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AlphaPC 264DP User`s Manual Preliminary

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2. S 103 53 mm 4 076 in ISA 40 95 mm 1 612 in 330 20 mm 13 000 in 2 49 mm REF 0 00 098 in 9 66 mm 380 in 30 29 mm 1 193 in z 50 61 mm 1 993 in aa 70 93 mm 2 793 in z _ 91 25 mm 3 593 in fe mj 111 57 mm 4 393 in E i 131 89 mm 5 193 in 2 2 J 2 2 2 3 A 2X 12 82 mm 505 in z 5 191 01 mm 7 520 in o o 2X 3 50 mm 138 in NO COMP NO ETCH or id 217 48 mm 8 562 in 2X 223 58 mm 8 802 in E lt 358 39 mm 14 110 in s o 7 5 360 68 mm 14 200 in 2 o B G rer cil aX L 3X NO COMP 185 in 7 62 mm i NO ETCH 300 in 300 in 2X 10 92 mm 430 in cagon one 2X 85 93 mm 3 383 in 140 97 mm 5 550 in 294 64 mm 11 600 in 2X 323 60 mm 12 740 in 16X 172 08 mm 6 775 in 312 55 mm 12 305 in 318 29 mm 12 531 in 319 53 mm 12 580 in LK98 0002A 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Features of the AlphaPC 264DP 2 9 Physical Parameters Figure 2 5 shows the top and side views of the mainboard s I O connectors Figure 2 5 AlphaPC 264DP Mainboard I O Connector Specifications
3. Top View Side View MOUSE 13 97 mm 550 in 2 97 mm 117 in 7 261 74 mm 10 305 in mm in E 15 49 mm 610 in o 284 20 mm 11 189 in ieo USB 6224 in Tang mm 122 in TRS Be 312 62 mm 12 308 in REF 30 99 mm 1 220 in oot DSUB STACKED 9M 9M T z REF H bak i 338 13 mm 13 312 in 2 27 mm 089 in Hf H 59 69 mm 2 350 in DSUB 25 4 490 in REF 66 44 mm 2 616 in REF S 9 S J J E E is s T Ss l L 5 S 2 2 z 5 2 G o LK98 0003A 2 10 Features of the AlphaPC 264DP 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Physical Parameters 2 3 2 AlphaPC 264DP Daughtercard Mechanical Control Drawing Figure 2 6 shows the mechanical control drawing for the AlphaPC 264DP daughter card Figure 2 6 AlphaPC 264DP Daughtercard Mechanical Control Drawing 304 80 mm bR 12 000 in z 5 08 mm P 3x 6 3 99 mm 2in 7 E 457 in A E ice A 2x 5 08 mm 2 in 135 5 mm 5 335 in 149 99 mm 5 905 in ae B L A y 5 08 mm 223 93 mm ein 8 816 in 2x 5 08 mm 2 in 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Features of the AlbhaPC 264DP 2 11 3 AlphaPC 264DP S
4. lt lt lt lt A lt lt lt 3 A 30 Y BA 228 09 mm 8 980 in 255 27 mm 10 050 in lt 3 5 Z lt g Pei 387 29 mm 15 248 in gt gt SL 303 39 mm 15 488 in bs 2X 12 28 mm 484 in G 124 97 mm 4 920 in 215 90 mm 8 500 in 324 99 mm 12 795 in eI 6 413 51 mm 16 280 in 2X 416 05 mm 16 380 in LK98 0001A 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Physical Parameters Figure 2 4 shows the mainboard s connector specifications Figure 2 4 AlphaPC 264DP Mainboard Connector Specifications 12 22 mm 481 in 113 66 mm 4 475 in 125 09 mm 4 925 in 141 42 mm 5 568 in 150 31 mm 5 918 in 159 20 mm 6 268 in 168 09 mm 6 618 in 176 98 mm 6 968 in 185 87 mm 7 318 in 194 76 mm 7 669 in 203 65 mm 8 018 in 216 mm 8 542 in 333 50 mm 13 130 in 349 70 mm 13 768 in 358 59 mm 14 118 in 367 48 mm 14 468 in 376 37 mm 14 818 in 385 26 mm 15 168 in 394 15 mm 15 518 in 403 04 mm 15 868 in 411 93 mm 16 218 in 412 87 mm 16 255 in 421 13 mm 16 580 in 148 59 mm 5 850 in 2X 120 64 mm 4 750 in 321 93 mm 12 675 in 306 07 mm 12 050 in 6X 290 25 mm 11 427 in
5. Reserved Note The switches must remain as follows cn7 cn6 cn5 cnd cn3 cn2 Off Off Off On Off Off Reserved This switch must be kept Off Flash Write Protect Off Write enable flash ROM On Write disable flash ROM Figure 3 3 Daughtercard Switchpack 2 vout_setO vout_set1 vout_set2 vout_set3 flash_sel2 flash_sel1 flash_selO flash_sel bypass Note Switch defaults are in bold Set Output Voltage vout_setx 3 2 1 0 Note All other combinations are reserved V de 2 214 On Off On On Flash ROM Select flash_selx flash_sel_ Note 2 1 O bypass All other combinations are Off Off Off On reserved AlphaPC 264DP Switch Configuration 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Fail Safe Booter 3 1 Fail Safe Booter The Fail Safe Booter FSB utility provides an emergency recovery mechanism when the primary firmware image contained in flash memory has been corrupted When flash memory has been corrupted and no image can be loaded safely from the flash ROM you can run the FSB and boot another image from a diskette that is capable of reprogramming the flash ROM Refer to Chapter 6 for more information 3 2 Mini Debugger The Alpha SROM Mini Debugger is stored in the flash ROM and is e
6. Display System Configuration Fl Help Systemboard Configuration Hard Disk Configuration PCI Configuration SCSI Configuration gt ISA Configuration Memory Configuration Integrated Peripherals Disk 0 AIC78XX 0 SCSI ID 0 4091 MB DEC RZICB CS_ C DEC0656 Partition 1 4085 MB FAT Partition 2 6 MB FAT Disk 1 AIC78XX 0 SCSI ID 1 4091 MB DEC RZICB CS_ C DEC0656 Partition 1 4091 MB NTFS Disk 2 AIC78XX 0 SCSI ID 2 4091 MB DEC RZ29B C DEC0656 Partition 1 4091 MB NTFS Note This screen is for information only it cannot be edited To make changes to the hard disk setup use the Hard Disk Setup screen see Section 7 2 3 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaBlOS 7 5 AlphaBlOS Setup Program 7 6 Figure 7 5 Memory Configuration Screen Display System Configuration Systemboard Configuration Hard Disk Configuration PCI Configuration SCSI Configuration gt ISA Configuration Memory Configuration Integrated Peripherals Array 0 Array 1 Array 2 Array 3 System Memory Configuration 256 MB 64 MB per DIMM 256 MB 64 MB per DIMM 256 MB 64 MB per DIMM 256 MB 64 MB per DIMM Starting Address 0x00000000 Starting Address 0x10000000 Starting Address 0x20000000 Starting Address 0x30000000 AlphaBlOS 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaBlOS Setup Program 7 2 2 Upgrading AlphaBlOS As new versions of Windows NT are release
7. 128MB 128MB 64MB 64MB 64MB 64MB 1 5GB 256MB 128MB 128MB 128MB 64MB 64MB 2GB 256MB 256MB 2 5GB 256MB 256MB 128MB 3GB 256MB 256MB 128MB 128MB 3 5GB 256MB 256MB 256MB 128MB 4GB 256MB 256MB 256MB 256MB T Each array has 4 DIMMs 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Memory Configuration 5 3 6 Firmware Introduction This chapter introduces the operating system interfaces firmware that are stored in the AlphaPC 264DP flash ROM e AlphaBIOS e Alpha SRM console It also describes two additional utilities that are used with the AlphaPC 264DP e The Fail Safe Booter FSB utility e The Loadable Firmware Update LFU utility 6 1 Firmware Overview There are two interfaces that are included in the AlphaPC 264DP firmware residing in the flash ROM on the AlphaPC 264DP mainboard They are defined as follows e AlphaBIOS The AlphaBIOS firmware initializes the system and allows you to configure the system and install and boot the Windows NT operating system e Alpha SRM console The Alpha SRM console firmware initializes the system and loads the AlphaBIOS firmware It also allows you to configure the system and install and boot the Tru64 UNIX operating system 6 1 1 Power Up The Alpha SRM console is loaded at power up to perform a few functions The Alpha SRM console then loads AlphaBIOS and passes control to it 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Firmware Introduction 6 1 Preparing Dis
8. 4 5 4 6 4 6 4 8 iii iv 4 1 9 4 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 10 4 1 4 1 13 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 1 4 2 2 4 2 3 4 2 4 COM1 COM2 Serial Line Connector Pinous eee 4 9 Keyboard Mouse Connector Pinouts 0000 c eee eee eee 4 9 3 V Power Connector Pinouts eee e eect eee 4 10 5 V Power Connector Pinouts cece eee eee ee eee 4 10 Fan Box Power Connector PinoutS cece eee eee eee 4 10 Speaker Connector Pinous 000s 4 11 Halt Button Connector PinoutS 00 0c eee eee eee 4 11 Reset Button Connector Pinouts 0c e eee eee eee 4 11 System Power Button Connector Pinouts ee eeee 4 11 Ultra SCSI Hard Drive LED Connector Pinous saaan naana naana 4 12 Power LED Connector Pinouts 000 eee eee eee eens 4 12 Daughtercard Connectors s 000 cette eens 4 12 Microprocessor Fan Power Connector Pinouts s saasa sasaaa aaa 4 12 SROM Test Data Input Connector Pinouts eee 4 13 AlphaPC 264DP Daughtercard Connector Pinouts s a sanaaa 4 13 AlphaPC 264DP Daughtercard Input Power Connector Pinouts 4 15 Memory Configuration 5 1 5 2 Memory Subsystem 00 0 c ect nent eee 5 1 Configuring SDRAM Memory 000 cece teens 5 2 Firmware Introduction 6 1 Firmware OvervieW 0 0 0 cette ene eee 6 1 6 1 1 Power UDr seas KT a RE 7 9 ket Ada haa acd ee otha ye Be mea Pale 6 1 6 1 2 Switching From One
9. gt gt gt edit nvram 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 11 Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions examine Displays the contents of the specified address Syntax examine b w 1 q 0 h d physical virtual gpr fpr ipr n lt count gt s lt step gt lt device gt lt address gt Arguments lt device gt The optional device name or address space selects the device to access lt address gt The address specifies the first location to examine within the current device The address can be any legal address specified Options examine Command Option Description b Specifies data type is byte W Specifies data type is word l Specifies data type is longword q Specifies data type is quadword 0 Specifies data type is octaword h Specifies data type is hexword d Specifies the data displayed is the decoded macro instruction The Alpha instruction decode d does not recognize machine specific PALcode instructions physical References physical address space virtual References virtual address space gpr References general purpose register address space fpr References floating point register address space 8 12 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions examine Command Option Description ipr References internal processor register address space n lt count gt Specifies the
10. lt filename gt Specifies the name of a file to load into the system Use the set boot_f ile command to set the environment variable that specifies a default boot file flags Specifies additional information for the operating lt longword gt lt longword gt system For Tru64 UNIX systems the following values may be used i Interactive boot s Boot to single user a Autoboot to multiuser Use the set boot_osflags command to set an environment variable that specifies a default boot flag value protocols Specifies the Ethernet protocols that will be used for a lt enet_protocol gt network boot Values may be mop or bootp halt Forces the bootstrap operation to halt and invoke the console program after the image is loaded and the page tables and other data structures are set up 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 5 Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions Description The boot command initializes the processor loads a program image from the specified boot device and transfers control to that image If you do not specify a boot device in the command line the default boot device is used The default boot device is determined by the value of the bootdef_dev environment variable If you specify a list of devices a bootstrap is attempted from each device in the order in which the device is listed Then control passes to the first successfully booted image In a list always enter network de
11. number on the first bus in your system Caution If you have any information on your disk that you want to save be sure to back it up before using express hard disk setup Figure 7 7 Hard Disk Setup Screen Hard Disk Setup F1l Help Disk 0 AIC78XX 0 SCSI ID 0 4091 MB Partition 1 4085 MB Partition 2 6 MB FAT Disk 1 AIC78XX_ 0 SCSI ID 1 4091 MB Partition 1 4091 MB NTFS Disk 2 AIC78XX 0 SCSI ID 2 4091 MB Partition 1 4091 MB NTFS ESC To perform express hard disk setup 1 If you have any needed information on your disk back it up before proceeding 2 Start AlphaBIOS Setup select Hard Disk Setup and press Enter 3 Press F7 to enter express hard disk setup 4 Press F10 to continue with the setup For information on manually managing hard disks see the online documentation 7 8 AlphaBlOS 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaBlOS Setup Program 7 2 4 Performing CMOS Setup Tasks CMOS Setup is used to configure several system parameters and is divided into two modes standard and advanced Standard CMOS Setup is used to configure basic system parameters Advanced CMOS Setup is used for system specific parameters and password protection Table 7 2 lists the specific tasks that you can perform in standard and advanced setup mode Table 7 2 CMOS Setup Tasks Standard CMOS Setup Advanced CMOS Setup Autostart Memory test Date and time PCI parity Floppy Password protection Keyboard SCSI BIOS emu
12. 0 A 0 8 A 01A 5 0 A 22 0 A 01A 0 05 A Caution Fan sensor required The 21264 microprocessor cooling fan must have a built in sensor that will drive a signal if the airflow stops The sensor is connected to power connector J1 When the signal is generated it resets the system 2 2 Environmental Requirements The 21264 microprocessor is cooled by a small fan blowing directly into the chip s heat sink The daughtercard is designed to run efficiently by using only this fan Additional fans may be necessary depending upon cabinetry and the requirements of plug in cards 2 6 Features of the AlphaPC 264DP 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Physical Parameters The mainboard and daughtercard are specified to run within the environment listed in Table 2 5 Table 2 5 AlphaPC 264DP Environmental Requirements Parameter Specification Operating temperature 10 C to 40 C 50 F to 104 F Storage temperature 55 C to 125 C 67 F to 257 F Relative humidity 10 to 90 with maximum wet bulb temperature 28 C 82 F and minimum dew point 2 C 36 F Rate of dry bulb temperature change 11 C hour 2 C hour 20 F hour 4 F hour 2 3 Physical Parameters The AlphaPC 264DP mainboard is a printed wiring board PWB with the following dimensions e Length 42 11 cm 16 58 in 0 0005 in e Width 33 02 cm 13 0 in 0 0005 in e Height 3 81 cm 1 5 in The AlphaPC 264DP daughtercard is a PWB with the fo
13. 106 rfu 107 NC 108 dq71 109 dq70 110 Vss 111 dq69 112 dq68 113 Vdd 114 NC 115 Vss 116 NC 117 dq59 118 dq58 119 Vss 120 dq57 121 dq56 122 Vdd 123 dq55 124 dq54 125 Vss 126 dq53 127 dq52 128 Vdd 129 dq47 130 dq46 131 Vss 132 dq45 133 dq44 134 Vdd 135 dq39 136 dq38 137 Vss 138 dq37 139 dq36 140 Vdd 141 a 142 a7 143 Vss 144 bs0 145 NC 146 Vdd 147 dqm 148 wet 149 Vss 150 NC 151 clk0 152 Vdd 153 NC 154 csO 155 Vss 156 hal 157 al0 ap 158 Vdd 159 a2 160 a3 161 Vss 162 dq31 163 dq30 164 Vdd 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaPC 264DP Connector Pinouts 4 7 Mainboard Connectors Table 4 6 SDRAM DIMM Connector Pinouts J1 J5 J6 J9 J11 J13 J14 J16 J25 J32 Continued Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 165 dq29 166 dq28 167 Vss 168 dq23 169 dq22 170 Vdd 171 dq21 172 dq20 173 Vss 174 NC 175 NC 176 Vdd 177 NC 178 Vss 179 Vss 180 NC 181 NC 182 Vdd 183 dall 184 dal 185 Vss 186 dq9 187 dq8 188 Vdd 189 dq3 190 dq2 191 Vss 192 dal 193 dq0 194 sda 195 sa0 196 sal 197 sa2 198 Vdd 199 NC 200 NC 4 1 7 Diskette Floppy Drive Bus Connector Pinouts Table 4 7 shows the diskette floppy drive bus connector pinouts Table 4 7 Diskette Floppy Drive Bus Connector Pinouts J43 Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Gnd 2 DRVDENO 3 Gnd 4 NC 5 Gnd 6 DRVDENI1 7 Gnd 8 INDEX 9 Gnd 10 MTRO 11 Gnd 12 DS1 13 Gnd 14 DSO 15 Gnd 16 MTR1 17 Gnd 18 DIR 19 Gnd 20 STEP 21 Gnd 22 WDATA 23 Gnd 24 WGATE 25 Gnd 26 TRKO 27 Gnd 2
14. 2 1 provides an overview of the AlphaPC 264DP s features Table 2 1 AlphaPC 264DP Features Feature Description Mainboard Daughtercards Support for two daughtercards each containing an Alpha 21264 microproces sor 64 bit RISC operating at 500 MHz and a 2MB 128 bit L2 cache with late write HSTL synchronous static RAM SSRAM Core logic chipset 21272 core logic chipset comprising 11 chips 8 Dchips 2 Pchips and 1 Cchip that provide an interface to system memory and the PCI bus Synchronous DRAM 128MB to 4GB memory complement with 72 bit ECC four memory SDRAM memory arrays each consisting of four 200 pin buffered DIMMs with qualified 100 MHz SDRAMs 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Features of the AlbhaPC 264DP 2 1 Table 2 1 AlphaPC 264DP Features Continued Feature Description T O and miscellaneous ine AlphaPC 264DP mainboard has the following support support Two 64 bit 33 MHz PCI buses e SIX 64 bit PCI expansion slots one shared with ISA e Cypress CY82C693UB chip providing support for PCI to ISA bridge IDE bus keyboard mouse and time of year clock ISA expansion bus with one ISA expansion slot shared with PCI IDE bus Note Only CD ROM drives are supported The maximum supported cable length is 12 inches SMC FDC37C669 combination controller chip provides control for diskettes two UARTs with modem control and a parallel port e Adaptec AIC7895 chip providing integrated dual port ult
