Console Commands 3-15
Table 3-6 SRM Environment Variables
Variable
Description
auto_action
Sets/shows the console action following an error, halt, or power-up.
The action can be halt, boot, or restart. Halt is the default.
boot_file
Sets/shows the file name to be used when a bootstrap requires a file
name. The default setting is null.
boot_osflags
Sets/shows additional parameters to be passed to system software.
When using OpenVMS software, these parameters are the system
root number and boot flags. The default setting is 0,0.
bootdef_dev
Sets/shows the default device or device list from which the system
will attempt to boot. If the system software is preloaded, the
variable is preset to point to the device containing the preloaded
software. Otherwise, the default value is null.
console
Sets the console output to either the COM1 serial port or the graphics
controller.
control_scsi_term
Unused in the AlphaServer 300 system.
ewa0_mode
Determines whether the AUI (ThinWire) or the twisted-pair Ethernet
ports is enabled. AUI is the default. (Auto-sensing is not supported.)
language n
The language environment variable associates language n to the
system (where n is the number of the language shown below). You
can have the system prompt you for the language using the following
command:
>>>set language 0
and then
>>>init.
Power
cycle the system after you have set the language.
n Language
n Language
0 none (display menu)
40 Francais (Suisse Romande)
30 Dansk
42 Italiano
32 Deutsch
44 Nederlands
34 Deutsch (Schweiz)
46 Norsk
36 English (American)
48 Portugues
38 English (British/Irish)
4A Suomi
3A Espanol
4C Svenska
3C Francais
4E Vlaams
3E Francais (Canadian)
os_type
Sets/shows the specified operating system (NT, OpenVMS, or
Digital UNIX) that NVRAM will boot.
pci_parity
This variable controls PCI parity checking at the PCI bridge chip.
The default setting is off, and should remain at default.
