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                                                                July  2000



             DigitalServer 3300 & AlphaServer 800 Firmware



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   *                           README First                               *

   *  Please update both ARC/AlphaBIOS and SRM firmware at the same time  *         

   *               to ensure compatibility between versions.              *

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1. New Firmware Revisions

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   SRM Console    V5.8-16

   ARC/AlphaBIOS  V5.70



2. Operating Systems qualified with this release:

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   OpenVMS       V7.2-1

   Digital Unix  V5.0, V4.0G

   Windows NT    V4.0



3. Firmware Enhancements and New Features

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   - console recognizes KZPCC-CE PCI RAID controller. See Release Notes

   - run bios command format has changed



4. Firmware Release Notes

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   Console firmware release notes are available in postscript (.ps) and

   Portable Data Format (.pdf) from following the Alpha Firmware CD 

   directories:



   OpenVMS System:

   [DOC]ALPHA800_V58_FW_RELNOTE.PS   

   [DOC]ALPHA800_V58_FW_RELNOTE.PDF



   Digital UNIX System:

   /DOC/ALPHA800_V58_FW_RELNOTE.PS   

   /DOC/ALPHA800_V58_FW_RELNOTE.PDF                  



   Windows NT System:

   \DOC\ALPHA800_V58_FW_RELNOTE.PS   

   \DOC\ALPHA800_V58_FW_RELNOTE.PDF  

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