Step 5: Initialize
the System and Start the Console Devices
Initialize the
system and start the Galaxy firmware by entering the following commands:
P00>>> init ! initialize the system
P00>>> lpinit ! start firmware
After the self-test completes, the Galaxy command starts the
console on instance 1. Note that when the I/O bus is divided between the two Galaxy
partitions, the port letter of a device might change. For example,
a disk designated as DKC300 when the AlphaServer ES40 is a single
system could become DKA300 when it is configured as partition 0
of the OpenVMS Galaxy.
Configure the console for instance 1.
Configure the system root, boot device, and other
related variables. The following example settings are from an OpenVMS Engineering
system. Change these variables to meet the needs of your own environment.
Instance 0
P00>>> set boot_osflags 12,0
P00>>> set bootdef_dev dka0
P00>>> set boot_reset off !!! must be OFF !!!
P00>>> set ewa0_mode twisted
Instance 1
P01>>> set boot_osflags 11,0
P01>>> set bootdef_dev dkb200
P01>>> set boot_reset off !!! must be OFF !!!
P01>>> set ewa0_mode twisted
Boot instance 1 as follows:
P01>>> boot
Once instance 1 is booted, log in to the system account and
edit the SYS$SYSTEM:MODPARAMS.DAT file to include the following
line:
GALAXY=1
Confirm that the SCSNODE and SCSSYSTEMID SYSGEN parameters
are correct. Run AUTOGEN as follows to configure instance 1 as a
Galaxy member, and leave the system halted:
$ @SYS$UPDATE:AUTOGEN GETDATA SHUTDOWN INITIAL
Boot instance 0 as follows:
P00>>> boot
Once instance 0 is booted, log in to the system account and
edit the SYS$SYSTEM:MODPARAMS.DAT file to include the following
line:
GALAXY=1
Confirm that the SCSNODE and SCSSYSTEMID SYSGEN parameters
are correct. Run AUTOGEN as follows to configure instance 0 as a
Galaxy member, and leave the system halted:
$ @SYS$UPDATE:AUTOGEN GETDATA SHUTDOWN INITIAL
Prepare the Galaxy to come up automatically upon
initialization or power cycle of the system. Set the AUTO_ACTION
environment variable on both instances to RESTART:
P00>>> set auto_action restart
P01>>> set auto_action restart
Initialize the Galaxy again by entering the following
command at the primary console:
P00>>> init
When the console displays the following confirmation prompt,
type Y:
Do you REALLY want to reset all partitions? (Y/N)
Alternatively, you could power-cycle your system, and the
Galaxy with both instances should bootstrap automatically.
Congratulations! You have created an OpenVMS Galaxy on an
AlphaServer ES40 system.