Configuring Your System
6-18 AlphaServer 1000 Rackmount Owner's Guide
The "Save and Exit" ECU option saves your configuration information to
the system's nonvolatile memory.
6.
Return to the SRM console (DEC OSF/1 and OpenVMS systems only) and restart the
system.
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For systems running Windows NT: Remove the ECU diskette from
the diskette drive and boot the operating system.
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For systems running DEC OSF/1 or Open VMS:
Return to the SRM console as follows:
a.
From the Supplementary menu, select the Setup menu.
b From the Setup menu, select "Switch to OpenVMS or OSF console." This
option allows you to select your operating system console.
c.
Select your operating system; then press Enter on the Setup menu.
d.
When the message "Power-cycle the system to implement the change" is
displayed, press the Reset button. (Do not press the On/Off switch.) Once
the console firmware is loaded and device drivers are initialized, you can
boot the operating system.
7.
Install the ISA card using the instructions provided with the ISA option, and turn on
the system.
PCI Option Cards
PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) is an industry-standard expansion I/O bus that is
the preferred bus for high-performance I/O options. The system supports 32-bit PCI
options.
The PCI bus is shown in Figure 6-4. The system has two dedicated PCI slots and one slot
that can be if the top EISA slot is not used.
A PCI card is shown in Figure 6–5
Figure 6–5: PCI Option Card
PCI
MLO-011571