15. Check the connection to the ac outlet Check the voltage setting on the power supply 115 V ac in the U S Check that the frequency switch selection matches the speed of the Alpha chip Check that the CPU fan is connected and spinning Ensure that the flash ROM update procedure was performed correctly If you have a terminal attached to COM1 check the output for error messages after verifying that the flash ROM update procedure was performed correctly Reseat the video card and ensure that it is connected to the monitor Reseat the DIMMs Replace the DIMMs 9 3 Daughtercard LEDs There are five LEDs located on the daughtercard to show the status of functions on the daughtercard Table 9 1 shows the meaning of the LEDs Table 9 1 AlphaPC 264DP Daughtercard LEDs LED Function Comments D1 CPU self test Becomes asserted at completion of built in self test BIST If it does not assert self test did not complete D2 dC OK Asserted by the reset FPGA when it senses de power D3 srom_clk Fast flash appears on but dim while SROM is being loaded D4 2v_dcok Asserted while 2 V to the CPU is present D5 S5v_dcok Asserted while 5 V to the CPU is present 9 2 Troubleshooting 17 February 1999 Subject To Change 9 4 Beep Codes Beep Codes The beep codes provide error information about the AlphaPC 264DP system Table 9 2 lists and describes the beep codes Table 9 2 Beep Codes Beep Code Description 1 2 3 This sequence r
16. ER gs PES Ray fee die cha eee 9 6 Fail Safe Booter 0 0 0 cece teens 9 7 Windows NT Startup 2 0 0 ect tee 17 February 1999 Subject to Change 7 13 7 13 7 14 7 14 9 2 9 2 9 3 9 3 9 4 9 5 vi Support Products and Documentation A 1 A 2 A 2 1 A 2 2 A 2 3 A 3 Customer Support Supporting Products Memory Power Supply Enclosure Associated Documentation P HR hada Metta bt SOR ae Ie a Ck tak hi A 2 Ge eins AAW E ie Seta ating Maa day Set tearm RN A 2 A to Hae a Mad NO Tenet ttn OE A 2 Raters KARR heated earns pe des besa owes wae A 3 17 February 1999 Subject to Change Figures 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 3 1 3 2 3 3 5 1 5 2 6 1 7 1 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 5 7 6 7 7 7 8 7 9 7 10 7 11 8 1 8 2 8 3 8 4 8 5 8 6 8 7 8 8 8 9 8 10 8 11 8 12 8 13 8 14 8 15 8 16 8 17 8 18 8 19 8 20 AlphaPC 264DP Mainboard Switch Connector Component Location 2 3 AlphaPC 264DP Daughtercard Switch Connector Component Location 2 5 AlphaPC 264DP Mainboard Hole Specifications 000 2 8 AlphaPC 264DP Mainboard Connector Specifications s sasaa ueu 2 9 AlphaPC 264DP Mainboard I O Connector Specifications 2 10 AlphaPC 264DP Daughtercard Mechanical Control Drawing 2 11 Mainboard Switchpack 2 0 0 0 0 c cette eee 3 1 Mainboard Switchpack 3 0 0 c ects 3 2 Daughtercard Switchpac
17. ID 7 8 3 4 Displaying the Memory Configuration The show memory command displays information about each memory bank array number size in megabytes and the starting address The syntax is show memory Figure 8 4 Example of Show Memory Command P00 gt gt gt show memory Array Size Base Addr 0 128 MB 000000000 T 128 MB 008000000 2 128 MB 010000000 3 128 MB 018000000 Total Bad Pages 0 Total Good Memory 512 MBytes P00 gt gt gt 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 21 Environment Variables 8 3 5 Displaying PALcode Revision Information The show pal command displays the versions of Tru64 UNIX PALcode PALcode is the Alpha Privileged Architecture Library code written to support Alpha processors It implements architecturally defined processor behavior The syntax is show pal Figure 8 5 shows an example of the show pal command Figure 8 5 Example of Show PAL Command P00 gt gt gt show pal pal Tru64 UNIX PALcode V1 27 31 P00 gt gt gt 8 3 6 Displaying Console Revision Information The show version command displays the version of the SRM console program that is installed on the system The syntax is show version Figure 8 6 shows an example of the show version command Figure 8 6 Example of Show Version Command P00 gt gt gt show version version V5 3 1 JUL 20 1998 13 59 28 P00 gt gt gt 8 4 Environment Variables Environment variables pass configuration
18. assigned to the environment variable It can be either a numeric value or an ASCII string Options set Command Option Description integer Creates an environment variable as an integer string Creates an environment variable as a string Description The set command is used to set or modify the value of an environment variable Environment variables are used to pass configuration information between the console and the operating system See Section 8 4 for more information about environment variables Examples set Command Example Description gt gt gt set bootdef_dev ewa0 Modifies the default boot device to ewa0 gt gt gt set auto_action boot Attempts to boot the operating system following an error halt or power up gt gt gt set boot_osflags 0 1 Modifies the default boot flags to 0 1 gt gt gt set foobar 5 Creates an environment variable called foobar and gives it a value of 5 8 16 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions show Displays the current value of the specified environment variable or information about the system Syntax show config device device_name iobq hwrpb map memory pal version lt envar gt Arguments show Command Argument Description config Displays the current memory configuration PCI logical slots and ISA logical slots device device name Displays the devices and controllers in the system Specifying a devic
19. be included on your distribution CD in case you need to refresh the firmware If they are not included you can download them from the Alpha OEM World Wide Web Internet site at http www digital com alphaoem Click on Technical Information then click on Alpha Drivers and Firmware The utilities that are used to reload or update the firmware expect to find the files on a diskette so you need to prepare a diskette for each utility with the correct files from the CD or the Web 6 2 Firmware Introduction 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Fail Safe Booter Utility For FSB e Copy the file PC264SRM ROM onto a diskette renaming it DP264SRM ROM For Updating Firmware e Copy the files PC264FW TXT PC264NT ROM and PC264SRM ROM onto a diskette For Installing Windows NT e Copy the necessary files as directed by installation instructions onto a diskette see Section 7 3 1 6 3 Fail Safe Booter Utility The FSB provides an emergency recovery mechanism when the firmware image contained in flash memory has been corrupted You can run the FSB and boot another image from a diskette that is capable of reprogramming the flash ROM You can start the FSB in one of two ways e If the firmware image is unavailable when the system is powered on or reset the FSB runs automatically When the FSB runs the system emits a series of beeps through the speaker as beep code 1 2 3 that is one beep and a pause followed by two beeps and a pause
20. device or file The defaults for address space data size and address are the last specified values After initialization the default for address space is physical memory for data size the default is a quadword and for address the default is Zero An address or device can be specified by concatenating the device name with the address For example use pmem 0 and specify the size of the address space to be written If a conflicting device address or data size is specified the console ignores the command and issues an error response Examples deposit Command Example Description gt gt gt d n 1ff pmem 0 0 Clears the first 512 bytes of physical memory gt gt gt d 1 n 3 pmem 1234 5 Writes the value 5 into four longwords starting at physical memory address 1234 gt gt gt d n 8 r0 ffffffff Loads GPRs RO through R8 with 1 gt gt gt d 1 n 10 s 200 pmem 0 8 Writes the value 8 in the first longword of the first 17 pages in physical memory 8 10 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions edit Loads and runs the Alpha SRM line editor Syntax edit lt file gt Arguments lt file gt Specifies the file to be edited Options None Description The edit command starts the Alpha SRM line editor For more information on the line editor see Section 8 8 Example The following edit command starts the Alpha SRM line editor to edit the file nvram
21. followed by three beeps After the diskette activity light flashes insert the diskette you created for the FSB Then reset the system to restart the FSB The FSB loads and runs the Alpha SRM console from this diskette Go to Section 6 5 1 and follow the procedures for updating your firmware e You can also start the FSB manually as follows 1 Power off your system Set switch 1 FSB of SW2 on the mainboard to on see Figure 3 1 Insert the FSB diskette you created into the diskette drive Power on your system which brings up the Alpha SRM console oe Ger NS Proceed to Section 6 5 1 and follow the procedures for updating your firm ware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Firmware Introduction 6 3 Updating Firmware From AlphaBlOS 6 4 Updating Firmware From AlphaBlOS At the the AlphaBIOS Setup screen load the firmware update diskette you created then use the Tab key to select the AlphaBIOS Upgrade option and press Enter see Section 7 2 2 The AlphaBIOS automatically finds the firmware update files and updates the appropriate firmware 6 5 Updating Firmware From Alpha SRM Console with LFU To update the firmware from the Alpha SRM console start the Loadable Firmware Update LFU utility which then allows you to update the Alpha SRM console firm ware the AlphaBIOS firmware and option firmware 6 5 1 Starting LFU At the Alpha SRM console prompt issue the Ifu command see Section 8 11 The LFU upon being st
22. none is specified The processor begins executing instruc tions at the address that is currently in the program counter PC The processor is not initialized The continue command is valid only if you have not disturbed the system state and if you halted the system by pressing the Halt button on the control panel The syntax is continue amp pn address where amp pn specifies the processor n is 0 or 1 and address provides the starting address of the program Figure 8 17 gives an example of the halt and continue commands 8 36 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Getting Help Figure 8 17 Example of Halt and Continue Commands P00 gt gt gt halt 1 halted CPU 1 halt code 1 operator initiated halt PC ffffffff8007cc68 P00 gt gt gt continue KG continuing CPU 1 Note Some console commands for example boot can alter the machine state so that program mode cannot be successfully resumed unless you include halt in the boot command If program mode cannot be resumed reboot the operating system Other commands that alter machine state are lfu show device show network test and start 8 10 Getting Help The help or man command displays basic information about the use of console commands when the system is in console mode The syntax is help command where command is the command or topic for which help is requested The options for command are none Displays the
23. sysaddin12_l 137 sysaddin4_l 138 sysaddin5_l 139 sysaddin2_l 140 sysaddin6_l 141 sysaddoutli_l 142 sysaddin0_l 143 sysaddout7_l 144 sysaddout9_l 145 sysaddout8_1 146 sysaddout5_l 147 sysaddout4_l 148 sysaddout3_l 149 sysdata63_l 150 sysdata62_l 151 sysdata61_l 152 sysdata59_l 153 sysdataoutclk7_1 154 sysdata53_l 155 syscheck6_l 156 sysdata55_l 157 sysdata56_l 158 sysdata58_l 159 sysdatainclk6_1 160 sysdata50_l 161 sysdata4 8_l 162 sysdata44_l 163 sysdataoutclk5_1 164 sysdata43_l 165 sysdata40_l 166 sysdata38_l 167 syscheck4_l 168 sysdata39_I 169 sysdata34_l 170 sysdatainclk4_1 171 sysdata33_l 172 be_config0 173 be_config2 174 cpu_speed0 175 cpu_speed2 176 12v_mod 177 vdd_2v_term 178 vdd_2v_term 179 vdd_2v_term 180 vdd_2v_term 181 Gnd 212 pecl_clkin_h 213 pecl_clkin_1 214 Gnd to 211 215 frameclk_h 216 frameclk_l 217 Gnd to 270 4 14 AlphaPC 264DP Connector Pinouts 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Daughtercard Connectors 4 2 4 AlphaPC 264DP Daughtercard Input Power Connector Pinouts Table 4 23 shows the input power connector pinouts Table 4 23 Input Power Connector Pinouts J4 Pin Voltage 5 V de 5 5 V de 5 V de 13 5 Vdc 17 5 Vdc Pin Voltage Gnd Gnd Gnd Gnd Gnd Pin Voltage 3 LBV Jc 7 45Vdc 11 45Vdc 15 45Vdc Pin 12 16 Voltage Gnd Gnd Gnd Gnd 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaPC 264DP Connector Pinouts 4 15 5 1 Memory Subsystem 9 Memory Configuration The DRA
24. the system from the default boot device using flag setting 0 1 gt gt gt boot halt dka0 Loads the bootstrap image from disk dka0 halts the bootstrap operation and invokes the console program Subsequently you can enter continue to transfer control to the operating system 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 7 Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions deposit Syntax Arguments Symbolic Address gpr name ipr name PC Writes data to the specified address deposit b w 1 q 0 h physical virtual gpr fpr ipr n lt count gt s lt step gt lt device gt lt address gt lt data gt lt device gt The optional device name or address space selects the device to access The following platform independent devices are supported e pmem Physical memory e vmem Virtual memory All access and protection checking occur If the access is not allowed to a program running with the current processor status PS the console issues an error message If memory mapping is not enabled virtual addresses are equal to physical addresses lt address gt An address that specifies the offset within a device into which data is deposited The address may be any legal symbolic address Valid symbolic addresses are shown in the following table Description Represents general purpose register Represents internal processor register Program counter The location immedi
25. 00000000 grp 48 R9 00000003F7800100 grp 50 R10 00000000000C7FFC P00 gt gt gt examine pmem 400EC Note Examine physical memory pmem 400EC A49D0078A47D0070 8 34 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Creating a Power Up Script 8 8 Creating a Power Up Script The system comes with a special nonvolatile file named nvram that is stored in EEROM Nvram is a user created power up script set of commands that is always invoked during the power up sequence You can use the edit command to create the initial nvram script or modify an existing one The script should include any commands you want the system to execute at power up With edit lines may be added overwritten or deleted The syntax is edit file where file is the name of the file to be edited The editing commands are help Displays the brief help file list Lists the current file prefixed with line numbers renumber Renumbers the lines of the file in increments of 10 exit Leaves the editor and closes the file saving all changes quit Leaves the editor and closes the file without saving changes nn Deletes line number nn nn text Adds or overwrites line number nn with text Note It is possible to disable the system by editing the nvram script For example if you include the initialize command in the script the system will go into an endless loop To fix this press the Halt button while the system is powering up You ca
26. 0000002 Examines the contents of RO using a symbolic address gt gt gt e g 0 gpr 0 RO 0000000000000002 Examines the contents of RO using address space gt gt gt e grp 0 gpr 0 RO 0000000000000002 Examines the contents of RO using a device name gt gt gt examine n 5 r7 gpr 38 R7 0000000000000000 Examines the gpr 40 R8 0000000000000000 contents of R7 gpr 48 R9 0000000000000000 and the next five gpr 50 R10 000000007FFBF800 registers gpr 58 R11 000000007FF781A2 gpr 60 R12 0000000000000000 gt gt gt examine ipr 11 ipr 11 KSP FFFFFFFF8228DFD0 Examines the contents of internal processor register 11 8 14 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions Ifu Loads and runs the Loadable Firmware Update LFU utility Syntax lfu Arguments None Options None Description The 1fu command starts the Loadable Firmware Update LFU utility For more information on the LFU see Section 6 5 Example The following 1fu command loads and runs the LFU utility gt gt gt lfu 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 15 Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions set Sets or modifies the value of an environment variable Syntax set lt envar gt lt value gt default integer string Arguments lt envar gt The environment variable to be assigned a new value lt value gt The value that is
27. 126 Gnd 127 fan_ok_l 128 irq 1_h 129 irq 3_h 130 irq 5_h 131 mod_reset_l 132 sysaddin11_l 133 sysaddin14_1 134 sysdatainvalid_ 135 sysaddin10_1 136 sysaddin12_1 137 sysaddin4_1l 138 sysaddin5_l 139 sysaddin2_l 140 sysaddin6_l 141 sysaddoutll_l 142 sysaddin0_l 143 sysaddout7_l 144 sysaddout9_l 145 sysaddout8_1 146 sysaddout5_l 147 sysaddout4_l 148 sysaddout3_l 149 sysdata63_l 150 sysdata62_l 151 sysdata61_l 152 sysdata59_1 153 sysdataoutclk7_ 1 154 sysdata53_l 155 syscheck6_l 156 sysdata55_l 157 sysdata56_l 158 sysdata58_l 159 sysdatainclk6_1 160 sysdata50_l 161 sysdata48_l 162 sysdata44_l 163 sysdataoutclk5_ 164 sysdata43_l 165 sysdata40_l 166 sysdata38_l 167 syscheck4_1 168 sysdata39_l 169 sysdata34_l 170 sysdatainclk4_1 171 sysdata33_1 172 bc_config0 173 be_config2 174 cpu_speed0 175 cpu_speed2 176 12v_mod 177 vdd_2v_term 178 vdd_2v_term 179 vdd_2v_term 180 vdd_2v_term 181 Gnd 212 pecl_clkin_h 213 pecl_clkin_l 214 Gnd to 211 215 frameclk_h 216 frameclk_l 217 Gnd to 270 4 2 AlphaPC 264DP Connector Pinouts 17 February 1999 Subject To Change 4 1 2 PCI Bus Connector Pinouts Table 4 2 PCI Bus Connector Pinouts J35 J40 J42 J44 J46 Pin Al A5 A9 A13 A17 A21 A25 A29 A33 A37 A41 A45 A49 A53 A57 A61 B3 B7 B11 B15 B19 B23 B27 B31 B35 B39 B43 B47 B51 B55 B59 Mainboard Connectors Table 4 2 shows the PCI bus connector pinouts Signal TRST Vdd Gnd GNT 3V AD 24 AD 20 3V STOP SBO 3V A
