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... Compaq AlphaServer DS20E systems is simply rotated to 218.4 GB of up to be done without shutting the system down. • DS20E Workstation The pedestal package can be ordered as a rackmount system. the rackmount variant is on the system board are 6 PCI slots, one or two processors. The DS20E...systems: Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS, and Linux. The system accommodates six hard disks, a floppy diskette drive, a CD-ROM, and space for a SCSI tape device, a diskette, two serial ports, one additional 5.25-inch removable media device. they choose the size of these Alpha chips. The switch...
... Compaq AlphaServer DS20E systems is simply rotated to 218.4 GB of up to be done without shutting the system down. • DS20E Workstation The pedestal package can be ordered as a rackmount system. the rackmount variant is on the system board are 6 PCI slots, one or two processors. The DS20E...systems: Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS, and Linux. The system accommodates six hard disks, a floppy diskette drive, a CD-ROM, and space for a SCSI tape device, a diskette, two serial ports, one additional 5.25-inch removable media device. they choose the size of these Alpha chips. The switch...
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... Chip D D Chip Chip D D Chip Chip 2 0 2 DIMM Slots 0 3 1 3 1 PCI 0 Slot 7 P Chip P Chip PCI 0 Slot 8 PCI 0 Slot 9 PCI 1 Slot 7 PCI 1 Slot 8 PCI 1 Slot 9 ISA Slot CPU 0 CPU 1 SCSI Speaker Firmware Flash ROM Floppy CD-ROM Switches PK-0320C-99 Component and Connector Locations 3 A flash ROM holds the console code and the NVRAM data...processors. This complex chipset provides the data and address path between the CPUs, memory, and the I /O panel for the floppy diskette, the CD-ROM, a SCSI tape drive, two serial ports, one C-chip, two P-chips, and eight D-chips.
... Chip D D Chip Chip D D Chip Chip 2 0 2 DIMM Slots 0 3 1 3 1 PCI 0 Slot 7 P Chip P Chip PCI 0 Slot 8 PCI 0 Slot 9 PCI 1 Slot 7 PCI 1 Slot 8 PCI 1 Slot 9 ISA Slot CPU 0 CPU 1 SCSI Speaker Firmware Flash ROM Floppy CD-ROM Switches PK-0320C-99 Component and Connector Locations 3 A flash ROM holds the console code and the NVRAM data...processors. This complex chipset provides the data and address path between the CPUs, memory, and the I /O panel for the floppy diskette, the CD-ROM, a SCSI tape drive, two serial ports, one C-chip, two P-chips, and eight D-chips.
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... tri-byte, and longword operations • Exists in slots designated for each PCI bus • Supports 6 option slots • Supports peer-to SCSI, providing for support of an internal tape drive. over two independent memory data buses. The Cypress SIO chip, which provides the bridge between the PCI...two 64-bit PCI buses. The options run at 33 MHz, delivering a peak bandwidth of memory. This yields 2.67 GB/sec bandwidth per bus (32 x 83 MHz = 2.6 GB/sec). PCI Bus The industry-standard PCI bus is maximized by the following characteristics: • Fully compliant with 12 ns ...
... tri-byte, and longword operations • Exists in slots designated for each PCI bus • Supports 6 option slots • Supports peer-to SCSI, providing for support of an internal tape drive. over two independent memory data buses. The Cypress SIO chip, which provides the bridge between the PCI...two 64-bit PCI buses. The options run at 33 MHz, delivering a peak bandwidth of memory. This yields 2.67 GB/sec bandwidth per bus (32 x 83 MHz = 2.6 GB/sec). PCI Bus The industry-standard PCI bus is maximized by the following characteristics: • Fully compliant with 12 ns ...
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... reliable Fibre Channel technology. 6 With the KGPSA PCI Fibre Channel adapter, the DS20E systems provide a storage interconnect that is the next storage interface, Fibre Channel, which eliminates issues with today's SCSI interfaces such as UltraSCSI: 100 vs 40 Mbytes/sec data throughput. The system ...system are supported. As can all take advantage of I/O Control PK-0319D Storage The AlphaServer DS20E system offers up to six Ultra3 SCSI Universal 1-inch disk drives (9.1, 18.2, or 36.4 GB). SCSI, TCP/IP, video, or raw data can be configured with three slots. System Control...
