| Title: | AlphaServer 4100 |
| Moderator: | MOVMON::DAVIS S |
| 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 |
Starting to put WindowsNT up on a 4100. The 4100 is just sitting
out in the computer room right now.
It's the small cabinet with one RZ28 already loaded. We have
two RZ29s and a TZ88N tape drive to add in.
I was just wondering if there are any things I need to look out
for in regards to setting it up and doing the install of WindowsNT.
It arrived to WindowsNT 3.51. The customer is trying to get
Windows 4.0.
Appreciating any responses.
Thanks.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 541.1 | Firmware?? | CHOWDA::GLICKMAN | writing from Newport,RI | Mon Mar 24 1997 16:21 | 20 |
I was told by the Salesman that a technical person told him that we
would need to have the customer purchase this QB-4FAAA-SA (a firmware
patch kit for the 4100)
The product description in Business Link Part Number Lookup Results
dated 22 October 1996 says this includes:
Alpha AXP Sys FRMWRE CD AG-PWBYM-TE
Alpha AXP Sys SFW RL NTS AA-PWBYM-TE
ECU DISKETTE DEC AXP AK-PYCJJ-CA
Windows NT 3.51 Rel Note AK-QHCSB-CA
Alpha System Upd Win NT SRL AV-QM1NA-TH
I found the firmware updates on the web and was wondering if I could
just fetch it from there. Do I need all the items listed above and
are those available on the web? Or do I have the customer purchase
the part number suggested at the beginning of this mail message?
Appreciating any responses.
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| 541.2 | MAY30::CUMMINS | Tue Mar 25 1997 13:02 | 23 | ||
The Alpha FW Update CD contents are indeed released via the Web. The FW
release notes are also available there. Can't speak for the Windows NT
3.51 release notes or the Alpha System Upd Win NT SRL.. However, you
should know that ECU is only available via floppy diskette. There are
no Web-available versions of the ECU.
ECU is only required if:
1. Your customer will be using any ISA/EISA options (instead of PCI
only). Especially if adding/removing options from factory defaults
or moving EISA/ISA options around.
2. Your customer will be booting an operating system type other than
that which is factory-installed on his/her machine. Example: the
system comes FISed with Digital UNIX bits, but the customer wants
to run Windows NT and/or Digital UNIX. MFG should have therefore
run the UNIX/VMS vriant of ECU on that machine. An NT ECU diskette
would be required to boot NT. I.e. there are two different flavors
of the ECU diskette. One for Windows NT and another for UNIX/VMS.
P.S. I'm familiar with the NT kits, so don't know whether the kit is
required for reasons other than technical content; i.e. not sure
about whether any possible legal/licensing issues.
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| 541.3 | NT factory installed?? | CHOWDA::GLICKMAN | writing from Newport,RI | Tue Mar 25 1997 15:54 | 3 |
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Was NT factory installed?? That's what the customer ordered.
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