28. 15 39 sedph 40 scd0 41 scd1 42 scd2 43 sed3 44 scd4 45 scd5 46 scd6 47 scd7 48 sedpl 49 Gnd 50 Gnd 51 termpwr 52 termpwr 53 NC 54 Gnd 55 atn 56 Gnd 57 bsy 58 ack 59 reset 60 msg 61 sel 62 cd 63 req 64 io 65 scd8 66 scd9 67 scd10 68 scdli 4 1 6 SDRAM DIMM Connector Pinouts Table 4 6 shows the SDRAM DIMM connector pinouts Table 4 6 SDRAM DIMM Connector Pinouts J1 J5 J6 J9 J11 J13 J14 J16 J25 J32 Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Vdd 2 NC 3 NC 4 NC 5 NC 6 NC 7 NC 8 Vss 9 dq67 10 dq66 11 Vdd 12 dq65 13 dq64 14 Vss 15 dq63 16 dq62 17 NC 18 danl 19 dq60 20 Vdd 21 NC 22 NC 23 Vss 24 NC 25 NC 26 Vdd 27 dq51 28 dq50 4 6 AlphaPC 264DP Connector Pinouts 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Mainboard Connectors Table 4 6 SDRAM DIMM Connector Pinouts J1 J5 J6 J9 J11 J13 J14 J16 J25 J32 Continued Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 29 Vss 30 dq49 31 dq48 32 Vdd 33 dq43 34 dq42 35 Vss 36 dq41 37 dq40 38 Vdd 39 a4 40 a5 41 Vss 42 a8 43 a9 44 Vdd 45 NC 46 cke0 47 Vss 48 cas 49 NC 50 Vdd 51 Vss 52 ras 53 Vss 54 cs2 55 all 56 Vdd 57 a0 58 al 59 Vss 60 dq35 61 dq34 62 Vdd 63 dq33 64 dq32 65 Vss 66 dq27 67 dq26 68 Vdd 69 dq25 70 dq24 71 Vss 72 dq19 73 dq18 74 Vdd 75 dq17 76 dq16 77 Vss 78 NC 79 NC 80 Vdd 81 dq15 82 dq14 83 Vss 84 dq13 85 dq12 86 Vdd 87 dq7 88 dq6 89 Vss 90 dq5 91 dq4 92 Vdd 93 NC 94 NC 95 NC 96 NC 97 NC 98 scl 99 NC 100 Vss 101 NC 102 NC 103 Vss 104 rege 105 rfu
29. 16 64 SBHE 65 IOCS16 66 LA23 67 IRQ10 68 LA22 69 IRO 70 LA21 71 IRQ12 72 LA20 73 IRQI5 74 LA19 75 IRQ14 76 LA18 77 DACKO 78 LA17 79 DRQO 80 MEMR 81 DACK5 82 MEM W 83 DROS 84 SD8 85 DACK6 86 SD9 87 DRQ6 88 SD10 89 DACK7 90 SD11 91 DRQ7 92 SD12 93 Vdd 94 SD13 95 MASTER 96 SD14 97 Gnd 98 SD15 4 1 4 IDE Drive Bus Connector Pinouts Table 4 4 shows the IDE drive bus connector pinouts Table 4 4 IDE Drive Bus Connector Pinouts J45 Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal DRST 2 Gnd 3 IDE_D7 4 IDE_D8 5 IDE_D6 6 IDE_D9 7 IDE DS 8 IDE_D10 9 IDE_D4 10 IDE_D11 11 IDE_D3 12 IDE_D12 13 IDE_D2 14 IDE_D13 15 IDE_D1 16 IDE_D14 17 IDE Di 18 IDE_D15 19 Gnd 20 NC key pin 21 IDE_REQO 22 Gnd 23 IDE_IOW1 24 Gnd 25 IOR 26 Gnd 27 CHRDY 28 BALE 29 MACK 30 Gnd 31 IRQ 32 IOCS16 33 ADDRI 34 NC 35 ADDRO 36 ADDR2 37 CS0 38 CS1 39 ACTH 40 Gnd 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaPC 264DP Connector Pinouts 4 5 Mainboard Connectors 4 1 5 Ultra SCSI Bus Connector Pinouts Table 4 5 shows the Ultra SCSI bus connector pinouts Table 4 5 Ultra SCSI Bus Connector Pinouts J34 J38 Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Gnd 2 Gnd 3 Gnd 4 Gnd 5 Gnd 6 Gnd 7 Gnd 8 Gnd 9 Gnd 10 Gnd 11 Gnd 12 Gnd 13 Gnd 14 Gnd 15 Gnd 16 Gnd 17 termpwr 18 termpwr 19 NC 20 Gnd 21 Gnd 22 Gnd 23 Gnd 24 Gnd 25 Gnd 26 Gnd 27 Gnd 28 Gnd 29 Gnd 30 Gnd 31 Gnd 32 Gnd 33 Gnd 34 Gnd 35 sed 12 36 sed 13 37 scd14 38 scd
30. 1999 Subject to Change Contents 1 About This Manual 1 1 Manual Conventions and Terminology 0c cece eee eee eee 2 Features of the AlphaPC 264DP 17 February 1999 Subject to Change 2 1 Power Requirements e e e cece eee ee eee eee 2 2 Environmental Requirements 0 0 0 e eee eet tenes 2 3 Physical Parameters x e e e e e e e 2 3 1 AlphaPC 264DP Hole and Connector Specifications 2 3 2 AlphaPC 264DP Daughtercard Mechanical Control Drawing 3 AlphaPC 264DP Switch Configuration 3 1 Fail Sate Booer c e a 3 dai pai E epee Saco ea a Sea aes ees ee 3 2 Mini Debugger arei is reido eee ea Ma Se A 3 3 Password Bypass sj 29 25 cnet ee Sete hee cide aie we ole oe Beas 3 4 Flash Write Protection e e e e e cece eet tenes 3 5 21272 SpCOd seo i ety He ee ee ad ee ee ee 4 AlphaPC 264DP Connector Pinouts 4 1 Mainboard Connectors 0 cette tenes 4 1 1 Daughtercard Connector PinoutS 0 0 0 e eee ee eee 4 1 2 PCI Bus Connector Pinous 0c cece eee 4 1 3 ISA Expansion Bus Connector Pinous 0000 ee eee eee 4 1 4 IDE Drive Bus Connector Pinouts 0 0 0 6 eee eee 4 1 5 Ultra SCSI Bus Connector Pinouts 00 0 e eee 4 1 6 SDRAM DIMM Connector PinoutsS 00000 cece eee 4 1 7 Diskette Floppy Drive Bus Connector Pinous asana 4 1 8 Parallel Bus Connector Pinouts n 000 c eee eee 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 1 4 3 4 4
31. 2 V 12 V is available from Antec Inc 2859 Bayview Drive Fremont CA 94538 Phone 510 770 1200 ext 312 PN PRS 618 630 W A 2 3 Enclosure An enclosure suitable for housing the AlphaPC 264DP and its power supply is available from Delta Axxion Technology 1550 Northwestern El Paso TX 79912 Phone 915 877 5288 PN TL 22 A 2 Support Products and Documentation 17 February 1999 Subject to Change Associated Documentation A 3 Associated Documentation You can order the following associated documentation directly from the vendor Title Vendor Alpha Architecture Reference Manual Call your sales office or call EY W938E DP Butterworth Heinemann DIGITAL Press at 1 800 366 2665 Alpha Architecture Handbook Order online EC QD2KB TE http www digital com alphaoem Alpha 21264 Microprocessor Hardware Specification See previous entry DS 0013C TE PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2 1 PCI Special Interest Group PCI Multimedia Design Guide Revision 1 0 US 1 800 433 5177 PCI System Design Guide International 1 503 797 4207 PCI to PCI Bridge Architecture Specification Fax 1 503 234 6762 Revision 1 0 PCI BIOS Specification Revision 2 1 CY82C693UB hyperCache Stand Alone PCI Periph Cypress Semiconductor Corp eral Controller with USB Data Sheet 3901 North First Street San Jose CA 95134 Phone 1 800 858 1810 Super I O Floppy Disk Controller with Infrared Sup Standard Microsystems C
32. 6 1 LFU Commands Command Description display Displays the system s configuration table exit Exits LFU list Lists the device revision firmware name and update revision readme Displays important release information update Replaces the current firmware with the loadable data image verify Compares the loadable and hardware images or help Displays this command table display The display command shows the physical configuration of the system Display is equivalent to issuing the SRM console command show configuration It shows you the slot for each module so display can help you identify the location of a device exit The exit command terminates the LFU program causes system initialization and testing and returns the system to the console from which LFU was called help The help or command displays the LFU command list shown below Function Description Display Displays the system s configuration table Exit Done exit LFU reset List Lists the device revision firmware name and update revision Readme Lists important release information Update Replaces current firmware with loadable data image Verify Compares loadable and hardware image or Help Scrolls this function table 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Firmware Introduction 6 5 Updating Firmware From Alpha SRM Console with LFU list The list command displays the inventory of update firmware on the CD ROM floppy or network Only the
33. 8 WRTPRT 29 Gnd 30 RDATA 31 Gnd 32 HDSEL 33 Gnd 34 DSKCHG 4 1 8 Parallel Bus Connector Pinouts Table 4 8 shows the parallel bus connector pinouts Table 4 8 Parallel Bus Connector Pinouts J17 Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal PSTB 2 PDO 3 PD1 4 PD2 3 PD3 6 PD4 7 PD5 8 PD6 9 PD7 10 PACK 11 PBUSY 12 PE 4 8 AlphaPC 264DP Connector Pinouts 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Mainboard Connectors Table 4 8 Parallel Bus Connector Pinouts J17 Continued Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 13 PSLCT 14 PAFD 15 PAR_ERROR 16 PINIT 17 PSLIN 18 Gnd 19 Gnd 20 Gnd 21 Gnd 22 Gnd 23 Gnd 24 Gnd 25 Gnd 4 1 9 COM1 COM2 Serial Line Connector Pinouts Table 4 9 shows the COM1 COM2 serial line connector pinouts Table 4 9 COM1 COM2 Serial Line Connector Pinouts J19 COM1 Pin COM2 Pin Top COM1 Signal Bottom COM2 Signal 1 DCD1 10 DCD2 2 SIN1 11 SIN2 3 SOUT1 12 SOUT2 4 DTRI 13 DTR2 5 Gnd 14 Gnd 6 DSR1 15 DSR2 7 RTS1 16 RTS2 8 CTS1 17 CTS2 9 RI 18 RI2 4 1 10 Keyboard Mouse Connector Pinouts Table 4 10 shows the keyboard mouse connector pinouts Table 4 10 Keyboard Mouse Connector Pinouts J21 Keyboard Mouse Pin Pin Top Keyboard Signal Bottom Mouse Signal 1 KBDATA 7 MSDATA 2 NC 8 NC 3 Gnd 9 Gnd 4 Vdd 10 Vdd 5 KBCLK 11 MSCLK 6 NC 12 NC 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaPC 264DP Connector Pinouts 4 9 Mainboard Connect
34. 9 2 9 2 Beep Codes iesi ia a ad ale a D gy lagged be Sete 4 9 3 9 3 Posti CodeS ee 2575 God toast ccna aie epee R HERE Lay RTE Ta Ae 9 3 viii 17 February 1999 Subject to Change 1 About This Manual This manual describes the AlphaPC 264DP a board for computing systems based on the Alpha 21264 microprocessor and the companion 21272 core logic chipset It describes both the mainboard s and the daughtercard s features and how to set the configuration switches This manual helps users to install and populate the AlphaPC 264DP mainboard with memory boards and peripheral cards 1 1 Manual Conventions and Terminology The following conventions are used in this manual Caution Cautions indicate potential damage to equipment software or data Extents Extents are specified by a single number or a pair of numbers in brackets separated by a colon and are inclusive For example bits 7 3 specify an extent including bits 7 6 5 4 and 3 Multiple bit fields are shown as extents Italic Type talic type emphasizes important information and indicates complete titles of documents Note Notes provide additional information about a topic Numbering All numbers are decimal or hexadecimal unless otherwise indicated In case of ambiguity a subscript indicates the radix of nondecimal numbers For example 19 is a decimal number but 1916 and 19A are hexadecimal numbers Register Figures Register figures have bit and field p
35. BIOS utility menu To run a maintenance program 1 Start AlphaBIOS Setup select Utilities select Run Maintenance Program from the submenu shown in Figure 7 10 and press Enter Figure 7 10 Run Maintenance Program Submenu AlphaBIOS Setup Fl Help Display System Configuration AlphaBIOS Upgrade Hard Disk Setup CMOS Setup Network Setup Install Operating System Utilities gt OS Selection Setup About AlphaBIOS Press ENTER to run an AlphaBIOS maintenance program 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaBlOS 7 11 AlphaBlOS Setup Program 2 Inthe Run Maintenance Program dialog box type the name of the program to be run at the Program Name prompt as shown in Figure 7 11 Then tab to the Location listbox and select the hard disk partition floppy diskette or CD ROM drive from which to run the program 3 Press Enter to execute the program Figure 7 11 Entering the Program Name AlphaBIOS Setup Display System Configuration AlphaBIOS Upgrade Hard fm R CMO Run Maintenance Program Fl Help Netw Instal Program Name swxcrmgr exe Utiliti Aboul Location HR A CD ENTER Execute Disk 0 Partition 1 Disk 0 Partition 2 Disk 1 Partition 1 If you are running a utility from a floppy diskette you can simply type the utility s name into the Program Name field and press Enter This i
36. COMPAQ AlphaPC 264DP User s Manual Order Number EC RBOBA TE Revision Update Information This is a new document Preliminary Compaq Computer Corporation February 1999 The information in this publication is subject to change without notice COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR TECHNICAL OR EDITORIAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS CONTAINED HEREIN NOR FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAM AGES RESULTING FROM THE FURNISHING PERFORMANCE OR USE OF THIS MATERIAL THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS IS AND COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES EXPRESS IMPLIED OR STATUTORY AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS THE IMPLIED WAR RANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE GOOD TITLE AND AGAINST INFRINGEMENT This publication contains information protected by copyright No part of this publication may be photocopied or reproduced in any form without prior written consent from Compaq Computer Corporation 1999 Digital Equipment Corporation All rights reserved Printed in U S A COMPAQ the Compag logo the Digital logo and DIGITAL Registered in United States Patent and Trademark Office AlphaPC DECchip DECnet DIGITAL UNIX OpenVMS ThinWire and Tru64 are trademarks of Compaq Com puter Corporation Microsoft MS DOS Windows Windows NT and Windows 95 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other product names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners 17 February
37. D 09 3V AD 02 Vdd Gnd INTB PRSNT2 Gnd Vdd AD 27 AD 23 3V IRDY LOCK 3V AD 12 Not used AD 05 Vdd Pin A2 A6 A10 A14 A18 A22 A26 A30 A34 A38 A42 A46 A50 A54 A58 A62 B4 B8 B12 B16 B20 B24 B28 B32 B36 B40 B44 B48 B52 B56 B60 Signal 12V INTA Vdd Gnd AD 28 IDSEL Gnd FRAME STOP Gnd AD 13 Not used AD 06 AD 00 Vdd TDO INTD Gnd CLK AD 31 AD 25 Gnd AD 17 3V PERR C BE 1 AD 10 AD 08 AD 03 ACK64 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Pin A3 A7 All A15 A19 A23 A27 A31 A35 A39 A43 A47 A51 A55 A59 B1 B5 B9 B13 B17 B21 B25 B29 B33 B37 B41 B45 B49 B53 B57 B61 Signal TMS INTC RST AD 26 3V AD 18 Gnd 3V PAR AD 11 Not used AD 04 Vdd 12V Vdd PRSNT1 Gnd Gnd AD 29 3V AD 21 C BE 2 DEVSEL 3V AD 14 Gnd AD 07 Gnd Vdd Pin A4 A8 A12 A16 A20 A24 A28 A32 A36 A40 A44 A48 A52 A56 A60 B2 B6 B10 B14 B18 B22 B26 B30 B34 B38 B42 B46 B50 B54 B58 B62 Signal TDI Vdd Gnd Vdd AD 30 Gnd AD 22 AD 16 TRDY SDONE AD 15 Gnd C BE 0 Gnd REQ64 TCK Vdd REQ Gnd C BE 3 AD 19 Gnd Gnd SERR Gnd Not used 3V AD 01 Vdd AlphaPC 264DP Connector Pinouts 4 3 Mainboard Connectors Table 4 2 PCI Bus Connector Pinouts J35 J40 J42 J44 J46 Continued Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal A63 Gnd A64 C BE 7 A65 C BE 5 A66 Vdd A67 PA
38. Firmware to the Other 20005 6 2 6 2 Preparing Diskettes ir ieee ied ie eee nee See RR Seed 6 2 6 3 Fail Safe Booter Utility 0 0 0 0 ccs 6 3 6 4 Updating Firmware From AlphaBlOS 00 0 c eee eee ee 6 4 6 5 Updating Firmware From Alpha SRM Console with LFU 6 4 6 5 1 slanting LEW ces ne e aed nena el a tiles eee aad e ae wa A 6 4 6 5 2 LFU Commands 2 hawk wie oe bbe ed ee oh ee aes 6 5 AlphaBlOS 7 1 AlphaBlOS Conventions 0000 cee cette 7 2 7 2 AlphaBlOS Setup Program teens 7 3 7 2 1 Displaying Your System Configuration 00 cee eee eee 7 4 7 2 2 Upgrading AlphaBIOS 0 cece eee 7 7 7 2 3 Setting Up Your Hard Disk 00 ec 7 8 7 2 4 Performing CMOS Setup Tasks 0 0 cece eects 7 9 7 2 5 Running a Maintenance Program 0 0 cee eee eee 7 11 17 February 1999 Subject to Change 7 3 Installing the Windows NT Operating System 000 eee ee eee 7 3 1 ROQUIFEIMONTS eeose reae e ae eae tee ate eh nee ob ae ee thee 7 3 2 Before Installing Windows NT 00 00 e eee ete 7 3 3 Starting Windows NT Setup 0 0 0 cece eee eee 8 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 1 Alpha SRM Console Firmware Conventions n nanana aeaaaee 8 2 Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions a aana 8 3 Displaying System Parameters 000 c cece eee ete eens 8 3 1 Displaying the System Configuration cece eee eee 8 3 2 Displaying the Number o
39. M memory subsystem on the AlphaPC 264DP consists of sixteen 200 pin buffered DIMM slots which are organized as four arrays of memory The 21272 chipset supports two 256 bit memory buses 288 bit including ECC with two arrays on each bus see Figure 5 1 The 72 bit 100 MHz DIMMs consist of 64 bits of data and 8 bits of ECC and can be 32MB 64MB 128MB or 256MB The minimum configuration one array popu lated with four 32MB DIMMs is 128MB The maximum configuration four arrays each populated with four 256MB DIMMs is 4GB The memory cycle time is 83 MHz identical to the 21272 chipset cycle time Note Figure 5 1 AlphaPC 264DP Memory Subsystem 21264 21272 Dchips Pchips Cchip Data Bus 1 Data Bus 0 mil Array 0 Iil Array 2 iil Array 1 Iil Array 3 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Address Control Although the memory cycle time is 83 MHz qualified 100 MHz DIMMs are required Memory Configuration 5 1 Configuring SDRAM Memory 5 2 Configuring SDRAM Memory For the memory system in the AlphaPC 264DP one to four arrays may be used fol lowing the configuration rules Configuration Rules e Each array must be fully populated with DIMMs of the same size and type e Array 0 must be populated e Additional arrays can be populated in any order For a memory subsystem with two arr