... reliable Fibre Channel technology. 6 With the KGPSA PCI Fibre Channel adapter, the DS20E systems provide a storage interconnect that is the next storage interface, Fibre Channel, which eliminates issues with today's SCSI interfaces such as UltraSCSI: 100 vs 40 Mbytes/sec data throughput. The system ...system are supported. As can all take advantage of I/O Control PK-0319D Storage The AlphaServer DS20E system offers up to six Ultra3 SCSI Universal 1-inch disk drives (9.1, 18.2, or 36.4 GB). SCSI, TCP/IP, video, or raw data can be configured with three slots. System Control...
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... such as network interface or storage subsystem performance statistics. It also detects RAM address errors. • Memory failover. Insight Manager consists of reliability and ... designed to determine the cause of hardware and firmware. Error Reporting Compaq Analyze, a diagnostic tool used to provide maximum protection for its output... error correction code (ECC) protection. • Parity protection on the PCI and SCSI buses. • Extensive error correction built into the CPU, memory, and I/O, ...AlphaServer DS20E system achieves an unparalleled level of two components: a Windows-based ...
... such as network interface or storage subsystem performance statistics. It also detects RAM address errors. • Memory failover. Insight Manager consists of reliability and ... designed to determine the cause of hardware and firmware. Error Reporting Compaq Analyze, a diagnostic tool used to provide maximum protection for its output... error correction code (ECC) protection. • Parity protection on the PCI and SCSI buses. • Extensive error correction built into the CPU, memory, and I/O, ...AlphaServer DS20E system achieves an unparalleled level of two components: a Windows-based ...
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... are designed so that behaves (is relatively simple and may take only 30 minutes. Disk hot swap. Tru64 UNIX cluster systems use the SCSI bus and/or PCI to operate. Software installation. The memory checking scheme corrects single-bit errors and detects double-bit errors. Hot swap is... system fan fails, the second one computer's memory is the removal of the local write. This feature contributes significantly to boot and use the CI, SCSI, Ethernet, FDDI, DSSI, and Memory Channel as a direct side effect of a disk or disks from server, network, or I /O, storage, and application ...
... are designed so that behaves (is relatively simple and may take only 30 minutes. Disk hot swap. Tru64 UNIX cluster systems use the SCSI bus and/or PCI to operate. Software installation. The memory checking scheme corrects single-bit errors and detects double-bit errors. Hot swap is... system fan fails, the second one computer's memory is the removal of the local write. This feature contributes significantly to boot and use the CI, SCSI, Ethernet, FDDI, DSSI, and Memory Channel as a direct side effect of a disk or disks from server, network, or I /O, storage, and application ...
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...one year for a period of 90 days. http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/performance/index.html http://www.ideasinternational.com/benchmark/spec/specfp_s2000.html Information for the performance numbers of the AlphaServer DS20E systems. System performance, however, is highly dependent upon application ...of clustering AlphaServer DS20E systems depends on the operating system. • Ethernet, OpenVMS • CI clusters, OpenVMS only • Memory Channel, Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS • SCSI clusters, Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS • DSSI clusters, OpenVMS only Performance Compaq has an ongoing...
...one year for a period of 90 days. http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/performance/index.html http://www.ideasinternational.com/benchmark/spec/specfp_s2000.html Information for the performance numbers of the AlphaServer DS20E systems. System performance, however, is highly dependent upon application ...of clustering AlphaServer DS20E systems depends on the operating system. • Ethernet, OpenVMS • CI clusters, OpenVMS only • Memory Channel, Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS • SCSI clusters, Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS • DSSI clusters, OpenVMS only Performance Compaq has an ongoing...
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... Table 1 provides a quick reference to features of Compaq AlphaServer DS20E systems. Table 1 AlphaServer DS20E Features CPU Features Processor CPU clock speed Cache on... Internet software CD-ROM, floppy diskette, one additional 5.25-inch removable media bay 218.4 GB (6 hot swap disks, 36.4 GB each) 6 PCI slots (5 PCI and 1 PCI/ISA) Over 500 MB/sec with... power supply, SMP CPU failover, error logging, optional uninterruptible power supply CI, Ethernet, DSSI, SCSI, FDDI, PCI to Memory Channel Interconnect SCSI, PCI to Memory Channel Interconnect Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS, Linux 3-year, on-site, 5 day ...
