SRM Console Commands
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For OpenVMS and DIGITAL UNIX systems, SRM console commands allow you to
boot the OpenVMS and DIGITAL operating systems, display the configuration, and
verify the system. The control character Ctrl/P allows you to halt the operating system
and return to SRM console mode; the SRM command continue will then restart the
operating system where it left off.
For Windows NT systems, SRM commands allow you to enter the AlphaBIOS
firmware used for booting Windows NT, displaying the configuration, and verifying
the system. The configuration nomenclature displayed and with which you verify the
system is different from that used by the AlphaBIOS firmware, which is in turn
different from the nomenclature used by the Windows NT operating system.
For example, a disk identified by the name dka100 with the SRM console command
show device may be identified as the c: disk on your Windows NT system. Further-
more, Ctrl/P and continue do not work for Windows NT systems. See Section 8.2 for
information on transferring between the Windows NT operating system, AlphaBIOS
Setup, and the SRM console mode.
When a command, control character, or environment variable is specific to an
operating system, that fact is so indicated in the headings and/or text of this chapter.
Otherwise, they apply to all operating systems.
In any case, when the system is in SRM console mode, the system is halted and the
SRM console firmware is executing. The operator communicates with the firmware
through the console terminal, which displays the following prompt:
Pnn>>>
where nn is 00 to 13 (for AlphaServer 8400 systems) or 08 to 13 (for AlphaServer
8200 systems), depending on which TLSB slot the processor module is in and which
processor on the module is the primary processor.
