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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

397.0. "SRLMGR - slow and hard to read" by ZUR01::GLAUS (Feel like Don Quijote...) Thu Jan 09 1997 10:37

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397.1LANDO::CUMMINSThu Jan 09 1997 11:0232
397.2Here's moreZUR01::GLAUSFeel like Don Quijote...Fri Jan 10 1997 05:3864
397.3RCM Internal cabling ?SEEYOU::GLAUSFeel like Don Quijote...Fri Jan 10 1997 06:459
397.4SPOOKS::PLEEThu Feb 20 1997 18:1940
    HI, I HAD A SIMILAR PROBLEM,, SOMETHING TO DO WITH 4100 AND RCU AND
    SYSTEM FIRMWARE..
    
    I STARTED WITH A 4100 W/SERIAL TERMINAL (VT510) CONFIGURED WITH
    2 KZPSC (PLUTO). MY JOB WAS TO REPLACED THE PLUTO WITH PLUTO+'S. I
    WAS TOLD THAT I COULD COPY THE CONFIGURATION TO THE NEW CONTROLLER AS
    LONG AS THE FIRMWARE REVISION WAS WITHIN A MAJOR VERISION (2.* TO
    2.*). SO THE FIRST STEP WAS TO COPY THE CONFIG. TO A FLOPPY. THAT
    DIDN'T WORK THE PROGRAM EXITED FROM RCU. I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES AND WITH
    THE OTHER CONTROLLER. I WOULD USE SRLMGR.EXE AND AS A LAST RESORT I
    EVEN TRY SWXCRMGR.
    THE NEXT VISIT I UPGRADE THE FIRMWARE (3.8 CD,TO BIOS=5.24/SRM=3.0-10 
    FROM BIOS=5.21/SRM=2.0-3)THIS ENABLE ME TO COPY THE CONFIG TO THE
    FLOPPY.... BUT I NOTICES THIS FIRMWARE CHANGE CAUSED THE SRLMGR.EXE TO
    ACT LIKE RUN SWXCRMGR.EXE WITH A SERIAL TERMINAL.
    MY CONFIGURATION CHART UNDER VIEW CONFIG LOOKS AS IF THE BLANK SPACES
    WAS SUBSITUTED WITH UNKNOWN CHARACTORS.. IE
    
    BEFORE I WOULD SEE       RDY 
    NOW I WOULD SEE   &[+$#RDY@#$%^&*
    
    BUT THE MENU CHARTS WERE NORMAL LOOKING. SO, NOW I HAVE MY
    CONFIGURATION AND 3.8 MESSY UP SRLMGR.EXE. I WANTED TO DOWN REV BACK TO 
    THE OLD FIRMWARE TO ENABLE THE USE OF SRLMGR.EXE. DOING THIS GAVE ME 
    DIFFERENT PROBLEMS..IE
    
    >>>ALPHABIOS 
    
    THIS COMMAND HUNG WHERE BEFORE IT TAKES ABOUT 30 SECOND BEFROE SCREEN
    CHANGED TO A DIFFERENT MENU..
    
    SO I REBOOT TO THE 3.8 CD (>>> B DKA500)  AND UPDATE BACK TO
    5.24/3.0-10...
    
    O
    
    
    SO AGAIN I
397.5SRLMGR/FIRMWARE 3.8 CDSPOOKS::PLEEThu Feb 20 1997 18:316
    SORRY FOR THE EXIT....
    SO NOW I HAVE A GOOD COPY OF THE CONFIGURATION AND SRLMGR.EXE IS NOT
    WORKING CORRECTLY. THE FIRMWARE IS LASTEST (3.8 CD)
    
    
    PETER LEE DTN 521-7119 OUTSIDE 408.953-7119
397.6HARMNY::CUMMINSTue Feb 25 1997 12:3915
I have been told that DECwest is working on this problem. The problem has
apparently been found to be an interaction problem between SWXCRMGR.EXE and
AlphaBIOS. I am told the problem does not occur on ARC-based Alpha systems.
Only with AlphaBIOS-based machines. DECwest was apparently able to get
access to the RCU (SWXCRMGR) sources. A test version of RCU is supposedly
available internally.

I'm also told that DECwest is investigating the serial manager as well,
where glacial speeds (at 9600) and difficult screen reads have also been
noted.

Matt Buchman (OLEUM::BUCHMAN, DTN 548-8781) should be able to provide you
details as far as the latest on possible solutions and their time frames.

BC