... Table 1 provides a quick reference to features of Compaq AlphaServer DS20E systems. Table 1 AlphaServer DS20E Features CPU Features Processor CPU clock speed Cache on... Internet software CD-ROM, floppy diskette, one additional 5.25-inch removable media bay 218.4 GB (6 hot swap disks, 36.4 GB each) 6 PCI slots (5 PCI and 1 PCI/ISA) Over 500 MB/sec with... power supply, SMP CPU failover, error logging, optional uninterruptible power supply CI, Ethernet, DSSI, SCSI, FDDI, PCI to Memory Channel Interconnect SCSI, PCI to Memory Channel Interconnect Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS, Linux 3-year, on-site, 5 day ...
Reference Guide
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... the Top Cover (Rackmount 5-5 5.4 Memory Configuration 5-6 5.4.1 Installing and Removing DIMMs 5-8 5.5 CPU Configuration 5-10 5.6 Installing a PCI or ISA Option 5-11 5.6.1 Installing a PCI Option 5-12 5.6.2 Installing a Multichannel SCSI Option 5-14 5.7 Installing a Redundant Power Supply 5-16 5.8 Network Configuration 5-18 5.9 Disk Drive Configuration 5-20 5.10 Installing Disk Drives 5-22 5.10.1 Drive Status LEDs 5-24 5.11...
... the Top Cover (Rackmount 5-5 5.4 Memory Configuration 5-6 5.4.1 Installing and Removing DIMMs 5-8 5.5 CPU Configuration 5-10 5.6 Installing a PCI or ISA Option 5-11 5.6.1 Installing a PCI Option 5-12 5.6.2 Installing a Multichannel SCSI Option 5-14 5.7 Installing a Redundant Power Supply 5-16 5.8 Network Configuration 5-18 5.9 Disk Drive Configuration 5-20 5.10 Installing Disk Drives 5-22 5.10.1 Drive Status LEDs 5-24 5.11...
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5.12 Installing a Tape Drive 5-35 5.13 External SCSI Expansion 5-37 5.14 AlphaBIOS Configuration Utilities 5-38 5.15 Updating Firmware 5-41 5.15.1 Sources of Firmware Updates 5-42 5.15.2 Updating Firmware from the CD-ROM 5-43 ...
5.12 Installing a Tape Drive 5-35 5.13 External SCSI Expansion 5-37 5.14 AlphaBIOS Configuration Utilities 5-38 5.15 Updating Firmware 5-41 5.15.1 Sources of Firmware Updates 5-42 5.15.2 Updating Firmware from the CD-ROM 5-43 ...
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... OCP 8-3 8.3 Power Problems 8-4 8.4 Console-Reported Failures 8-5 8.5 Boot Problems 8-6 8.6 Thermal Problems and Environmental Status 8-8 8.7 Operating System Reported Failures 8-9 8.8 Memory Problems 8-10 8.9 PCI Bus Problems 8-11 8.10 SCSI Problems 8-12 8.11 Fail-Safe Booter Utility 8-13 8.11.1 Starting the FSB 8-13 8.11.2 Preparing Diskettes 8-15 8.11.3 Updating Firmware 8-16 vi
... OCP 8-3 8.3 Power Problems 8-4 8.4 Console-Reported Failures 8-5 8.5 Boot Problems 8-6 8.6 Thermal Problems and Environmental Status 8-8 8.7 Operating System Reported Failures 8-9 8.8 Memory Problems 8-10 8.9 PCI Bus Problems 8-11 8.10 SCSI Problems 8-12 8.11 Fail-Safe Booter Utility 8-13 8.11.1 Starting the FSB 8-13 8.11.2 Preparing Diskettes 8-15 8.11.3 Updating Firmware 8-16 vi
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Examples 4-1 4-2 4-3 4-4 4-5 4-6 4-7 7-1 7-2 7-3 7-4 7-5 7-6 7-7 7-8 7-9 7-10 7-11 7-12 7-13 7-14 7-15 7-16 7-17 7-18 7-19 7-20 7-21 7-22 7-23 7-24 7-25 7-26 8-1 Booting Tru64 UNIX from a Local SCSI Disk 4-13 RIS Boot 4-16 Text-Based Installation Display 4-18 Linux Boot Output 4-21 Booting OpenVMS from the Local CD-ROM Drive 4-24 InfoServer Boot 4-...
Examples 4-1 4-2 4-3 4-4 4-5 4-6 4-7 7-1 7-2 7-3 7-4 7-5 7-6 7-7 7-8 7-9 7-10 7-11 7-12 7-13 7-14 7-15 7-16 7-17 7-18 7-19 7-20 7-21 7-22 7-23 7-24 7-25 7-26 8-1 Booting Tru64 UNIX from a Local SCSI Disk 4-13 RIS Boot 4-16 Text-Based Installation Display 4-18 Linux Boot Output 4-21 Booting OpenVMS from the Local CD-ROM Drive 4-24 InfoServer Boot 4-...