40. OM drive 2 Restart your computer Start AlphaBIOS Setup use the Tab key to select Install Operating System and press Enter 4 Follow the instructions on the screen 7 14 AlphaBlOS 17 February 1999 Subject To Change 8 Alpha SRM Console Firmware The Alpha SRM console firmware initializes the system and loads the AlphaBIOS firmware This firmware resides in the flash ROM on the AlphaPC 264DP mainboard At power up the Alpha SRM console runs If it is not configured to automatically load the AlphaBIOS you may boot Tru64 UNIX 8 1 Alpha SRM Console Firmware Conventions The following conventions are used in this section Convention gt gt gt Backslash at the end of a line gt Maximum command length Multiple contiguous spaces or tabs Command abbreviations Command qualifiers or options Numbers 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Description Alpha SRM console prompt Continuation symbol to continue long commands on the next line Continuation line prompt 255 characters Treated as a single space Allowed if not ambiguous Prefix with a space and a dash Hexadecimal unless otherwise specified Registers such as RO R31 are shown in decimal notation Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 1 Alpha SRM Console Firmware Conventions The following table lists Alpha SRM console special keys and their functions These special keys also referred to as shortcut keys provide command recall l
41. OS Setup Network Setup Install Operating System Utilities gt About AlphaBIOS Press ENTER to display the system configuration 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaBlOS 7 3 AlphaBlOS Setup Program 7 2 1 Displaying Your System Configuration You can use AlphaBIOS to display your system configuration in a clear easy to read format organized by categories system board memory hard disk PCI SCSI and peripherals To display your system configuration 1 Start AlphaBIOS Setup select Display System Configuration and press Enter 2 Inthe Display System Configuration screen use the arrow keys to select the configuration category that you want to see such as the examples shown in Figures 7 3 through 7 5 Figure 7 3 Systemboard Configuration Screen Display System Configuration F1 Help Systemboard Configuration Hard Disk Configuration PCI Configuration SCSI Configuration gt ISA Configuration Memory Configuration Integrated Peripherals System Type AlphaPC 264DP Processor Digital Alpha 21264 Revision 2 3 2 Processors Speed 500 MHz Cache 2 MB Memory 512 MB Floppy Drive A 3 5 1 44 MB Floppy Drive B None Keyboard U S 101 keyboard AlphaBIOS Version 5 68 981014 1813 7 4 AlphaBlos 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaBlOS Setup Program Figure 7 4 Hard Disk Configuration Screen
42. R64 A68 D 62 A69 Gnd A70 D 60 A71 D 58 A72 Gnd A73 D 56 A74 D 54 A75 Vdd A76 D 52 A77 D 50 A78 Gnd A79 D 48 A80 D 46 A81 Gnd A82 D 44 A83 D 42 A84 Vdd A85 D 40 A86 D 38 A87 Gnd A88 D 36 A89 DBH A90 Gnd A91 D 32 A92 A93 Gnd A94 B63 B64 Gnd B65 C BE 6 B66 C BE 4 B67 Gnd B68 D 63 B69 D 61 B70 Vdd B71 D 59 B72 D 57 B73 Gnd B74 D 55 B75 D 53 B76 Gnd B77 D 51 B78 D 49 B79 Vdd B80 D 47 B81 D 45 B82 Gnd B83 D 8 B84 DIA B85 Gnd B86 D39 B87 D 37 B88 Vdd B89 D 35 B90 D 33 B91 Gnd B92 B93 B94 Gnd 4 1 3 ISA Expansion Bus Connector Pinouts Table 4 3 shows the ISA expansion bus connector pinouts Table 4 3 ISA Expansion Bus Connector Pinouts J47 Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Gnd 2 IOCHCK 3 RSTDRV 4 SD7 5 Vdd 6 SD6 7 IRQ9 8 SD5 9 5V 10 SD4 11 DRQ2 12 SD3 13 12V 14 SD2 15 ZEROWS 16 SD1 17 12V 18 SDO 19 Gnd 20 IOCHRDY 21 SMEMW 22 AEN 23 SMEMR 24 SA19 25 IOW 26 SA18 27 IOR 28 SA17 29 DACK3 30 SA16 31 DRQ3 32 SA15 33 DACK1 34 SA14 35 DRQ1 36 SA13 37 REFRESH 38 SA12 39 SYSCLK 40 SA11 41 IRQ7 42 SA10 43 IRQ6 44 SA9 45 IRQ5 46 SA8 47 IRQ4 48 SA7 4 4 AlphaPC 264DP Connector Pinouts 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Mainboard Connectors Table 4 3 ISA Expansion Bus Connector Pinouts J47 Continued Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 49 IRQ3 50 SA6 51 DACK2 52 SA5 53 TC 54 SA4 55 BALE 56 SA3 57 Vdd 58 SA2 59 OSC 60 SA1 61 Gnd 62 SAO 63 MEMCS
43. are from the specified boot device autoboot Boot to multi user mode i Prompt for the name of file to load and other options boot interactively Boot to single user mode s Stop in single user mode Boots to single user mode and stops at the prompt D Full dump implies s as well By default if Tru64 UNIX crashes it completes a partial memory dump bootdef_dev When used with the set or show command this variable modifies or displays 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 The default is null To specify more than one device with the set command separate the devices with commas 8 24 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Environment Variables Table 8 3 System Defined Environment Variables Variable comx_baud console cpu_enabled ewx0_mode ewx0_protocols kbd_hardware_type Description When used with the set command this variable modifies the system baud rate to match that of the device connected to the port The default is 9600 When used with the set command this variable modifies the console output to either the serial port or the graphics controller When used with the set command this variable sets a bit mask that enables or disables specific CPUs on a multiprocessor sys tem Bit 0 of the mask corresponds
44. arted searches for the update firmware You need to perform the following steps to update the AlphaBIOS and the Alpha SRM console 1 Load the diskette you created for the LFU 2 Enter the device name dva0 when prompted for the location of the update files 3 Enter the filename PC264FW TXT when prompted Note that the LFU has already checked the contents of the diskette and should provide PC264FW TXT as the default PC264FW TXT specifies which firmware is to be updated and passes the names of the files that contain updated firmware Figure 6 1 shows an example of running LFU and updating firmware Figure 6 1 Example of Running LFU P00 gt gt gt lfu Checking dka400 4 0 7 1 for the option firmware files Checking dva0 for the option firmware files Option firmware files were not found on CD or floppy If you want to load the options firmware please enter the device on which the files are located ewa0 or just press lt return gt to proceed with a standard console update dva0 Please enter the name of the options firmware files list or Press lt return gt to use the default filename pc264fw txt pc264fw txt Copying PC264FW TXT from dva Copying PC264NT ROM from dva0 Copying PC264SRM ROM from dva0 6 4 Firmware Introduction 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Updating Firmware From Alpha SRM Console with LFU 6 5 2 LFU Commands Table 6 1 shows the commands available in the LFU Table
45. assword Command Example 1 Clear Password Command P00 gt gt gt clear password Please enter the password X AAAAKKK Note Password successfully cleared Passwords are not echoed P00 gt gt gt Example 2 Clear Password Command With Incorrect Password P00 gt gt gt clear password Please enter the password TARET ALARA AREER Console is secure P00 gt gt gt 8 32 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Examine and Deposit Commands 8 7 Examine and Deposit Commands The deposit command stores data in a specified location The examine command displays the contents of a memory location a register or a device deposit The deposit command stores data in the location specified If no options are given with a deposit command the system uses the options from the preceding deposit command If the specified value is too large to fit in the data size listed the console ignores the command and issues an error response If the data is smaller than the data size the higher order bits are filled with zeros The syntax is deposit qualifiers address data examine The examine command displays the contents of a memory location a register or a device If no options are given with an examine command the system uses the options from the preceding examine command If conflicting address space or data sizes are spec ified the console ignores the command and issues an error For data leng
46. assword Has Been Set P00 gt gt gt set secure Console is secure Please login P00 gt gt gt b dkb0 Console is secure parameters are not allowed P00 gt gt gt login Please enter the password HKKKKK KAKA KAKA KA Note P00 gt gt gt b dkbo Passwords are not echoed boot dkb0 0 0 3 1 8 30 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Making the System Secure 8 6 3 Login Command The login command turns off the security features enabling access to all SRM con sole commands during the current session The system automatically returns to secure mode as soon as the boot continue or start command is entered or when the system is initialized When the login command is entered the user is prompted for the current system password If a password has not been set a message is displayed indicating that there is no password in NVRAM If a password has been set this prompt is displayed Pleas nter the password If the password entered matches the password in NVRAM when the prompt is redis played the console is no longer in secure mode and all console commands can be performed The syntax is login Note If you enter the login command when a halt assertion exists the com mand fails even if you enter the correct password Figure 8 11 shows some examples of the login command in various circumstances Figure 8 11 Examples of Login Command Example 1 Login Command With System Not in Se
47. ately following the last location referenced by examine or deposit 8 8 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions Symbolic Address Description S The location immediately preceding the last location referenced by examine or deposit The location last referenced by examine or deposit The location addressed by the last location referenced by examine or deposit lt data gt The data to be deposited Options deposit Command Option physical virtual 8pr fpr ipr n lt count gt s lt step gt Description Specifies data type is byte Specifies data type is word Specifies data type is longword Specifies data type is quadword Specifies data type is octaword Specifies data type is hexword References physical address space References virtual address space References general purpose register address space References floating point register address space References internal processor register address space Specifies the number of consecutive locations to examine Specifies the address increment as a hexadecimal value This option allows you to override the increment that is normally derived from the data size 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 9 Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions Description The deposit command writes data to the specified address such as a memory location register
48. ating System 7 3 2 Before Installing Windows NT Before installing Windows NT ensure that you have completed the following tasks e Use the CMOS Setup program to Set the system date and time Verify that all other standard CMOS settings match your system Refer to Section 7 2 4 for more information about the CMOS Setup program e Perform an express hard disk setup This configures the first hard disk that AlphaBIOS detects in your system with the recommended default partition arrangement See Section 7 2 3 for more information on setting up your hard disk If you do not want to use the express hard disk setup refer to the online AlphaBIOS documentation for other hard disk setup options 7 3 3 Starting Windows NT Setup Windows NT Setup located on the Microsoft Windows NT compact disk installs the Windows NT operating system Windows NT Setup provides a brief description of the available key functions at the bottom of the screen During the Windows NT installation procedure you may be prompted for the type of computer that you have For the AlphaPC 264DP system choose AlphaPC 264DP If AlphaPC 264DP is not one of the choices choose other after you have inserted your Windows NT installation diskette The following procedure supersedes the Starting Setup on a RISC based Computer section of the Microsoft Windows NT installation guide To start the Windows NT Setup program 1 Insert the Windows NT compact disc in the CD R
49. ays placing the second array on bus 1 array or array 3 is recommended Arrays The arrays are made up of the following connectors e Array 0 J11 J14 J26 J28 e Array 1 J1 J6 J30 J32 e Array 2 J13 J16 J25 J27 e Array 3 J5 J9 J29 J31 Figure 5 2 shows the relationship of the connectors arrays Refer to Figure 2 1 for DIMM connector locations on the mainboard Figure 5 2 AlphaPC 264DP DIMM Connectors Ji array 1 J5 array 3 J6 array 1 J9 array 3 Ji Bus 0 Bus 1 array 2 J25 array 0 J26 array 2 J27 array 0 J28 J29 array 3 J30 array 1 J31 array 3 J32 array 1 5 2 Memory Configuration 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Configuring SDRAM Memory Possible Configurations Memory sizes from 128MB to 4GB are supported Although not an exhaustive list Table 5 1 lists some of the SDRAM memory configurations available Any combinations of DIMMs that meet the configuration rules are supported by the 21272 chipset For a list of vendors who supply components and accessories for the AlphaPC 264DP see Appendix A Table 5 1 AlphaPC 264DP SDRAM Memory Configurations Total Memory Array 0 Array 1 Array 2 Array 3 128MB 32MB 256MB 32MB 32MB 64MB 512MB 128MB 64MB 64MB 768MB 128MB 64MB 64MB 64MB 64MB 1GB 256MB
50. complete list of commands for which you can receive help command_name Displays information about the console command argument_string Displays information about all commands that begin with such as sh that string Figure 8 18 shows an example of a help command 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 37 Upgrading the System Figure 8 18 Example of Help Command P00 gt gt gt help set NAME set FUNCTION Set an option or modify the value of an environment variable SYNOPSIS set lt option gt lt value gt or lt envar gt lt value gt where lt option gt host mode where lt envar gt auto_action bootdef_dev boot_osflags default 8 11 Upgrading the System The Ifu command is used to update firmware from the SRM console prompt The Ifu command starts the Loadable Firmware Update LFU utility The syntax is fu Note If the system has been shut down from a booted program most com monly the operating system or in some other way halted back to the SRM console the system must be reset before running LFU Figure 8 19 shows an example of an Ifu command See Section 6 5 for more infor mation about LFU 8 38 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Upgrading the System Figure 8 19 Example of Lfu Command P00 gt gt gt l1fu Checking dka400 4 0 7 1 for the option firmware files Checking dva0 for the option firmware files Option f
51. ct To Change Booting the Operating System Figure 8 20 Example of Boot Command P00 gt gt gt boot boot dka0 0 0 9 1 flags A block 0 of dka0 0 0 9 1 is a valid boot block reading 16 blocks from dka0 0 0 9 1 bootstrap code read in base 200000 image_start 0 image_bytes 2000 initializing HWRPB at 2000 initializing page table at 3ff78000 initializing machine state setting affinity to the primary CPU jumping to bootstrap code Digital UNIX boot Fri Nov 13 13 15 46 EST 1998 Loading vmunix Loading at Oxfffffc0000230000 Current PAL Revision lt 0x2002b00010133 gt Switching to OSF PALcode Succeeded New PAL Revision lt 0x2002d0002012f gt Sizes text 2981824 data 452816 bss 1341040 Starting at Oxfffffc00003ea0e0 Alpha boot available memory from 0x1800000 to 0x3ff76000 Digital UNIX V4 0E Rev 1091 Thu Jan 21 16 53 01 EST 1999 physical memory 1024 00 megabytes available memory 999 47 megabytes using 3922 buffers containing 30 64 megabytes of memory Firmware revision 5 4 6787 PALcode Digital UNIX version 1 47 45 AlphaPC 264DP 500 MHz pcil at nexus tu0 DECchip 21140 Revision 2 2 tu0 auto negotiation capable device tu0 at pcil slot 8 tu0 DEC TULIP 10 100 Ethernet Interface hardware address 00 00 F8 1B 0B 24 tu0 auto negotiation off selecting 100BaseTX UTP port half duplex ispO at pcil slot 9 isp0 QLOGIC ISP1040B v2 ispO Firmware revision 5 57 loaded by consol
52. cure Mode P00 gt gt gt login Secure not set Please set the password P00 gt gt gt Example 2 Login Command With System in Secure Mode P00 gt gt gt login Please enter the password AAKKAKKKK KKK K AK KKK Note P00 gt gt gt Passwords are not echoed Example 3 Login Command With Incorrect Password P00 gt gt gt login Please enter the password X KKKKAKKKKAKKKKKK Invalid password P00 gt gt gt 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 31 Making the System Secure Forgotten Password If you have forgotten the current password perform the following steps to clear the password 1 Enter the login command P00 gt gt gt login Pleas nter the password 2 At the enter password prompt press the Halt button then press Enter The password is now cleared and the console cannot be put into secure mode unless a new password is set 8 6 4 Clear Password Command The clear password command clears the password environment variable setting it to zero This command is used when you want access to all the SRM console com mands but the system is in secure mode To use clear password you must know the current password The syntax is clear password To clear the password without knowing the current password use the login com mand with the halt button as described in Section 8 6 3 Figure 8 12 shows examples of the clear password command Figure 8 12 Examples of Clear P
