Compaq AlphaServer ES40, Owner'S Manual

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Contents
Preface
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Chapter 1 System Overview
1.1 System Enclosures ................................................................................ 1-2
1.2 System Chassis—Front View/Top View................................................ 1-4
1.3 System Chassis—Rear View ................................................................. 1-5
1.4 Rear Ports and Slots ............................................................................. 1-6
1.5 Operator Control Panel......................................................................... 1-8
1.6 System Board ...................................................................................... 1-10
1.7 PCI Backplane .................................................................................... 1-12
1.8 Power Supplies.................................................................................... 1-14
1.9 Removable Media Storage................................................................... 1-16
1.10 Hard Disk Storage .............................................................................. 1-17
1.11 System Access ..................................................................................... 1-18
1.12 Console Terminal ................................................................................ 1-20
Chapter 2 Operation
2.1 Powering Up the System....................................................................... 2-2
2.2 Power-Up Displays................................................................................ 2-3
2.2.1 SROM Power-Up Display ............................................................... 2-4
2.2.2 SRM Console Power-Up Display..................................................... 2-6
2.3 System Consoles.................................................................................. 2-10
2.3.1 Selecting the Display Device......................................................... 2-12
2.3.2 Setting the Control Panel Message .............................................. 2-13
2.4 Displaying a Hardware Configuration................................................ 2-14
2.4.1 Displaying Boot Environment Variables ...................................... 2-15
2.4.2 Displaying the Logical Configuration ........................................... 2-16
2.4.3 Displaying the Bootable Devices................................................... 2-21
2.4.4 Viewing Memory Configuration.................................................... 2-22
2.5 Setting SRM Environment Variables ................................................. 2-23
2.6 Setting SRM Console Security ............................................................ 2-24