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Conference mvblab::alphaserver_4100

Title:AlphaServer 4100
Moderator:MOVMON::DAVISS
Created:Tue Apr 16 1996
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:648
Total number of notes:3158

260.0. "SOC contradiction" by BIGCHZ::EZZELL (Mike Ezzell) Fri Sep 20 1996 17:17

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260.1POBOXB::BAKMon Sep 23 1996 11:0913
260.2Don't take it out!BIGCHZ::EZZELLMike EzzellTue Sep 24 1996 11:126
260.3POBOXB::BAKTue Sep 24 1996 13:528
260.4a step in the right direction!VNABRW::STREICHERFri Sep 27 1996 10:1611
260.5Need more info, not lessBBPBV1::WALLACENo cold war! No peace dividend?Sat Sep 28 1996 14:2812
260.6I found the configuration table usefulCXXC::REINIGThis too shall changeWed Oct 16 1996 12:4149
260.7POBOXB::BAKWed Oct 16 1996 16:3510
260.8CXXC::REINIGThis too shall changeWed Oct 16 1996 17:3022
260.9POBOXB::BAKThu Oct 17 1996 11:049
260.10CXXC::REINIGThis too shall changeFri Oct 18 1996 15:4210
260.11Max memory errorMOVMON::DAVISMon Nov 18 1996 12:276
260.12NT4.0 isn't that bad is it?APACHE::ROYI don't drive fast, I fly lowTue May 20 1997 15:4612
    
    	In V96-2.7--5 Mar 1997 of the 4100/4000 SOC, in the 'Backplane
    Storage Controllers' section, for operating systems, it lists Windows
    NT 3.51 / 4.0.
    
    	In V96-2.8--7 Apr 1997....blah blah blah, it only list 3.51, and
    not 4.0.
    
    	This is a misprint right?
    
    	thanks, Glen(n)
    
260.13NT 4.0 only with SPXDELTA::HOFFMANSteve, OpenVMS EngineeringTue May 20 1997 16:075
   If you're planning on running NT 4.0 on an Alpha, you need to acquire
   one of Microsoft's recent NT service packs, else you'll have problems
   with your system.  (This has been discussed at length elsewhere, but
   I don't happen to remember where that is...)
260.14Yeah, but what about the SOC?APACHE::ROYI don't drive fast, I fly lowTue May 20 1997 17:0510
    
    	Hi Steve.  Ok, I can deal with SP's.  We're clustering, and putting
    MCIS on top of that.  We have folks to deal with that stuff.
    
    	But my real question is:   Is there a compelling reason for the SOC
    to not list 4.0 other than a misprint????  My guess is that it's just a
    goof.....
    
    	thanks, Glenn
    
260.15historic cut/paste error?BBPBV1::WALLACEjohn wallace @ bbp. +44 860 675093Wed May 21 1997 06:1012
    There was a while where NT 4 had an SMP bug which was exposed on Alpha
    systems, and some Product Managers chose to say "not supported", and
    this was reflected in the SOC.
    
    That bug is long since fixed. Maybe someone's accidentally picked up an
    older version of the SOC as a template for a new chapter.
    
    [Ideas as to how one makes the SOC a more reliable document are
    welcome. Having a contact name for each chapter might be a start.]
    
    regards
    john
260.16SOC has seen its share of errorsXDELTA::HOFFMANSteve, OpenVMS EngineeringThu May 22 1997 14:1916
:    	But my real question is:   Is there a compelling reason for the SOC
:    to not list 4.0 other than a misprint????  My guess is that it's just a
:    goof.....

  I'd suspect the omission was due to the Microsoft Windows
  NT 4.0 bugs corrected by the Service Packs, and this text
  has not yet been updated.

  Surprisingly, the SOC has not been a high-priority item
  for many product managers -- the format used in the SOC
  tends to have a hardware product manager responding for
  or incorporating information received from a software
  product manager, and there tend to be a number of items
  (such as minimum OS version numbers, 21164 variant) that
  are not uniformly included in all articles, etc.