AlphaServer Firmware - AlphaServer 1000A

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Copy the file to a FAT formatted floppy as fwupdate.exe
The file must be named fwupdate.exe, and must be placed in the top-most level (root) directory on the floppy, or the image file will not be found.

ARC Console: Place the floppy in the target system, and from the ARC Console menu, select "Install new firmware".

AlphaBIOS Console: Place the floppy in the target system,and from the AlphaBIOS menu, select "Update AlphaBIOS".

Update I/O Option Firmware

To update I/O option firmware, copy the following files to a FAT formatted floppy disk

The update program will ask you if you want to update the Options firmware during the firmware update procedure. The second floppy will be inserted at that time. For detailed instructions, see the release notes.

Down load file and rename file to fwupdate.exe
Enter the following commands in the directory containing fwupdate.exe

$ set file/attr=(rfm:fix,lrl:512,mrs:512,rat:none) fwupdate.exe
$ init/dens=HD/index=begin dva0: fwupdate
$ mount dva0: fwupdate
$ create/dir dva0:[alpha1000a]
$ copy/contiguous fwupdate.exe dva0:[alpha1000a]
$ mcr writeboot
No
Yes
[enter AXP bootfile:] dva0:[alpha1000a]fwupdate.exe
$ dismount dva0:

Insert bootable floppy in the floppy drive of the target system then
boot the floppy disk from the SRM console: boot dva0

Update I/O Option Firmware

To update I/O option firmware, you must create an options floppy disk with the following files:

Enter the following commands:

$ init/dens=HD/index=begin dva0: optionfw
$ mount dva0: optionfw
$ create/dir dva0:[options]
$ copy as1000fw.txt dva0:[options]
$ copy ccmab022.sys dva0:[options]
$ copy dfeaa130.sys dva0:[options]
$ copy dfeab310.sys dva0:[options]
$ copy dfxaa320.sys dva0:[options]
$ copy kzpsaa12.sys dva0:[options]
$ dismount dva0:

During the firmware update procedure, the update utility will not find the options files on either CD or floppy, and will prompt for a device to look for the options files.

Insert the options floppy into the floppy drive, type the device name of the floppy (e.g. dva0) and press the Enter key to load the options firmware.

• Download and rename firmware image to fwupdate.exe
• Download the make boot utility mkbootfirm.tar.
• Untar mkbootfirm on a Tru64UNIX system
  # tar xvf mkbootfirm.tar
• Format a floppy diskette:
  # fddisk -fmt /dev/rfd0a
• Create a bootable floppy diskette from the downloaded firmware image:
  # ./mkbootfirm fwupdate.exe | dd of=/dev/rfd0c bs=64k
• Insert the bootable floppy diskette in the target systems floppy drive, then boot it from the SRM console: boot dva0

Update I/O Option Firmware via Floppy Diskette- Tru64Unix

Download the firmware image to a TRU64Unix Server.
Register the Ethernet MAC address of the client with the TRU64Unix administrator.
Then invoke BOOTP from the client (e.g. P00>>> boot eia0)

Consult your adminstrator for additional information on BOOTP booting.

Note - There is no BOOTP support to update I/O option firmware.

Download the firmware image to the MOP directory on an OpenVMS system. Apply this command to the downloaded file to ensure the file is in the proper fixed record format for MOP booting:

$ set file/attr=(rfm:fix,lrl:512,mrs:512,rat:none) file-name.sys

Consult your adminstrator for additional information on MOP booting.

Update I/O Option Firmware - OpenVMS MOP
To update the I/O option firmware from MOP, you will need to download the following files:

$ rename firmware image to fwupdate.exe
$ set file/attr=(rfm:fix,lrl:512,mrs:512,rat:none) fwupdate.exe
$ copy/contiguous fwupdate.exe dka0:[sys0.sysexe]
(replace dka0 with your system disk name)

Shut down the operating system, to get to the console prompt

Boot the update utility: boot dka100 -flags 0,a0
(replace dka100 with your system disk name.)

Enter the following after the Bootfile: prompt:
Bootfile: [sys0.sysexe]fwupdate.exe

Update I/O Option Firmware Updating I/O option firmware from a system disk is currently only supported if the system disk resides on the NCR810 SCSI bus (on-board SCSI). To update I/O option firmware, you must do the following:

Create an options directory on the system disk:
$ set default "system_disk":[000000]
$ create/dir [.options]
(insert the name of your system disk in place of "system_disk" e.g dka100

Download the following files to the options directory created in the previous step.

During booting of the update utility, enter the system disk name (e.g. dka100) when asked for the device where the options files reside. The update utility will search the options directory and load the firmware images.