Re: Alpha 1200 BIOS

From: Richard Tomkins (tomkinsr_at_istop.com)
Date: 06/05/04

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    Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 04:09:45 GMT

    I have not followed the whole discussion here, so in order to attempt to
    help you out, I'd like to ask you to possibly repeat yourself.

    1. You have an AlphaServer 1200 Correct? What is the AlphaBIOS rev.? What is
    the SRM rev.? Are you using the internal SCSI or a PCI controller, and if
    so, what is the part number of the controller? What are the part numbers of
    the disk drives?

    2. You have an AlphaServer 4100 Correct? What is the AlphaBIOS rev.? What is
    the SRM rev.? What is the part number of the controller? What are the part
    numbers of the disk drives? Is this a Pedestal or Rack Mount system?

    3. Did you update either the SRM or the AlphaBIOS or both? Did you use the
    LFU to update the firmware?

    4. Are you familiar with the SRM Console? It is a mini UNIX multi-tasking
    system?

    The SRM console is capable of enumerating all the supported options in a
    system. It can scan the PCI bus and EISA bus and report what is present. If
    disk drives are connected to SCSI controllers, those will also be scanned
    and displayed, unless they are connected to a RAID type controller. In this
    case, the drives are not directly accessible and so if they do not comprise
    a valid, functioning RAID set, then there will be no display related to the
    drives.

    We used a variation of the Mylx DAC 960, with our own firmware in various
    systems including these. The card that we sold had higher performance SCSI
    chips that also had internal fixes in them for re-connect problems and other
    issues. I forget how to identify the chips exactly, but they used to have a
    / or - number located after the chips main part number, or something like
    that.

    Regards, Richard

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