Re: SRM isp1020_edit command

Anton Shterenlikht wrote:
I've two printed SRM manuals but neither has any information
on the SRM isp1020_edit command. I can use it on ds10l (firmware 7.3-1)
but I've no idea what exactly it does.

I did some searching and found that some people recommend running this
command in cases of unsupported SCSI adapters, or if one is installing
other OS on alpha.

Does anybod know where this command is documented?

This appears to be diagnostic-level stuff and clearly isn't documented beyond what little is present in the srm help (AFAIK), and -- in general -- I'd be massively surprised if this or any other srm command allowed a arbitrary and otherwise unsupported SCSI controllers to operate any more or less reliably.

AFAICT, this particular srm command -- apparently either isp1020_edit or isp_edit, likely based on the particular srm version in use -- is used to reset the NVRAM on some Qlogic SCSI controllers, or to hex-dump the NVRAM. If I had a confused Qlogic and didn't mind potentially frying it, I might consider using this srm command (isp1020_edit -sd, isp_edit -sd, apparently). Otherwise, probably not...

Beyond its inclusion in the output of some of the srm help commands shown in the manuals and a few scattered postings on the 'net, here is one of the few references visible:

http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/HTML/AA-QTLMB-TE_html/relnotes3.html

What is the real question here? Are you seeking to get an arbitrary SCSI controller working with srm and with OpenVMS Alpha? That task almost certainly does not involve the isp1020_edit or isp_edit tool...

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