53. d it might be necessary to upgrade AlphaBIOS to the latest version Also as improvements are made to AlphaBIOS you may wish to upgrade to take advantage of new features To upgrade from an earlier version of AlphaBIOS 1 Insert the diskette or CD ROM containing the AlphaBIOS upgrade 2 Ifyou are not already running AlphaBIOS Setup restart your system and press F2 when the boot screen is displayed 3 In the main AlphaBIOS Setup screen use the Tab key to select AlphaBIOS Upgrade and press Enter see Figure 7 6 Then follow the instructions on the AlphaBIOS Upgrade screen Figure 7 6 Setup Screen Selecting AlphaBlOS Upgrade AlphaBIOS Setup Fl Help Display System Configuration Hard Disk Setup CMOS Setup Network Setup Install Operating System Utilities gt About AlphaBIOS Press ENTER to install new firmware image s from floppy CD ROM or network 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaBlOS 7 7 AlphaBlOS Setup Program 7 2 3 Setting Up Your Hard Disk Express hard disk setup is an easy way to create the recommended partition arrange ment on your first hard disk disk 0 Note however that express hard disk setup does not format the large partition with NTFS You will have the opportunity to do this during the Windows NT installation Figure 7 7 shows an example of the Hard Disk Setup screen Note AlphaBIOS assigns disk 0 to the hard disk with the lowest SCSI ID
54. dd_5v 4 1 16 Reset Button Connector Pinouts Table 4 16 shows the reset button connector pinouts Table 4 16 Reset Button Connector Pinouts J8 Pin Signal Description 1 reset_button Reset system 2 vdd_5v 4 1 17 System Power Button Connector Pinouts Table 4 17 shows the system power button connector pinouts Table 4 17 System Power Button Connector Pinouts J7 Pin Signal Description 1 5vsb System power on off 2 Gnd 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaPC 264DP Connector Pinouts 4 11 Daughtercard Connectors 4 1 18 Ultra SCSI Hard Drive LED Connector Pinouts Table 4 18 shows the ultra SCSI hard drive LED connector pinouts Table 4 18 Ultra SCSI Hard Drive LED Connector Pinouts J10 Pin Signal Description 1 scsi_hd_act Hard drive active 2 vdd_5v 4 1 19 Power LED Connector Pinouts Table 4 19 shows the power LED connector pinouts Table 4 19 Power LED Connector Pinouts J36 Pin Signal Description 1 power_led Power LED input 2 Gnd 3 NC 4 NC 5 NC 4 2 Daughtercard Connectors Tables 4 20 through 4 23 show the daughtercard connector pinouts See Figure 2 2 for connector locations 4 2 1 Microprocessor Fan Power Connector Pinouts Table 4 20 shows the microprocessor fan power connector pinouts Table 4 20 Microprocessor Fan Power Connector Pinouts J1 Pin Signal Description 1 6 12 V dc 2 5 Gnd 3 4 fan conn Fan connected 4 12 Al
55. devices listed at your terminal are supported for firm ware updates The list command shows three pieces of information for each device e Current Revision The revision of the device s current firmware e Filename The name of the file used to update that firmware e Update Revision The revision of the firmware update image readme The readme command lists release notes for the LFU program update The update command writes new firmware to the module Then LFU automatically verifies the update by reading the new firmware image from the module into mem ory and comparing it with the source image To update more than one device you may use a wildcard but not a list For example update k updates all devices with names beginning with k and update updates all devices When you do not specify a device name LFU tries to update all devices it lists the selected devices to update and prompts before devices are updated The default is no The all option eliminates the update confirmation requests enabling the update to proceed without operator intervention Caution Never abort an update operation Aborting corrupts the firmware on the module verify The verify command reads the firmware from the module into memory and com pares it with the update firmware If a module was verified when it was updated but later failed tests use verify to determine whether the firmware has become cor rupted 6 6 Firmware Introductio
56. diskette 1 Fail safe booter is loading the Windows NT AlphaBIOS 2 Fail safe booter is loading the Debug Monitor 3 Fail safe booter is loading the SRM console 4 Fail safe booter is loading the Linux mini loader 9 6 Fail Safe Booter 9 4 The Fail Safe Booter FSB utility provides an emergency recovery mechanism when the firmware image contained in flash memory has been corrupted You can run the FSB and boot another image from a diskette that is capable of reprogramming the flash ROM Refer to Section 6 3 Troubleshooting 17 February 1999 Subject To Change 9 7 Windows NT Startup While booting the Windows NT operating system you may receive one of the fol lowing error messages Th Th required system fil required system fil Windows NT Startup DISPLAY_DRIVER DLL is bad or missing DISPLAY_DRIVER SYS is bad or missing These error messages indicate video driver problems Use the following chart to solve common video driver problems If the Driver becomes disabled Incorrect video driver is chosen while installing the Windows NT operating system New video card was installed before the driver was installed Then Boot the Windows NT operating system with the last known good configuration Reinstall the Windows NT operating system with the correct driver Reinstall the old video card boot the Windows NT operating system and install the driver for the new video card Then
57. e ispO Fast RAM timing enabled scsiO at isp0O slot 0 rz0 at scsi0 target 0 lun 0 LID 0 DEC RZ28D C DEC 0010 Widel16 rzl at scsi0 target 1 lun 0 LID 1 SEAGATE ST34520W 1281 Widel16 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 41 Booting the Operating System rz2 at scsi0 target 2 lun 0 LID 2 DEC RZ28D C DEC 0010 Widel16 gpcO at isa0 pci at nexus ace0 at isa0 acel at isa0 lp0 at isa0 fdi0 at isa0 fdO at fdiO unit 0 ata0 at pcid slot 105 ata0 Cypress 82C693 scsil at ata0 slot 0 rz8 at scsil target 0 lun 0 LID 3 TOSHIBA CD ROM XM 5602B 1156 atal at pci0 slot 205 atal Cypress 82C693 scsi2 at atal slot 0 tga0 at pci slot 7 tga0 depth 8 map size 2MB 1024x768 tga0 ZLXp2 E Revision 34 itpsa0 at pci slot 9 IntraServer ROM Version V1 0 c 1998 scsi3 at itpsa0 slot 0 rz28 at scsi3 target 4 lun 0 LID 4 PLEXTOR CD ROM PX 12TS 1 02 Created FRU table binary error log packet kernel console ace0 dli configured Checking local filesystems sbin ufs_fsck p dev rrz0a 1557 files 65618 used 63229 free 421 frags 7851 blocks 0 3 fragmentation dev rrz0g File system unmounted cleanly no fsck needed dev rrz0h File system unmounted cleanly no fsck needed Mounting root user_cfg_pt reconfigured Mounting local filesystems dev rz0a on type ufs rw proc on proc type procfs rw dev rz0g on usr type ufs rw dev rz0h on var typ
58. e 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Making the System Secure 8 6 1 Set Password Command The set password command sets the console password for the first time or changes an existing password It is necessary to set the password only if the system is going to operate in secure mode If a password has not been set and the set password command is issued the console prompts for a password and verification If a password has been set and the set pass word command is issued the console prompts for the new password and verifica tion then prompts for the old password The password is unchanged if the validation password entered does not match the existing password in the NVRAM The password length must be between 15 and 30 alphanumeric characters The syntax is set password Figure 8 9 shows some examples of the set password command Figure 8 9 Examples of Set Password Command Example 1 Setting a Password for the First Time P00 gt gt gt set password Please enter the password AAKAKKAKAKKK Note Please enter the password again xxx HHH HH x Passwords and validations P00 gt gt gt are not echoed Example 2 Changing a Password P00 gt gt gt set password Please enter the password X KKKKAKKKKKKK Please enter the password again KA XKKAKKKKKKAKK Now enter the old password X KKKKAKKKKK P00 gt gt gt Example 3 Setting a Password with Too Few Characters P00 gt gt gt set passwo
59. e name returns information on that device only iobq Displays the input output counter blocks hwrpb Displays the hardware restart parameter block map Displays the system virtual memory map memory Displays the memory module configuration pal Displays the version of PALcode version Displays the version of the console lt envar gt Displays the current value of a specified environment variable Options None Description The show command displays information about the system and the current value of a specified environment variable See Section 8 4 for more information about environment variables 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 17 Displaying System Parameters Examples show Command Example Description gt gt gt show device Lists device information such as dka0 0 0 6 0 DKAO RZ26L 441A system designation drive model dka400 4 0 6 0 DKA400 RRD43 3213 or Ethernet address dva0 0 0 0 1 DVAO ewa0 0 0 12 0 EWAO 08 00 2B E2 1C 25 pka0 7 0 6 0 PKAO SCSI Bus ID 7 gt gt gt show memory Lists system random access 48 Meg of System Memory memory RAM size gt gt gt show Lists all environment variables refer to Section 8 4 and their settings gt gt gt show boot Lists all environment variables refer to Section 8 4 beginning with boot 8 3 Displaying System Parameters System parameters can be displayed by using the show command with the appropri ate parameter Examples of the sys
60. e ufs rw Subsystem xx was successfully configured Feb 12 13 40 22 update started The system is coming up Please wait Checking for crash dumps Initializing paging space swapon added dev rz0b as swap device swapon added dev rzlc as swap device Mounting Memory filesystems 8 42 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Booting the Operating System Streams autopushes configured Configuring network hostname ebfw04 hlo dec com Loading LMF licenses System error logger started Binary error logger started route daemon started Setting kernel timezone variable Setting the current time and date with ntpdate ONC portmap service started NFS IO service started Mounting NFS filesystems Preserving editor files security configuration set to default BASE Successful SIA initialization Clearing temporary files Unlocking ptys SMTP Mail Service started Network Time Service started Extensible SNMP master agent started Base O S sub agent started Server System sub agent started Server Management sub agent started Environmental Monitoring Subsystem Configured Internet services provided Using snmp service entry port 161 Cron service started SuperLAT Copyright 1994 Meridian Technology Corp All rights reserved LAT started Printer service started The system is ready Digital UNIX Version V4 0 ebfw04 hlo dec com console login 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alp
61. epresents the fail safe booter startup 4 No valid header found in ROM loading entire ROM 6 Memory error detected T One beep and a pause followed by two beeps and a pause followed by three beeps 9 5 Post Codes The post codes indicate the progress of the SROM and AlphaBIOS firmware Table 9 3 lists and describes the post codes Note The post codes are visible on an ISA based postcard that displays codes written to ISA port 80 Table 9 3 Post Codes Post Code Source hex SROM 20 01 02 03 05 AlphaBIOS 98 Description Firmware initialization is complete CPU speed detected initialize southbridge Southbridge ready Initialize Bcache Start sweep of Bcache and memory Bcache and memory ready Load system code Loading uncompressed firmware into memory Loading compressed firmware into memory Jump to loaded firmware Fatal error Second code identifies source of error 06 No memory found or bad memory Firmware has control Buses initialized 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Troubleshooting 9 3 Fail Safe Booter Table 9 3 Post Codes Continued Post Code Source hex Description 95 Video console opened 51 FATAL returned from boot menu selection 50 FATAL firmware fatal error 42 Firmware drivers have been started 00 Firmware has been initialized Fail safe FD T O bus initialization booter FC I O initialization complete FB UART initialization BF Fail safe booter is scanning the
62. evice to perform in either standard or fast default mode The parameter options are 0 standard or 1 fast When used with the set command this variable allows you to change the SCSI bus controller device which is by default bus node 7 When used with the set command this variable enables disables SCSI terminators This command is used only when systems have the QLogic ISP1020 SCSI controller The ISP1020 implements the 16 bit wide SCSI bus and has two terminators one for the low 8 bits and one for the high 8 bits The parameter options are off Disables termination of all 16 bits low Enables low 8 bits termination and disables high 8 bits default high Enables high 8 bits termination and disables low 8 bits on Enables termination of all 16 bits diff Places the bus in differential mode When used with the set command and the environment variable console is set to serial COM1 port this variable enables disables login to the SRM console firmware from alternate console ports The parameter options are 0 Disables login through the COM port or a graphics monitor 1 Enables login through the COM2 port or a graphics monitor default 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 27 Initializing the System 8 5 Initializing the System The initialize command resets the system and executes the power up tests Issuing this command is equivalent to pressing the Reset button The syntax is initia
63. f CPUs 0 00000 ee eee eee 8 3 3 Displaying System Devices 00 00 cece tees 8 3 4 Displaying the Memory Configuration eee e eee eee 8 3 5 Displaying PALcode Revision Information a sanaaa aeaaaee 8 3 6 Displaying Console Revision Information eee 8 4 Environment Variables 00 cece ete eee 8 4 1 Environment Variable Summary 000 eee eee eee eee 8 5 Initializing the System 2 eee eee 8 6 Making the System Secure 0 0 cette tee 8 6 1 Set Password Command 0c eee cece eens 8 6 2 Set Secure Command 0 0 0 e cece eee eens 8 6 3 Login Command eai aina bee in ee pe Daa dion eee oe eet 8 6 4 Clear Password Command cece eee eee cent e ne ees 8 7 Examine and Deposit Commande 0 cc cece eee eee 8 8 Creating a Power Up Script cece eee 8 9 Starting and Stopping CPUS 1 0 0 6 eects 8 10 Getting Helps i ce yee eae Ee ee See Spe a ee E 8 11 Upgrading the System 0 TA N KR a Kg A Ka teens 8 12 Booting the Operating System 0 cece eee eee 8 13 Installing the Tru64 UNIX Operating System 00 0000 e eee eee 8 13 1 Requirements ostra eee eee le eb in ee 9 Troubleshooting 9 1 Password Bypass cists cca tities Made bet aao ARE eb ee ale ae ea es 9 2 Hardware Startup 0 2 cette ett 9 3 Daughtercard LEDS eee 9 4 Beep Codes nix orient e tii ae iets initia tap thet Stas 9 5 Post Code ae iiaa cecil eae pete a Tar
64. ght within a menu or cycle through available field val ues in a dialog window Drop down a menu of choices from a drop down listbox A drop down listbox can be recognized by the symbol y Move to the beginning of a text entry field Move to the end of a text entry field Move to the left or right in a text entry field Discard changes and back up to previous screen Two levels of keyboard help are available e Press F1 once to display explanations of the keystrokes available for the cur rently displayed part of AlphaBIOS e Press F1 twice to display explanations of the keystrokes available for navigating throughout AlphaBIOS 7 2 AlphaBIOS 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaBlOS Setup Program 7 2 AlphaBlOS Setup Program When you power up or reset your system the boot screen with the system logo is dis played Pressing F2 at this screen starts the setup program Figure 7 1 shows an example of an AlphaBIOS Boot Screen with the Press lt F2 gt to enter SETUP mes sage at the bottom Figure 7 2 shows the AlphaBIOS Setup Screen Figure 7 1 AlphaBlOS Boot Screen AlphaBIOS Version 5 68 Please select the operating system to start Windows NT Server 4 00 Press Enter to choose Press lt F8 gt for NTS advanced startup options Press lt F2 gt to enter SETUP Figure 7 2 AlphaBlOS Setup Screen AlphaBIOS Setup F1 Help Display System Configuration AlphaBIOS Upgrade Hard Disk Setup CM
65. guration 3 3 21272 Speed 3 5 21272 Speed The speed of the 21272 core logic chipset is determined by switches 5 7 of SW2 on the mainboard The default positions are 5 and 6 on 7 off These switches must be kept in the default position 3 4 AlphaPC 264DP Switch Configuration 17 February 1999 Subject To Change 4 AlphaPC 264DP Connector Pinouts This chapter lists the pinouts of the AlphaPC 264DP connectors 4 1 Mainboard Connectors Tables 4 1 through 4 19 show the mainboard connector pinouts See Figure 2 1 for connector locations 4 1 1 Daughtercard Connector Pinouts Table 4 1 shows the daughtercard connector pinouts Table 4 1 Daughtercard Connector Pinouts J18 J23 Pin 5 9 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 49 53 57 6l Signal vdd_3v vdd_3v sysdata2_l syscheck0_l sysdatal4_ sysdata17_1 sda sysdata26_ sysdata30_ irq_2_h tsu_speed1 sysaddin13_ sysaddout13_l sysaddout14_1 sysaddout6_l sysaddout1_l Pin 2 6 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 38 42 46 50 54 58 62 Signal vdd_3v vdd_3v sysdata0_I sysdata9_I sysdataoutclk1_1 sysdata18_ Gnd sysdata25_ syscheck3_I irq_4 h clk_rdy_h sysaddin8_l sysaddin7_l sysaddout12_1 sysaddout0_l sysdata60_ 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Pin 3 7 11 15 19 23 27 31 35 39 43 47 51 55 59 63 Signal vdd_3v vdd_3v sysdata5_I sysdata10_ sysdata16_l sysdataoutclk2_ Gnd sysdatainclk3_ clkfwdreset_h 2
