OpenVMS ALPCPU1603_062 Alpha V6.2 CPU Diagnostics Routines ECO Summary

TITLE: OpenVMS ALPCPU1603_062 Alpha V6.2 CPU Diagnostics Routines ECO Summary
 
Modification Date:  09-OCT-98
Modification Type:  Updated Kit:  Supersedes ALPCPU1602_062

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OP/SYS:     DIGITAL OpenVMS Alpha 

COMPONENT:  CPU Diagnostics Routines

SOURCE:     Compaq Computer Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  ALPCPU1603_062
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  ALPCPU1602_062
                                           ALPCPU1601_062
                                           ALPCPU1601_071 (For V6.2* ONLY)
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  388 Blocks
                    Saveset A:  378 Blocks

     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS Alpha V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  Yes
     Rolling Reboot Supported: Yes

     Installation Rating:  2 - INSTALL_2
                               To be installed on all systems running
                               the listed versions of OpenVMS and
                               using the following features:

                                RACORE (Token Ring) adapter
                                and/or DE500-BA adapter

     Specific Hardware Platform: AlphaServer 4x00

     KIT DEPENDENCIES

       The following remedial kit(s) must be installed BEFORE
       installation of this kit:

          None


       In order to receive the all the corrections listed in this
       kit, the following remedial kits should also be installed:

          ALPLAN05_062 - For RACOR and DE500-BA adapter support



ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for SYS$CPU_ROUTINES_1605.EXE on OpenVMS Alpha V6.2
through V6.2-1H3.  This kit addresses the following problems: 

Problems addressed in ALPCPU1603_062:

  o  When booting an AlphaServer 4000/4100 over a newly released console
     (V5.2), driver calls to IOC$MAP_IO may fail.  The driver will then
     be unable to touch its PCI registers and will go off-line. 


Problems addressed in ALPCPU1602_062:

  o  Add support for the DE500-BA adapter and the  Gigabit  Ethernet
     adapter.

  o  The RACORE (Token Ring) adapter was never  supported  in  V6.2.
     The  supported  adapter,  Thomas Conrad (Token Ring adapter) is
     being phased out so this new adapter must be supported.


Problems addressed in ALPCPU1601_062:

   o  The ALPCPU1601_071 remedial kit, which applied to V6.2*
      and V7.1 is being reissued as two single version kits.  
      There are no new fixes in this kit.  If you have installed 
      the ALPCPU1601_062 remedial kit you do not need to install 
      this kit.


Problems addressed in ALPCPU1601_071:

   o  Allow the use of mixed EV5 and EV6 CPUs on AlphaServer
      4000/4100 systems.


INSTALLATION NOTES:

The images in this kit will not take effect until the system is
rebooted.

If you have other nodes in your OpenVMS cluster, they must also be
rebooted in order to make use of the new images.  If it is not
possible or convenient to reboot the entire cluster at this time, a
rolling re-boot may be performed.

Files on this server are as follows:

»alpcpu1603_062.README
»alpcpu1603_062.CHKSUM
»alpcpu1603_062.CVRLET_TXT
»alpcpu1603_062.a-dcx_axpexe