OpenVMS ALPCPU906_062 Alpha V6.2 - V6.2-1H3 System Routines
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Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1995, 1997. All rights reserved.
PRODUCT: OpenVMS Alpha
COMPONENT: System Routines
SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: ALPCPU906_062
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: ALPCPU905_062
ALPCPU904_062
ALPCPU903_062
ALPCPU902_062
ALPCPU901_062
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 1332 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS Alpha V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: Yes
Installation Rating: 3 - To be installed on all systems running
the listed versions of OpenVMS which
are experiencing the problems described.
NOTE: In order to receive the full fixes listed in this kit,
the following remedial kits also need to be installed:
AXPGUP01_062
**** NOTE ****
If this kit is being installed on an OpenVMS Alpha V
6.2 system, you must also install the AXPGUP01_062 kit
or you may experience system instability
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******************** WARNING!! ********************
* *
* A MACHINECHK may occur on an Alpha 2100 EV4 *
* when DECwindows is started. This occurs only *
* when a PCI-based Qvision Card is in use and *
* the ALPCPU904_062 and AXPGUP01_062 ECO kits *
* are installed on the system. *
* *
* Engineering has be notified of and is working *
* on resolving this issue. *
* *
* To find out if your system has a QVISION card *
* you can do the following to look for a PCI1280 *
* GQA: device. *
* *
* *
* $ ANALYZE/SYSTEM *
* SDA> CLUE CONFIG ! look for PCI1280 device *
* ! Press return and get to the Adapter Conf part*
* SDA> EXIT *
* *
******************** WARNING!! ********************
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for the System Routines on OpenVMS Alpha V6.2
through V6.2-1H3.
Problems Addressed in ALPCPU906_062:
o If an AlphaServer 2100 5/300, AlphaServer 2000 5/300, or
AlphaServer 2100A 5/300 system has a problem with CPU0, and the
console fails over to a different CPU, the user may see a mchk
in PAL mode while trying to boot. (Halt code=7).
o Change errorlog type codes used to log machine check frames.
The errorlog type code will now match expected values for
proper DECevent analysis.
Problems Addressed in ALPCPU905_062:
o Remedial kits ALPDRIV10_061 and ALPCPU904_062 both contain the
V6.1 remedial SYS$CPU_ROUTINES_0902.EXE image. This kit
eliminates the duplication.
Problems Addressed in ALPCPU904_062:
o There is a dependency between this kit and the AXPGUP01_062
remedial kit. When the ALPCPU904_062 remedial kit is
installed on an OpenVMS Alpha V6.2 system, the AXPGUP01_062
remedial kit must also be installed. If the AXPGUP01_062 kit
is not installed, it is possible to experience bugchecks caused
by machine checks while in kernel mode.
Problems Addressed in ALPCPU903_062:
o If a device's EISA configuration utility CFG file requests two
or more IRQs, the device can crash an EISA-based system. This
problem can occur on Digital AlphaServer 2100 5/250, AlphaServer
8400 5/275, AlphaStation 600 5/266, Digital AlphaServer 1000 4/200
and DEC 2000-300 platforms.
Problems Addressed in ALPCPU902_062:
o Intermittent system failures may occur due to the incorrect handling
of a correctable memory error. The failure appears as an INVEXCEPTN
crash.
o A system crash may occur during an attempt to queue a lock request
against an associated resource. The crash occurs due to a corrupt
R0 register.
Problems Addressed in ALPCPU901_062:
o Due to machine checks that may occur during attempts to boot in
PALmode, AlphaServer 2100 systems with an EV45/275 MHz CPU installed
may not boot.
INSTALLATION NOTES:
The problem addressed by the ALPCPU901_062 kit causes the system
to be unbootable. However, if that kit has not previously been
installed, the system must be rebooted in order to install this
kit. If the system does have the machine check in PAL problem,
either of the following methods will allow the system to be booted:
INSTALLATION PROCEDURE 1
If the system already has an EV45/275 MHz CPU board installed,
perform the following steps:
o Shutdown the system
o Reboot, entering the following command at the boot prompt:
>>> b -fl 0,10000 [boot device]
For example: >>> b -fl 0,10000 dka0
o Install the ECO
INSTALLATION PROCEDURE 2
If the system is currently running an EV4 CPU, then it is not
susceptible to the machine check in PAL problem. However, if
plans are being made to upgrade to an EV45/275 MHz or an EV5 CPU,
then this kit must be installed before the new CPU board is
installed so that the system will boot properly. If the new CPU
is installed before this kit, Installation Procedure 1 above will
have to be used to boot the system.
The system must be rebooted after successful installation of this kit. If
there are other nodes in the VMScluster that are AlphaServer 2100
systems, this ECO must also be installed on those systems and the systems
Files on this server are as follows:
alpcpu906_062.README
alpcpu906_062.CHKSUM
alpcpu906_062.CVRLET_TXT
alpcpu906_062.a-dcx_axpexe
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