66. ha SRM Console Firmware 8 43 Installing the Tru64 UNIX Operating System 8 13 Installing the Tru64 UNIX Operating System Note Tru64 UNIX Version 4 0E is the minimum revision required for the AlphaPC 264DP mainboard system This section supplements the DIGITAL UNIX Installation Guide for installing the Tru64 UNIX operating system on an AlphaPC 264DP mainboard system Note If you already have a previous version of Tru64 UNIX installed see the DIGITAL UNIX Installation Guide for information on how to upgrade to a new version of the operating system Be sure to also review the prein stallation tasks in this document 8 13 1 Requirements You need the following hardware and software to install the Tru64 UNIX operating system on an AlphaPC 264DP mainboard system A minimum of 32MB of main memory 64MB is recommended A 1GB or larger SCSI hard disk capable of storing the supported software subsets Supported load devices SCSI CD ROM drive capable of reliably reading in 512 byte block mode or A network interface A console terminal with ASCII capability or a supported graphics display console Tru64 UNIX Version 4 0E or higher Operating System Volume 1 compact disc Alpha SRM console Version 5 4 or higher 8 44 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change 9 Troubleshooting This chapter contains information about troubleshooting hardware and software during AlphaPC 264DP startup 9 1 Passw
67. he Loadable Firmware Update utility set Configures operating system environment variables show Displays operating system environment variables or system information The Alpha SRM console offers additional commands For a complete list of Alpha SRM console commands enter help at the Alpha SRM console prompt gt gt gt 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 3 Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions alphabios Loads and runs the AlphaBIOS firmware without changing the default firmware setting Syntax alphabios Arguments None Options None Description The alphabios command starts the AlphaBIOS firmware For more information on AlphaBIOS see Chapter 7 Example The following alphabios command loads and runs AlphaBIOS gt gt gt alphabios 8 4 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions boot Initializes the processor loads a program image from the specified boot device and transfers control to the loaded image Syntax boot file lt filename gt flags lt longword gt lt longword gt protocols lt enet_protocol gt halt lt boot_device gt Arguments lt boot_device gt A device path or list of devices from which the firmware will attempt to boot Use the set bootdef_dev command to set an environment variable that specifies a default boot device Options boot Command Option Description file
68. icates pin 1 indicates switch 1 Table 2 3 AlphaPC 264DP Daughiercard Switch Connector Componeni List Item No Description J1 Fan power J2 SROM debug connector J3 Daughtercard data connector J4 Daughtercard power connector H1 21264 heat sink H2 1 5 V regulator heat sink D1 D5 LEDs SW2 Switchpack U1 U2 U9 Bcache data SSRAMs U10 U3 1489 U4 1488 Item No U5 U6 U7 U11 U13 U14 U12 U15 U16 U17 U18 U19 Description Microprocessor socketed Alpha 21264 Bcache tag SSRAM Reset FPGA lcx38 8582 EEPROM 5 V to 2 2 V converter t17702b supervisor 512Kx8 flash ROM socketed 74f151 multiplexer mic29302 3 3 V to 1 5 V regulator 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Features of the AlphaPC 264DP 2 5 Power Requirements 2 1 Power Requirements The mainboard has a maximum total power dissipation of 215 W excluding any disk drives Each daughtercard has a maximum total power dissipation of 129 W Table 2 4 lists the current requirement for each dc supply voltage Table 2 4 Power Supply DC Current Requirements Voltage Tolerance Mainboard 3 3 V dc 5 5 V dc 5 5 VSB dc 5 12 V dc 5 12 V dc 5 Daughtercard 3 3 V dc 5 5 V dc 5 12 V dc 5 12 V dc 5 Current 30 0 A 20 0 A 1
69. ine editing and basic input output control flow Shortcut Key Function Enter Terminate the command line input Backspace or Delete one character to the left of the cursor Delete Ctrl A Toggles insert overstrike mode Overstrike is the default Ctrl B Recall previous commands The last 16 commands are Up arrow stored Down arrow Ctrl Cc Terminate the foreground process Ctrl D Move the cursor one position to the left Left arrow Ctrl E Move the cursor to the end of the line Ctrl F Move the cursor one position to the right Right arrow Ctrl H Move the cursor to the beginning of the line Ctr1 O Suppress or resume toggle console output Ctrl Q Resume the flow XON of data to the console Ctrl R Retype the current command line Ctrl s Stop the flow XOFF of data to the console Ctrl U Delete the entire line 8 2 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions 8 2 Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions This section describes the following basic Alpha SRM console commands that are necessary to boot the Tru64 UNIX operating system Command Function alphabios Loads and starts the AlphaBIOS console boot Loads and starts Tru64 UNIX deposit Writes data to the specified address edit Invokes the console line editor on a RAM file or the nvram file examine Displays the contents of a memory location register or device Ifu Loads and starts t
70. information between the console and the operating system Their settings determine how the system powers up boots the operating system and operates Environment variables are set or changed with the set envar command Their values are viewed with the show envar command Issue an init command to activate a new environment variable Figure 8 7 shows an example of the set envar and show envar commands User defined nonvolatile environment variables can be created with the edit com mand described in Section 8 8 Section 8 4 1 describes the environment variables in detail 8 22 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Environment Variables Figure 8 7 Example of Set Envar and Show Envar Commands P00 gt gt gt show console console graphics P00 gt gt gt set console serial P00 gt gt gt show console console serial POO gt gt gt init set envar The set command sets or modifies the value of an environment variable It can also be used to create a new environment variable if the name used is unique Environ ment variables are used to pass configuration information between the console and the operating system The setting of these variables determines how the system pow ers up boots the operating system and operates The syntax is set envar value envar The name of the environment variable to be modified value The new value of the environment variable Whenever you modify the value of any of
71. install the new video card and reboot the Windows NT operating system 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Troubleshooting 9 5 A Support Products and Documentation A 1 Customer Support Alpha OEM provides the following web page resources for customer support URL Description http www digital com alphaoem Contains the following links Developers Area Development tools code examples driver developers information and technical white papers Motherboard Products Motherboard details and performance information Microprocessor Products Microprocessor details and performance information News Press releases Technical Information Motherboard firmware and drivers hardware compatibility lists and product documentation library Customer Support Feedback form 17 February 1999 Subject to Change Support Products and Documentation A 1 Supporting Products A 2 Supporting Products This section lists sources for components and accessories that are not included with the AlphaPC 264DP A 2 1 Memory Dual inline memory modules DIMMs are available from a variety of vendors For a list of the qualified vendors visit the Alpha OEM World Wide Web Internet site at URL http www digital com alphaoem Click on Technical Information Then click on Alpha OEM Hardware Compatibility List A 2 2 Power Supply A power supply suitable for use with the AlphaPC 264DP 3 3 V 5 V 5 V 1
72. irmware files were not found on CD or floppy If you want to load the options firmware please enter the device on which the files are located ewa0 or just press lt return gt to proceed with a standard console update dva0 Please enter the name of the options firmware files list or press lt return gt to use the default filename pc264fw txt pc264fw txt Copying pc264fw txt from dva0 Copying PC264NT ROM from dva0 Copying PC264SRM ROM from dva0 xxx x TLoadable Firmware Update Utility Function Description Display Displays the system s configuration table Exit Done exit LFU reset List Lists the device revision firmware name and update revision Readme Lists important release information Update Replaces current firmware with loadable data image Verify Compares loadable and hardware images or Help Scrolls this function table UPD gt list Device Current Revision Filename Update Revision nt 5 68 nt_fw 5 68 srm 5 4 4 srm_fw De e UPD gt update Confirm update on nt srm Y N y WARNING updates may take several minutes to complete for each device DO NOT ABORT nt Updating to 5 68 Verifying 5 68 PASSED srm Updating to 5 4 5 Verifying 5 4 5 PASSED UPD gt 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 39 Booting the Operating System 8 12 Booting the Operating System The boot command is used to boot the operating system It initializes the pr
73. isplay is a list of all devices and controllers in the system An example of a device name is dka200 2 0 7 1 Table 8 1 shows the interpretation of this device name Table 8 1 Device Naming Convention Category Description dk Driver ID Two letter designator of port or class driver dk SCSI disk fw FDDI device dq ATAPI CD ROM mk SCSI tape dr RAID set device mu DSSI tape du DSSI disk pk SCSI port dv Diskette drive pu DSSI port ew Ethernet port a Storage adapter ID One letter designator of storage adapter a b c 200 Device unit number Unique number MSCP init number SCSI unit numbers are forced 100 x node ID 2 Bus node number Bus node ID 8 20 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Displaying System Parameters Table 8 1 Device Naming Convention Continued Category 0 Channel number 7 Logical slot number 1 Hose number Description Used for multi channel devices Corresponds to PCI slot number O for PCIO 1 for PCI Figure 8 3 Example of Show Device Command P00 gt gt gt show device dka0 0 0 7 1 DKAO dkal100 1 0 7 1 DKA100 dka200 2 0 7 1 DKA200 dka400 4 0 7 1 DKA400 dqa0 0 0 105 0 DQAO dva0 0 0 0 0 DVAO ewa0 0 0 8 0 EWAO pka0 7 0 7 1 PKAO pkb0 7 0 6 0 PKBO pkc0 7 0 106 0 PKCO POO0 gt gt gt RZ28D 0010 SEAGATE ST32155W 0596 RZ28D 0010 PLEXTOR CD ROM PX 12TS 1 02 TOSHIBA CD ROM XM 5602B 1156 08 00 2B E2 9C 60 SCSI Bus ID 7 5 54 SCSI Bus ID 7 SCSI Bus
74. k 2 2 ete 3 2 AlphaPC 264DP Memory Subsystem 0 0000 e ee eee 5 1 AlphaPC 264DP DIMM Connectors 0 00 aeara aaan 5 2 Example of Running LFU 1 0 tenes 6 4 AlphaBlOS Boot Screen e cette eee 7 3 AlphaBlOS Setup Screen nunnan cette tees 7 3 Systemboard Configuration Screen 0000 eee eee 7 4 Hard Disk Configuration Screen cect eee 7 5 Memory Configuration Screen 0 ects 7 6 Setup Screen Selecting AlphaBIOS Upgrade ee eens 7 7 Hard Disk Setup Screen 1 20 cect teens 7 8 Standard CMOS Setup Screen n ects 7 9 Advanced CMOS Setup Screen 1 2 0 cee eee 7 10 Run Maintenance Program Submenu 000 c eee ee eee 7 11 Entering the Program Name 0 0 ects 7 12 Example of Show Config Command 00 ccc eee tees 8 19 Example of Show CPU Command eee tees 8 20 Example of Show Device Command 60 cece eee eee 8 21 Example of Show Memory Command cece eee eee eae 8 21 Example of Show PAL Command 0 0 cece eee eens 8 22 Example of Show Version Command cece teen eee eens 8 22 Example of Set Envar and Show Envar Commands sasa asasaran sanaa 8 23 Example of Initialize Command 000 cee 8 28 Examples of Set Password Command cece eee eens 8 29 Examples of Set Secure Command 00 cece eee eee 8 30 Examples of Login Command 00 ccc cece tee eee nae 8 31 Examples of Clear Password Command cece eee eeeee 8 32 Examp
75. kettes 6 1 2 Switching From One Firmware to the Other At times you may find it necessary to switch from one firmware to the other The following sections describe the necessary steps From AlphaBlOS to Alpha SRM Console To boot the Alpha SRM console while in AlphaBIOS perform the following steps For more information refer to Chapter 7 1 At the AlphaBIOS boot screen press F2 to reach the AlphaBIOS setup screen 2 From the setup screen use the Tab key to select CMOS Setup 3 Atthe CMOS setup screen press F6 to move to the Advanced CMOS setup screen 4 Atthe Advanced CMOS setup screen use the Tab key to move to Console Selection Then use the down arrow key to toggle the console selection from Windows NT Console AlphaBIOS to Tru64 UNIX SRM Console 5 Press F10 to save the changes and return to the CMOS setup screen 6 Press F10 to save the changes and return to the AlphaBIOS setup screen 7 Initialize the system by pressing the reset button or by power cycling the system From Alpha SRM Console to AlphaBlOS To boot AlphaBIOS while in the Alpha SRM console perform the following steps For more information refer to Chapter 8 1 At the Alpha SRM console prompt enter the command set os_type nt 2 Initialize the system by pressing the reset button or entering the init command 6 2 Preparing Diskettes The required firmware for your system is preloaded onto the flash ROM Copies of the firmware files may
76. lation S G DMA mode Warm reboot To enter standard CMOS Setup e Start AlphaBIOS Setup select CMOS Setup and press Enter Figure 7 8 shows a sample standard CMOS Setup screen Figure 7 8 Standard CMOS Setup Screen CMOS Setup F1l Help Date Wednesday 19 1008 Time 13 22 27 Floppy Drive A 3 5 1 44 MB Floppy Drive B None Keyboard U S 101 key keyboard Auto Start Enabled Auto Start Count 30 Seconds Press T or J to modify date fields Date modifications will take effect immediately F33 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaBlOS 7 9 AlphaBlOS Setup Program To enter advanced CMOS Setup 1 Start AlphaBIOS Setup select CMOS Setup and press Enter 2 Inthe CMOS Setup screen press F6 Figure 7 9 shows a sample advanced CMOS Setup screen Figure 7 9 Advanced CMOS Setup Screen Advanced CMOS Setup PCI Parity Checking Disabled Power up Memory Test Full AlphaBIOS Password Option Disabled SCSI BIOS Emulation Enabled for All Console Selection Windows NT Console AlphaBIOS Warm Reboot Disabled Press T or J to select the firmware console that will be presented the next time the system is power cycled 7 10 AlphaBlOoS 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaBlOS Setup Program 7 2 5 Running a Maintenance Program You can run maintenance programs such as the RAID configuration utility RCU and other utilities directly from the Alpha
77. les of Deposit Command 0 0 cece tees 8 34 Examples of Examine Command 0c cee eee eee eee 8 34 Example of Editing the nvram Script 0 0 0 0 cece eee eee 8 36 Example of Clearing the nvram Script 00 00 cece eee eee 8 36 Example of Halt and Continue Commands eee eeeee 8 37 Example of Help Command 0 00 cece cette 8 38 Example of Lfu Command 0 0 c eee eet teens 8 39 Example of Boot Command 0 00 c eee eee eee ae 8 41 17 February 1999 Subject to Change Vii Tables 2 1 AlphaPC 264DP Features 0 0 cect tees 2 1 2 2 AlphaPC 264DP Mainboard Switch Connector Component List 2 4 2 3 AlphaPC 264DP Daughtercard Switch Connector Component List 2 5 2 4 Power Supply DC Current Requirements 0 0 0 eee ee eee 2 6 2 5 AlphaPC 264DP Environmental Requirements 00000 eeu 2 7 4 1 Daughtercard Connector Pinouts J18 J23 0 0 eee eee 4 1 4 2 PCI Bus Connector Pinouts J35 J40 J42 J44 J46 0 eee 4 3 4 3 ISA Expansion Bus Connector Pinouts J47 0 0 0 0 cece eee 4 4 4 4 IDE Drive Bus Connector Pinouts J45 eee 4 5 4 5 Ultra SCSI Bus Connector Pinouts J34 J38 2 2 ee 4 6 4 6 SDRAM DIMM Connector Pinouts J1 J5 J6 J9 J11 J13 J14 J16 J25 J32 4 6 4 7 Diskette Floppy Drive Bus Connector Pinouts LJd421 anaa 4 8 4 8 Parallel Bus Connector Pinouts J17 2 0 0 ce eee cette 4 8 4 9 COM1 CONM2 Serial Line Connector Pin