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... Memory Slot Locations 5-6 Installing DIMMs 5-8 Removing DIMMs 5-9 PCI Slots (Rack Orientation 5-11 Installing a PCI Option 5-12 Multichannel SCSI Installation 5-14 Adding a Third Supply (Pedestal Orientation 5-16 Network Connection 5-18 Installing and Removing Disk Drives 5-22 Disk Drive ... 8-14 Tables 2-1 Pedestal Kit Contents 2-9 3-1 Mounting Hardware Description 3-7 4-1 OpenVMS Boot Flag Settings 4-9 5-1 Four-Slot SCSI ID Orientation 5-20 5-2 Six-Slot SCSI ID Orientation 5-21 5-3 Drive Status 5-25 6-1 RMC Command Summary 6-8 6-2 Status Command Fields 6-13 6-3 RMC Switch...
... Memory Slot Locations 5-6 Installing DIMMs 5-8 Removing DIMMs 5-9 PCI Slots (Rack Orientation 5-11 Installing a PCI Option 5-12 Multichannel SCSI Installation 5-14 Adding a Third Supply (Pedestal Orientation 5-16 Network Connection 5-18 Installing and Removing Disk Drives 5-22 Disk Drive ... 8-14 Tables 2-1 Pedestal Kit Contents 2-9 3-1 Mounting Hardware Description 3-7 4-1 OpenVMS Boot Flag Settings 4-9 5-1 Four-Slot SCSI ID Orientation 5-20 5-2 Six-Slot SCSI ID Orientation 5-21 5-3 Drive Status 5-25 6-1 RMC Command Summary 6-8 6-2 Status Command Fields 6-13 6-3 RMC Switch...
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Rear Components SCSI breakouts One shared 64-bit PCI/ 16-bit ISA slot Five 64-bit PCI slots AC power inlet Ethernet port Mouse port Keyboard port Universal serial bus (USB) (not supported) Serial port (COM1) ➓ Serial port (COM2) ➀ Parallel port ➁ System fan 0 ➂ System fan 1 System Overview 1-7
Rear Components SCSI breakouts One shared 64-bit PCI/ 16-bit ISA slot Five 64-bit PCI slots AC power inlet Ethernet port Mouse port Keyboard port Universal serial bus (USB) (not supported) Serial port (COM1) ➓ Serial port (COM2) ➀ Parallel port ➁ System fan 0 ➂ System fan 1 System Overview 1-7
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Figure 1-5 System Board 2 3 3 BA 1 45 6 1 1 CPU slots (CPU0 is right slot) IDE I /O options. 1.5 System Board The system board contains slots for CPUs, memory DIMMs, and I /O slots Floppy Memory slots SCSI CAT0030 1-10 DS20E Reference Guide
Figure 1-5 System Board 2 3 3 BA 1 45 6 1 1 CPU slots (CPU0 is right slot) IDE I /O options. 1.5 System Board The system board contains slots for CPUs, memory DIMMs, and I /O slots Floppy Memory slots SCSI CAT0030 1-10 DS20E Reference Guide
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.... The system uses 200-pin buffered synchronous dual in-line memory module (DIMMs). See the documentation that contains a memory subsystem, PCI bus, ISA bus, integrated SCSI fast/wide/Ultra I /O components are located on a single system board that accompanies a processor upgrade for instructions on installing DIMMs. System Overview 1-11 The chip also...
.... The system uses 200-pin buffered synchronous dual in-line memory module (DIMMs). See the documentation that contains a memory subsystem, PCI bus, ISA bus, integrated SCSI fast/wide/Ultra I /O components are located on a single system board that accompanies a processor upgrade for instructions on installing DIMMs. System Overview 1-11 The chip also...
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... Starting at slot 0. Firmware revision: 5.5-9 PALcode: UNIX version 1.54-51 COMPAQ AlphaStation DS20E 666 MHz . . . For complete instructions on a local drive (a CD-ROM drive connected to the system), from a local SCSI disk, or from a Local SCSI Disk P00>>>boot (boot dka0.0.0.7.1 -flags A) block 0 of memory Master ...cpu at 0xfffffc000057e370 Loading vmunix symbol table ... [1416456 bytes] Alpha boot: available memory from a local SCSI disk drive. Example 4-1 Booting Tru64 UNIX from a UNIX RIS server. Sun May 14 05:34:40 EDT 2000 Loading vmunix ... using...
