System Overview
AlphaServer 1000A Rackmount Owner’s Guide 1-3
The Windows NT (ARC) console firmware has a menu-based interface designed to
facilitate hardware interaction with the Windows NT operating system.
The OpenVMS Alpha and Digital UNIX (SRM) console firmware has a command line
interface for hardware interaction with the Digital UNIX or OpenVMS Alpha operating
systems.
Table 1–1: Console Firmware Tasks
If You Are
Running...
And You Want to...
Use this Console...
Windows NT
Boot Windows NT
ARC
Run the EISA Configuration Utility
ARC
Run an Adapter Configuration Utility
ARC
Update firmware
ARC
Switch to the SRM console
ARC
Run programs written to run within the
ARC firmware
ARC
List Windows NT device names
ARC
Change Windows NT boot configurations
and environment variables
ARC
Initialize the system
ARC
Display system configuration
ARC
Perform diagnostic tests
SRM
Digital UNIX or
OpenVMS Alpha
Boot Digital UNIX or OpenVMS Alpha
SRM
Update firmware
SRM
Switch to the Windows NT console
SRM
Initialize the system
SRM
Display system configuration
SRM
Display system storage devices
SRM
Set/display environment variables specific
to Digital UNIX and OpenVMS Alpha
SRM
Set and display environment variables
common to Digital UNIX, OpenVMS
Alpha, and Windows NT
SRM
Set console security
SRM
Perform diagnostic tests
SRM
Run the RAID Configuration Utility
SRM command invokes ARC
Run the EISA Configuration Utility
SRM command invokes ARC