78. lize or init After self tests are executed the system autoboots unless one of the following condi tions is true e A halt assertion condition exists that is the halt button has been pressed s The auto_action environment variable is set to halt If the auto_action environment variable is set to boot or restart and no halt assertion condition exists the system autoboots In all other cases the system stops in console mode and does not attempt to boot Figure 8 8 shows an example of the initialize command Figure 8 8 Example of Initialize Command POO gt gt gt init Initializing 1024 Meg of system memory probing hose 1 PCI bus 0 slot 7 pka Qhogic ISP1020 probing hose 0 PCI probing PCI to ISA bridge bus 1 bus 0 slot 5 function 1 dqa Cypress 82C693 IDE bus 0 slot 5 function 2 dqb Cypress 82C693 IDE bus 0 slot 6 function 0 pkb Adaptec AIC 7895 bus 0 slot 6 function 1 pkc Adaptec AIC 7895 bus 0 slot 8 ewa DECchip 21040 AA bus 0 slot 9 vga DEC PowerStorm AlphaPC 264 450 MHz Console X5 2 105 May 29 1998 17 03 22 P00 gt gt gt 8 6 Making the System Secure 8 28 Placing the console in secure mode ensures that unauthorized persons cannot gain access to the system The commands for console security are set password clear password and set secure The login command turns off security features during the current console session Alpha SRM Console Firmwar
79. llowing dimensions e Length 30 48 cm 12 0 in 0 0005 in e Width 14 99 cm 5 905 in 0 0005 in e Height 6 40 cm 2 52 in 0 0005 in 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Features of the AlbhaPC 264DP 2 7 Physical Parameters 2 3 1 AlphaPC 264DP Hole and Connector Specifications Figure 2 3 shows the mainboard s hole specifications Figure 2 3 AlphaPC 264DP Mainboard Hole Specifications 2X 6 35 mm 250 in 180 98 mm 7 125 in 160 02 mm 6 300 in S 140 21 mm 5 520 in 12 83 mm 505 in 0 00 2X 5 08 mm 200 in Ky 16 26 mm 640 in 18X 3 99 mm 157 in 2X 123 95 mm 4 880 in O i Re 128 78 mm 5 070 in 229 36 mm 9 030 in 6 2X 283 72 mm 11 170 in GB 317 50 mm 12 500 in 8 89 mm 350 in AREA TO BE FREE OF COMP amp ETCH EXCEPT FOR CHASSIS 7 SYSTEM GROUND D 397 63 mm 15 655 in amp 407 79 mm 16 055 in 3X 5 08 mm 200 in 7 87 mm 310 in 2 8 Features of the AlpbhaPC 264DP 4X 322 58 mm 12 700 in 325 12 mm 12 800 in 15 27 mm 601 in gt 76 33 mm 3 005 in 78 26 mm 3 081 in
80. n 17 February 1999 Subject To Change T AlphaBlOS The AlphaBIOS firmware initializes the system and enables you to install and boot the Windows NT operating system This firmware resides in the flash ROM on the AlphaPC 264DP mainboard The mainboard ships with AlphaBIOS firmware and online documentation that describes how to configure the firmware for Windows NT This chapter contains a subset of the AlphaBIOS help file on the distribution medium You can access the complete documentation online when your system is up and running or from another Windows system The online documentation describes configuration information for Alpha systems running AlphaBIOS The online documentation resides on the distribution medium The documentation is available as a Windows Help file compatible with Windows NT 4 0 and Windows 95 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaBlOS 7 1 AlphaBlOS Conventions 7 1 AlphaBlOS Conventions AlphaBIOS uses universally accepted keys and key combinations for navigating the interface and selecting items If you are familiar with MS DOS or Microsoft Windows keyboard conventions navigating AlphaBIOS is simple Table 7 1 shows the keys to use for navigating and selecting items in AlphaBIOS Table 7 1 Action Keys Press TAB SHIFT TAB T or J ALT J HOME END gt ESC To Move highlight forward between fields of a dialog Move highlight backwards between fields of a dialog Move highli
81. n then edit the script to delete the offend ing command Figure 8 15 shows how to modify the user created power up script nvram In this example the script is edited to include a command that sets the Ethernet protocol for the network device ewa0 to TCPIP BOOTP 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 35 Starting and Stopping CPUs Figure 8 15 Example of Editing the nvram Script P00 gt gt gt edit nvram editing nvram 0 bytes read in 10 set ewa0 protocols bootp list 10 set ewa0O_protocols bootp exit 27 bytes written out to nvram P00 gt gt gt nvram Note This command executes the script To clear the script enter line numbers without any text This deletes the lines Figure 8 16 shows an example of this Figure 8 16 Example of Clearing the nvram Script P00 gt gt gt edit nvram editing nvram 27 bytes read in 10 rexit 0 bytes written out to nvram P00 gt gt gt 8 9 Starting and Stopping CPUs The halt and continue commands are used to stop and continue a program on the specified CPU The halt or stop command stops program execution on a secondary CPU that is still running a booted program The syntax is halt processor_number or stop processor_number where processor_number is the logical CPU number dis played by the show cpu command The continue command resumes program execution on the specified processor or on the primary processor if
82. n1_1 sysaddout10_1 sysaddout2_1 sysdatainclk7_1 sysdataoutclk6_l sysdata46_l sysdatainclk5_ Pin Signal 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 vdd_3v vdd_3v sysdata3_l sysdata13_l syscheck20_1 sysdata21_ cpu_slot sysdata28_1 irq_0_h tsu_speed0 sysfillvalid_l sysaddinclk_1 sysaddin3_l sysaddoutclk_l syscheck7_1 sysdata52_ sysdata51_ 1 sysdata47_l sysdata41_1 AlphaPC 264DP Connector Pinouts 4 13 Daughtercard Connectors Table 4 22 Daughitercard Connector Pinouts J3 Continued Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 77 sysdataoutclk4_1 78 sysdata37_l 79 sysdata36_l 80 sysdata35_l 81 sysdata32_l 82 Gnd 83 be_config1 84 be_config3 85 cpu_speed1 86 12v_mod 87 vdd_2v_term 88 vdd_2v_term 89 vdd_2v_term 90 vdd_2v_term 91 vdd_3v 92 vdd_3v 93 vdd_3v 94 vdd_3v 95 vdd_3v 96 vdd_3v 97 vdd_3v 98 vdd_3v 99 sysdatainclkO_1 100 sysdata6_l 101 sysdatal_l 102 sysdataoutclk0_ 103 sysdata4_1 104 sysdata7_ 105 sysdata8_l 106 sysdatainclk1_I 107 sysdatal1_l 108 sysdata12_1 109 sysdata15_1 110 sysdatal19_1 111 sysdatainclk2_ 1 112 sysdata20_l 113 sysdata22_1 114 sysdata23_1 115 plibypass_h 116 srom_en_l 117 sclk 118 syscheck2_l 119 sysdata24_l 120 sysdata27_ 121 sysdataoutclk3_ 122 sysdata29_ 123 sysdata31_1 124 sysdataoutvalid_l 125 Gnd 126 Gnd 127 fan_ok_l 128 irq 1_h 129 irq 3_h 130 irq 5_h 131 mod_reset_l 132 sysaddin11_l 133 sysaddin14_1 134 sysdatainvalid_ 135 sysaddin10_1 136
83. nabled disabled by switch 4 of SW2 on the mainboard see Figure 3 1 The default position for this switch is off When this switch is on it causes the SROM initialization to trap to the Mini Debugger after all initialization is complete but before starting the execution of the system flash ROM code 3 3 Password Bypass AlphaBIOS provides password protection However if the use of passwords has been enabled and you have forgotten the current password password bypass is provided through the use of switch 8 pby of SW2 on the mainboard Normal operation with switch 8 in the off position see Figure 3 1 requires a password The password bypass function is enabled by setting the switch to the on position This disables the AlphaBIOS password verification and enables the user to set up or start up their system without the AlphaBIOS password Password bypass also clears the password After this function has been enabled to disable it and require a password set switch 8 to the off position 3 4 Flash Write Protection The AlphaPC 264DP provides write protection for the firmware flash ROM By default writing to the flash ROM is allowed that is switch 8 flash_wr of SW3 on the mainboard is off see Figure 3 2 To enable the flash write protection function set switch 8 to the on position Note The AlphaPC 264DP will not function if switch 8 is in the on position 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaPC 264DP Switch Confi
84. nnector 3 V power connector Reserved Power button connector Reset button connector SCSI LED connector Halt button connector Parallel I O connector Daughtercard connectors COM1 COM2 DB9 connectors Reserved Keyboard mouse connector 5 V power connector SCSI connectors PCI bus connectors Power LED connector Reserved Speaker connector Floppy drive connector Item No J45 J47 D1 D2 SW2 SW3 Ul U3 U4 US U7 U8 U12 U13 U15 U16 U6 U9 U10 U11 U14 J26 J27 U28 3 3 4 J49 qaeqaqaqce ne ex J50 J51 U57 la Description IDE bus connector ISA bus connector LEDs Switchpacks MIC29502 MC12439 DC4047 Dchips DC1046 Cchip 100LVE222 MC100LVEL37 MPC951 TIGbus FPGA DC1048 Pchips AlphaBIOS flash ROM PC bus controller SRAM for SCSI AIC7895 SCSI BIOS flash ROM Super I O FDC37C669 Southbridge CY82C693UB 1 COM is the top connector COM2 is the bottom one Mouse connector is on the top keyboard connector is on the bottom 2 4 Features of the AlbhaPC 264DP 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Figure 2 2 shows the daughtercard and its components and Table 2 3 describes these components Figure 2 2 AlphaPC 264DP Daughtercard Switch Connector Component Location Side 1 Component Side m ind
85. number of consecutive locations to examine s lt step gt Specifies the address increment as a hexadecimal value This option allows you to override the increment that is normally derived from the data size Description The examine command displays the contents of the specified address such as a memory location register device or file The defaults for address space data size and address are the last specified values After initialization the default for address space is physical memory for data size the default is a quadword and for address the default is Zero An address or device can be specified by concatenating the device name with the address For example use pmem 0 and specify the size of the address space to be displayed If a conflicting device address or data size is specified the console ignores the command and issues an error response The display line consists of the device name the hexadecimal address or offset within the device and the examined data also in hexadecimal The examine command supports the same options as the deposit command Additionally the examine command supports instruction decoding with the d option which disassembles instructions beginning at the current address 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 13 Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions Examples examine Command Example Display Description gt gt gt e r0 gpr 0 RO 000000000
86. ocessor loads a program image from the specified boot device and transfers control to that image The syntax is boot file filename flags value halt protocols enet_protocol boot_dev The boot qualifiers and parameters can be the following file filename The boot file flags value Specifies additional information to the loaded image or operating system In Tru64 UNIX specifies boot flags This qualifier over rides the setting of the boot_osflags environment variable See the boot_osflags environment variable Section 8 4 1 for a list of set tings and their meanings halt Forces the bootstrap operation to halt and invoke the console pro gram once the bootstrap image is loaded and page tables and other data structures are set up Console device drivers are not shut down Transfer control to the image by entering the continue command protocols Either mop default or bootp This qualifier overrides the setting enet_protocol of the ew 0_protocols environment variable boot_dev A device path or list of devices from which the console program attempts to boot or a saved boot specification in the form of an environment variable This qualifier overrides the setting of the bootdef_dev environment variable see Section 8 4 1 Use the bootdef_dev environment variable to define the default boot device string Figure 8 20 shows an example of a boot command 8 40 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subje
87. ord Bypass AlphaBlOS AlphaBIOS provides password protection However password bypass is provided for system setup or startup when the AlphaBIOS password is unavailable Normal operation with switch 8 pby of SW2 in the off position see Figure 3 1 requires a password When the password bypass function is enabled moving switch 8 to the on position it disables the AlphaBIOS password verification and enables the user to set up or start up their system without the AlphaBIOS password Password bypass also clears the password After this function has been enabled to disable it and require a password set switch 8 to the off position Alpha SRM Console Once the console has been put into secure mode the Alpha SRM console requires a password to perform certain functions If the console is in secure mode and you have forgotten the current password per form the following steps to clear the password 1 Enter the login command 2 At the Enter Password prompt press the Halt button then press Enter The password is now cleared and the console cannot be put into secure mode unless a new password is set 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Troubleshooting 9 1 Hardware Startup 9 2 Hardware Startup Use the following troubleshooting steps if video is not working on your system If you still have no video after reviewing these steps please call your system vendor Troubleshooting Steps No Video 1 2 3 4 5 8
88. orporation port FDC37C669 Data Sheet 80 Arkay Drive Hauppauge NY 11788 Phone 1 800 443 7364 Fax 1 516 231 6004 17 February 1999 Subject to Change Support Products and Documentation A 3
89. ors 4 1 11 3 V Power Connector Pinouts Table 4 11 shows the 3 V power connector pinouts Table 4 11 3 V Power Connector Pinouts J3 Pin Voltage Pin Voltage Pin Voltage Pin Voltage vdd_3v 2 Gnd 3 vdd_3v 4 Gnd 5 vdd_3v 6 Gnd 7 vdd_3v 8 Gnd vdd_3v 10 Gnd 11 vdd_3v 12 Gnd 13 Gnd 14 vdd_3v 15 Gnd 16 vdd_3v 17 Gnd 18 vdd_3v 19 Gnd 20 vdd_3v 21 12 V dc 22 DS 0n 23 pok 24 5vsb 4 1 12 5 V Power Connector Pinouts Table 4 12 shows the 5 V power connector pinouts Table 4 12 5 V Power Connector Pinouts J33 Pin Voltage Pin Voltage Pin Voltage Pin Voltage vdd_5v 2 Gnd 3 vdd_5v 4 Gnd 5 vdd_5v 6 Gnd 7 vdd_5v 8 Gnd Gnd 10 vdd Sv 11 Gnd 12 vdd_5v 13 Gnd 14 vdd_5v 15 12 V de 16 5 V dc 4 1 13 Fan Box Power Connector Pinouts Table 4 13 shows the fan box power connector pinouts Table 4 13 Fan Box Power Connector Pinouts J2 J15 J22 J24 Pin Voltage Pin Voltage 1 Gnd 2 12 V dc 4 10 AlphaPC 264DP Connector Pinouts 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Mainboard Connectors 4 1 14 Speaker Connector Pinouts Table 4 14 shows the speaker connector pinouts Table 4 14 Speaker Connector Pinouts J39 Pin Signal Description 1 spkr Speaker input 2 vdd_5v 3 Gnd 4 vdd_5v 4 1 15 Halt Button Connector Pinouts Table 4 15 shows the halt button connector pinouts Table 4 15 Halt Button Connector Pinouts J12 Pin Signal Description 1 halt_button Halt system for Tru64 UNIX only 2 v
90. osition numbering starting at the right low order and increasing to the left high order Signal Names All signal names are printed in boldface type Signal names that originate in an industry standard specification such as PCI or IDE are printed in the case as found in the specification usually uppercase Active low signals have either a pound sign appended or a not overscore bar for example DEVSEL and RESET 17 February 1999 Subject To Change About This Manual 1 1 Manual Conventions and Terminology Terms The following terms are used in this manual This term Refers to Microsoft Windows NT The Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Installation Guide installation guide and the Windows NT Server Installation Guide Windows NT The Microsoft Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server operating systems Alpha SRM console The Alpha SRM console firmware AlphaBIOS The AlphaBIOS firmware Tru64 UNIX COMPAQ S 64 bit UNIX operating system replacing DIGITAL UNIX 1 2 About This Manual 17 February 1999 Subject To Change 2 Features of the AlphaPC 264DP The AlphaPC 264DP system AlphaPC 264DP consists of an AlphaPC 264DP mainboard a planar board referred to as the mainboard throughout this document and one or two AlphaPC 264DP daughtercards daughtercard The daughtercard consists of the 21264 microprocessor L2 cache reset FPGA and power converters for 2 2 volts and 1 5 volts Table
91. outs J19 0 eee eee 4 9 4 10 Keyboard Mouse Connector Pinouts J211 0c e eee 4 9 4 11 3 V Power Connector Pinouts J3 aena 0 eee 4 10 4 12 5 V Power Connector Pinouts J33 0 000 c cee 4 10 4 13 Fan Box Power Connector Pinouts J2 J15 J22 J24 2 eee eee 4 10 4 14 Speaker Connector Pinouts J39 000 cee 4 11 4 15 Halt Button Connector Pinouts J12 2 2 2 eee 4 11 4 16 Reset Button Connector Pinouts J8 0 eee 4 11 4 17 System Power Button Connector Pinouts J7 2 0 0 0 eee eee eee 4 11 4 18 Ultra SCSI Hard Drive LED Connector Pinouts J101 naaa naa aaua 4 12 4 19 Power LED Connector Pinouts J36 0 cece cee eee 4 12 4 20 Microprocessor Fan Power Connector Pinouts LJ eee eee 4 12 4 21 SROM Test Data Input Connector Pinouts J2 0000 cee eee 4 13 4 22 Daughtercard Connector Pinouts J3 sssaaa saaana 4 13 4 23 Input Power Connector Pinouts Jd 0000 ee eet 4 15 5 1 AlphaPC 264DP SDRAM Memory Configurations eee ae 5 3 6 1 LEU Gommands 2 c0 rts ek eta PAR a Ra OR eee ed ted Se 6 5 7 1 Action Kays isr eme eta eee Ge T 7 2 7 2 GMOS Setup asks sche vaste es SA wea bia ok es tie beeen Als 7 9 8 1 Device Naming Convention 00 cece tte 8 20 8 2 Architecture Required Environment Variables aaaea 8 24 8 3 System Defined Environment Variables 0c ee eee ee eaee 8 25 9 1 AlphaPC 264DP Daughtercard LEDS 0 0 cece eee ee