... Starting at slot 0. Firmware revision: 5.5-9 PALcode: UNIX version 1.54-51 COMPAQ AlphaStation DS20E 666 MHz . . . For complete instructions on a local drive (a CD-ROM drive connected to the system), from a local SCSI disk, or from a Local SCSI Disk P00>>>boot (boot dka0.0.0.7.1 -flags A) block 0 of memory Master ...cpu at 0xfffffc000057e370 Loading vmunix symbol table ... [1416456 bytes] Alpha boot: available memory from a local SCSI disk drive. Example 4-1 Booting Tru64 UNIX from a UNIX RIS server. Sun May 14 05:34:40 EDT 2000 Loading vmunix ... using...
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....7.0.7.1 pkb0.7.0.6.0 pkc0.7.0.106.0 P00>>> DKA0 DKA200 DQA0 DVA0 EWA0 PKA0 PKB0 PKC0 P00>>> set ewa0_protocols bootp P00>>> set ewa0_inet_init bootp P00>>> boot ewa0 Da . . . COMPAQ BD018122C9 COMPAQ BD018122C9 CD-224E B016 B016 9.5B 00-00-F8-1B-9C-47 SCSI Bus ID 7 SCSI Bus ID 7 SCSI Bus ID 7 4-16 DS20E Reference Guide
....7.0.7.1 pkb0.7.0.6.0 pkc0.7.0.106.0 P00>>> DKA0 DKA200 DQA0 DVA0 EWA0 PKA0 PKB0 PKC0 P00>>> set ewa0_protocols bootp P00>>> set ewa0_inet_init bootp P00>>> boot ewa0 Da . . . COMPAQ BD018122C9 COMPAQ BD018122C9 CD-224E B016 B016 9.5B 00-00-F8-1B-9C-47 SCSI Bus ID 7 SCSI Bus ID 7 SCSI Bus ID 7 4-16 DS20E Reference Guide
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....0 dva0.0.0.0.0 ewa0.0.0.9.0 pka0.7.0.7.1 pkb0.7.0.6.0 pkc0.7.0.106.0 P00>>> DKA0 DKA200 DQA0 DVA0 EWA0 PKA0 PKB0 PKC0 COMPAQ BD018122C9 B016 COMPAQ BD018122C9 B016 CD-224E 9.5B 00-00-F8-1B-9C-47 SCSI Bus ID 7 SCSI Bus ID 7 SCSI Bus ID 7 4-20 DS20E Reference Guide http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/ Linux Boot Procedure 1. Then verify... on an Alpha system is described in this case dka0.0.0.17.0. For instructions and the latest firmware images, see the following Web site: http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/linux You need to upgrade.
....0 dva0.0.0.0.0 ewa0.0.0.9.0 pka0.7.0.7.1 pkb0.7.0.6.0 pkc0.7.0.106.0 P00>>> DKA0 DKA200 DQA0 DVA0 EWA0 PKA0 PKB0 PKC0 COMPAQ BD018122C9 B016 COMPAQ BD018122C9 B016 CD-224E 9.5B 00-00-F8-1B-9C-47 SCSI Bus ID 7 SCSI Bus ID 7 SCSI Bus ID 7 4-20 DS20E Reference Guide http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/Alpha/firmware/ Linux Boot Procedure 1. Then verify... on an Alpha system is described in this case dka0.0.0.17.0. For instructions and the latest firmware images, see the following Web site: http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/linux You need to upgrade.
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... Jul 24 13:03:21 emperor kernel: Booting GENERIC on Tsunami variation Catamaran using machine vector DP264 from the system hard drive (DKA0). aboot: booted_dev='scsi 0 17 0 0 0 0 0', guessing boot_device='sda2' aboot: loading compressed boot/vmlinux.gz... Example 4-4 Linux Boot Output P00>>>boot (boot dka0.0.0.17.0 -flags 0) block 0 of dka0.0.0.17.0 is...
... Jul 24 13:03:21 emperor kernel: Booting GENERIC on Tsunami variation Catamaran using machine vector DP264 from the system hard drive (DKA0). aboot: booted_dev='scsi 0 17 0 0 0 0 0', guessing boot_device='sda2' aboot: loading compressed boot/vmlinux.gz... Example 4-4 Linux Boot Output P00>>>boot (boot dka0.0.0.17.0 -flags 0) block 0 of dka0.0.0.17.0 is...