AlphaServer Firmware - AlphaServer 800 and Digital Server 3300 Systems

To create a bootable CD-ROM, do the following.

Copy the iso image to a PC or system with CD writing abilities.
Record the .iso image to CD-ROM using recording software.
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])
Type update to update firmware
Type exit to leave from the firmware update utility.
End of procedure

Note: Bootable DVD's are not supported.

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

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 .sys file to the OpenVMS MOP directory. Then apply the following command to the file.

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

The set file/attr command ensures the file is in the proper format for MOP booting:
Consult your system administrator 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 to your mop-load area:

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: (for example, boot dka100)-flags 0,a0
Enter following in bold after the Bootfile: prompt:
Bootfile: [sys0.sysexe]FWUPDATE.EXE

End of procedure

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.