92. phaPC 264DP Connector Pinouts 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Daughtercard Connectors 4 2 2 SROM Test Data Input Connector Pinouts Table 4 21 shows the SROM test data input connector pinouts Table 4 21 SROM Test Data Input Connector Pinouts J2 Pin Signal Description 1 NC 2 srom_clk_l Clock out 3 Gnd 4 NC 5 test_srom_d_l SROM serial data in 6 NC 4 2 3 AlphaPC 264DP Daughtercard Connector Pinouts Table 4 22 shows the AlphaPC 264DP daughtercard connector pinouts Table 4 22 Daughtercard Connector Pinouts J3 Pin 13 17 21 25 29 33 37 41 45 49 53 57 6l 65 69 73 Signal vdd_3v vdd_3v sysdata2_l syscheck0_I sysdatal4_ sysdata17_1 sda sysdata26_ sysdata30_ irq_2_h tsu_speed1 sysaddin13_l sysaddout13_l sysaddout14_1 sysaddout6_l sysaddout1_l sysdata54_ sysdata49_ sysdata45_ Pin 2 6 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 38 42 46 50 54 58 62 66 70 74 Signal vdd_3v vdd_3v sysdata0_I sysdata9_I sysdataoutclk1_1 sysdata18_ Gnd sysdata25_ syscheck3_I irq_4 h clk_rdy_h sysaddin8_I sysaddin7_1 sysaddout12_1 sysaddout0_1 sysdata60_ sysdata57_ syscheck5_1 sysdata42_l 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Pin 3 7 11 15 19 23 27 31 35 39 43 47 51 55 59 63 67 71 75 Signal vdd_3v vdd_3v sysdata5_l sysdata10_l sysdata16_l sysdataoutclk2_l Gnd sysdatainclk3_ clkfwdreset_h 2v_pwrgood_h tsu_speed2 sysaddin9_I sysaddi
93. pkc0 7 0 106 0 08 DECchip 21040 AA ewa0 0 0 8 0 09 DEC PowerStorm 07 QLogic ISP1020 pka0 7 0 7 1 dka0 0 0 7 1 dkal100 1 0 7 1 dka200 2 0 7 1 dka400 4 0 7 1 ISA Slot Device Name Type Enabl 0 0 MOUSE Embedded Yes 1 KBD Embedded Yes 2 COM1 Embedded Yes 3 COM2 Embedded Yes 4 LPT1 Embedded Yes 5 FLOPPY Embedded Yes P00 gt gt gt 17 February 1999 Subject To Change SROM Revision X1 70 SROM Revision X1 70 Bridge to Bus 1 ISA E TOSHIBA CD ROM XM 56 SCSI Bus ID 7 SCSI Bus ID 7 08 00 2B E2 9C 60 SCSI Bus ID 7 RZ28D SEAGATE ST32155W RZ28D PLEXTOR CD ROM PX 12 ed BaseAdd IRQ DMA 60 12 60 a 3 8 4 2 8 3 3be 7 3 0 6 2 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 19 Displaying System Parameters 8 3 2 Displaying the Number of CPUs The show cpu command displays the status of each CPU The syntax is show cpu Figure 8 2 Example of Show CPU Command P00 gt gt gt show cpu Primary CPU 00 Active CPUs 00 01 Configured CPUs 00 01 SROM Revision XIs TZ Xl T2 P00 gt gt gt 8 3 3 Displaying System Devices The show device command displays the status for devices and controllers in the sys tem SCSI and MSCP devices the internal floppy drive and the network The syntax is show device controller_name where controller_name indicates the controller name or an abbreviation When abbreviations or wildcards are used all controllers that match the type are displayed If no name is given the d
94. rawide SCSI Firmware Windows NT AlphaBIOS and Alpha SRM console Daughtercard Microprocessor Alpha 21264 microprocessor 64 bit RISC Synchronous L2 cache Onboard 2MB direct mapped late write SSRAM cache with 128 bit data path T O and miscellaneous The AlphaPC 264DP daughtercard has the following support support 270 pin interface to mainboard SROM support using 512KB flash ROM Linear regulator providing 3 3 V dc to 1 5 V de conversion dc to de converter providing 5 V dc to 2 2 V dc Reset configuration FPGA Presence detect logic for cache configuration and CPU speed SROM test port 18 pin power connector Figure 2 1 shows the mainboard and its components 2 2 Features of the AlbhaPC 264DP 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Figure 2 1 AlphaPC 264DP Mainboard Switch Connector Component Location
95. rd Please enter the password x KKKK Password length must be between 15 and 30 characters P00 gt gt gt 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 29 Making the System Secure 8 6 2 Set Secure Command The set secure command may be used after setting a password It enables secure mode without requiring a restart of the console If the password has been set the console will be secured and only a small subset of commands can be performed If a password has not been set you are prompted to do so The syntax is set secure Secure Mode Functions When the console is in secure mode the only commands recognized are boot login continue and start e The boot command does not accept command line parameters in secure mode The console boots using the environment variables stored in NVRAM boot_file bootdef_dev boot_flags After a successful boot the console is secured if there is a valid password e The start and continue commands are valid on a secure console After either command is executed the console is secured if there is a valid password This prevents an intruder from accessing the system Figure 8 10 shows some examples of the set secure command in various circum stances Figure 8 10 Examples of Set Secure Command Example 1 Set Secure Before a Password Has Been Set P00 gt gt gt set secure Secure not set Please set the password P00 gt gt gt Example 2 Set Secure After a P
96. s because the floppy drive is the default selection in the Current Partition field Use Alt J when a listbox is selected to open the list 7 12 AlphaBlOS 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Installing the Windows NT Operating System 7 3 Installing the Windows NT Operating System This section supplements the Microsoft Windows NT installation guide for installing the Windows NT operating system on an AlphaPC 264DP system If you already have a previous version of Windows NT installed see the Microsoft Windows NT installation guide for information about how to upgrade to a new ver sion of the operating system 7 3 1 Requirements You need the following hardware and software to install the Windows NT operating system on an AlphaPC 264DP system e A 100MB or larger SCSI drive Note For information regarding supported SCSI hard drives CD ROM drives and controllers supported as boot installation devices see the README TXT file on the distribution medium e The Microsoft Windows NT compact disk e The Installing Windows NT diskette you created Note A diskette is required for installing the Windows NT 4 0 operating sys tem Future versions of Windows NT may not require this diskette Con tact your OEM or system vendor for details If your system came with a Windows NT 4 0 installation diskette you do not need to create a new diskette 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaBlOS 7 13 Installing the Windows NT Oper
97. t set language 0 POO gt gt gt init The following menu and prompt are displayed 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 Espa ol 4c Svenska 3C Fran ais 4E Belgisch Nederlands 3E Fran ais Canadian 1 16 2 Enter the number that corresponds to the language that you want to use The following example shows how to assign the English American language to the system 1 16 36 3 When you receive a message to reset the system power cycle the system memory_test When used with the set command this variable specifies the extent to which memory will be tested os_type When used with the set command this variable specifies the default power up operating system interface The parameter options are nt AlphaBIOS is the default firmware unix Alpha SRM console is the default firmware 8 26 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Environment Variables Table 8 3 System Defined Environment Variables Continued Variable pci_parity pkx0_fast pkx0_host_id pkx0_soft_term tt_allow_login Description When used with the set command this variable controls PCI parity checking The possible values are on or off default When used with the set command this variable enables a fast SCSI d
98. tem configuration CPUs system devices mem ory configuration PALcode revision and console revision are shown in the following subsections Note In the examples user input is underlined Everything else is system output 8 3 1 Displaying the System Configuration The show config command displays a list of devices found on the system bus and T O buses The syntax is show config An example of the show config command is shown in Figure 8 1 8 18 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Displaying System Parameters Figure 8 1 Example of Show Config Command P00 gt gt gt show config SRM console PALcode Processors CPU 0 CPU 1 Core Logic X5 3 1 OpenVMS PALcode V1 31 27 Alpha 21264 2 500 MHz Bcache size 2 MB Alpha 21264 2 500 MHz Bcache size 2 MB Tru64 UNIX PALcode V1 27 31 Cchip DECchip 21272 CA Rev 2 Dchip DECchip 21272 DA Rev 2 Pchip 0 DECchip 21272 EA Rev 2 Pchip 1 DECchip 21272 EA Rev 2 MEMORY Array Size Base Addr E 512 MB 000000000 3 512 MB 020000000 Total Bad Pages Total Good Memory PCI Hose 00 Bus 00 Slot Bus 00 Slot Bus 00 Slot 05 2 Bus 00 Slot Bus 00 Slot Bus 00 Slot Bus 00 Slot Bus 00 Slot PCI Hose 01 Bus 00 Slot 1024 Mbytes 05 0 Cypress 820693 05 1 Cypress 82C693 ID dgqa 0 0 105 0 dqa0 0 0 105 0 Cypress 82C693 IDE dgqb 0 1 205 0 05 3 Cypress 82C693 USB 06 0 Adaptec AIC 7895 pkb0 7 0 6 0 06 1 Adaptec AIC 7895
99. the following environment variables the new value takes effect only after you reset the system by pressing the reset button or issuing the initialize command console kbd_hardware_type language os_type show envar The show envar command displays the current value or setting of an environment variable The syntax is show envar envar The name of the environment variable to be displayed The wildcard displays all environment variables 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 23 Environment Variables 8 4 1 Environment Variable Summary Environment variables are classified as either Alpha SRM console architecture required or system defined Table 8 2 shows common Alpha SRM console architecture required environment variables and their descriptions and Table 8 3 shows common system defined variables and their descriptions For a complete list enter show at the Alpha SRM console prompt Table 8 2 Architecture Required Environment Variables Variable Description auto_action When used with the set or show command this variable modifies or displays the console action that follows an error halt or power up The action can be halt boot or restart The default is halt boot_osflags When used with the set or show command this variable modifies or displays the additional parameters to be passed to system software The default is 0 The parameter choices are a Load operating system softw
100. ths longer than a longword each longword of data should be separated by a space The syntax is examine qualifiers address Figure 8 13 shows examples of deposit commands and Figure 8 14 shows exam ples of examine commands 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 33 Examine and Deposit Commands Figure 8 13 Examples of Deposit Command P00 gt gt gt dep b n 1ff pmem 0 0 Note Clear first 512 bytes of physical memory P00 gt gt gt d 1 n 3 vmem 1234 5 Note Deposit 5 into four longwords starting at virtual memory address 1234 P00 gt gt gt d n 8 r0 ffffffff Note Load GPRs RO through R8 with 1 P00 gt gt gt d 1 n 10 s 200 pmem 0 8 Note Deposit 8 in the first longword of the first 17 pages in physical memory P00 gt gt gt d 1 pmem 0 0 Note Deposit 0 to physical memory address 0 P00 gt gt gt d ff Note Deposit FF to physical memory address 4 P00 gt gt gt d scbb 820000 Note Deposit 820000 to SCBB Figure 8 14 Examples of Examine Command P00 gt gt gt examine pc Note Examine the program counter PC psr 0 PC 0000000000001170 P00 gt gt gt examine sp Note Examine the stack pointer gpr FO R30 0000000000072A60 P00 gt gt gt e n 6 r4 Note Examine register R4 and the next six registers grp 20 R4 0000000000005000 grp 28 R5 000000000FFFE000 grp 30 R6 00000003F8000C00 grp 38 R7 0000000053F761AE grp 40 R8 00000100
101. to CPUO and bit 1 to CPU1 A 0 in the bit mask prevents the CPU from running a 1 allows it to run The bit mask is a hexadecimal value When used with the set command this variable specifies whether the AUI ThinWire twisted pair or fast Ethernet ports will be enabled When used with the set command this variable enables network protocols for booting and other functions The parameter choices are mop Sets the network protocol to mop Maintenance Operations Protocol default bootp Sets the network protocol to bootp the setting typically used with Tru64 UNIX bootp mop When both are listed the system attempts to use mop regardless of which is listed first If unsuccessful the system uses bootp When used with the set command on systems with the language variant 3C Fran ais this variable sets the keyboard hardware type as either PCX AL or LK411 and enables the system to interpret the terminal keyboard layout correctly PCXAL is the default 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Alpha SRM Console Firmware 8 25 Environment Variables Table 8 3 System Defined Environment Variables Continued Variable Description language n When used with the set command this variable assigns language n to the system where n is the option number of a language listed in the menu that follows Use the following procedure to select the language 1 At the Alpha SRM console prompt enter the following commands POO gt gt g
102. v_pwrgood_h tsu_speed2 sysaddin9_I sysaddin1_I sysaddout10_1 sysaddout2_l sysdatainclk7_1 Pin Signal 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 AlphaPC 264DP Connector Pinouts vdd_3v vdd_3v sysdata3_l sysdata13_ syscheck20_1 sysdata21_ cpu_slot sysdata28_ irq_0_h tsu_speed0 sysfillvalid_l sysaddinclk_1 sysaddin3_l sysaddoutclk_l syscheck7_1 sysdata52_ 4 1 Mainboard Connectors Table 4 1 Daughtercard Connector Pinouts J18 J23 Continued Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 65 sysdata54_I 66 sysdata57_l 67 sysdataoutclk6_ 68 sysdata51_l 69 sysdata49_I 70 syscheck5_1 71 sysdata46_1 72 sysdata47_1 73 sysdata45_1 74 sysdata42_l 75 sysdatainclk5_1 76 sysdata41_l 77 sysdataoutclk4_1 78 sysdata37_l 79 sysdata36_1 80 sysdata35_l 81 sysdata32_ 82 Gnd 83 be_config 84 be_config3 85 cpu_speed1 86 12v_mod 87 vdd_2v_term 88 vdd_2v_term 89 vdd_2v_term 90 vdd_2v_term 91 vdd_3v 92 vdd_3v 93 vdd_3v 94 vdd_3v 95 vdd_3v 96 vdd_3v 97 vdd_3v 98 vdd_3v 99 sysdatainclk0_ 1 100 sysdata6_l 101 sysdatal_l 102 sysdataoutclk0_ 103 sysdata4_1 104 sysdata7_ 105 sysdata8_l 106 sysdatainclk1_ 107 sysdatal1_l 108 sysdatal2_1 109 sysdata15_1 110 sysdatal19_1 111 sysdatainclk2_1 112 sysdata20_1 113 sysdata22_1 114 sysdata23_1 115 plibypass_h 116 srom_en_l 117 sclk 118 syscheck2_1 119 sysdata24_1 120 sysdata27_1 121 sysdataoutclk3_ 1 122 sysdata29_ 123 sysdata31_1 124 sysdataoutvalid_l 125 Gnd
103. vices last because network bootstraps terminate only if a fatal error occurs or if an image is successfully loaded The flags option can pass additional information to the operating system about the boot that you are requesting If you do not specify a boot flag qualifier the default boot flag s value specified by the boot_osflags environment variable is used The protocols option allows selection of either the DECnet MOP or the TCP IP BOOTP network protocols The keywords mop and bootp are valid arguments for this option It is possible to set the default protocol for a port by setting the environment variable ewa0_protocols or era0_protocols to the appropriate protocol Explicitly stating the boot flags or the boot device overrides the current default value for the current boot request but does not change the corresponding environment variable See Section 8 4 1 for more information about environment variables 8 6 Alpha SRM Console Firmware 17 February 1999 Subject To Change Basic Alpha SRM Console Command Descriptions Examples boot Command Example Description gt gt gt boot Boots the system from the default boot device gt gt gt boot ewa0 Boots the system from Ethernet port ewa0 gt gt gt boot file dec2 sys ewa0 Boots the file named dec2 sys from Ethernet port ewa0 gt gt gt boot protocol bootp ewa0 Boots the system using the TCP IP BOOTP protocol from Ethernet port ewa0 gt gt gt boot flags 0 1 Boots
104. witch Configuration The AlphaPC 264DP mainboard has two sets of programmable switches located at SW2 and SW3 as shown in Figure 2 1 The AlphaPC 264DP daughtercard has one switchpack located at SW2 as shown in Figure 2 2 These switches set the hardware configuration Note There are no switchpacks SW1 on production mainboards or daughter cards Onboard resistors set the configuration debug use on the main board cache size CPU speed and flash ROM use on the daughtercard to the default state Figures 3 1 and 3 2 reflect the mainboard switches and Figure 3 3 shows the daughtercard switch configurations Figure 3 1 Mainboard Switchpack 2 Note Switch defaults are in bold FSB Off Normal boot On Fail Safe Booter Reserved These switches must be kept at Off Off Mini Debugger Off Normal SROM flow On SROM jumps to Mini Debugger 21272 Speed MHz sp2 sp1 spo 83 3 Off On on Note All other combinations are reserved This must be kept at 83 3 MHz AlphaBlOS Password Bypass Off Normal operation On Bypass AlphaBlOS password 17 February 1999 Subject To Change AlphaPC 264DP Switch Configuration 3 1 3 2 Figure 3 2 Mainboard Switchpack 3 cn7 cn cn5 cn4 cn3 cn2 spr flash_wr Note Switch defaults are in bold

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