AlphaServer Firmware - AlphaServer 800 and Digital Server 3300 Systems

Documentation

Please read the Firmware Release Notes before updating firmware.

From AlphaServer 800:
Boot the CD-ROM to invoke the firmware update utility (e.g. boot dqa0)
Press the "ENTER" key when prompted for the bootfile name.(e.g Bootfile: [ENTER])
Update firmware
Exit from the firmware update utility

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

Consult your administrator 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:

Download the firmware image to an OpenVMS system then enter the following commands:
$ 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.