installation guide

For future troubleshooting and maintenance, save system parameters. This
step is especially important for single-processor systems. If the system does
not have a TK tape drive, use hardcopy printout and save the printout in
two places: the maintenance envelope attached to the back door of the
cabinet and in your Site Management Guide. (You can save parameters to
tape with the TK tape drive only; the TF tape drive reads media but does
not record system parameters to tape.)
Table 8–4: Record System Parameters
System Method
Models 500 and 600 SHOW FIELD command
Models 300 and 400 SHOW ALL command
Models with TK only
(not TF)
SAVE EEPROM
SHOW FIELD (Models 500 and 600)
Enter SHOW FIELD command at the console prompt. The system displays
information, including system serial number, power system, and memory
configuration.
SHOW ALL (Models 300 and 400)
Enter SHOW ALL command at the console prompt. The system displays
two pages of information. For details of this printout, see the VAX 6000
Series Owner’s Manual, Chapter 5, Console.
SAVE EEPROM (TK Tape only)
1. Put a blank cartridge in the tape drive, write-enabled. The cartridge is
supplied with the system.
2. Enter the command SAVE EEPROM (see ). The console program
queries you. Enter Yto save the EEPROM to tape. The console program
then confirms that the save operation has completed successfully.
3. Label the cartridge and store on site. Leave the TK cartridge with
the system manager, in case EEPROM contents become corrupted and
must be restored.
NOTE: Use this TK cartridge with this system only. TK tapes are not
transferable.
Verification 8–25