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Step 2: Set Up Galaxy Hardware  



When you have acquired the necessary hardware for your configuration, follow the procedures in Overview of KFE72-DA Console Subsystem Hardware through Using a Terminal Server in Creating an OpenVMS Galaxy on an AlphaServer 8400 System and then in this section.

Installing EISA Devices  

Plug-in EISA devices can only be configured in partition 0. After installing EISA devices, the console issues a message requesting that you run the EISA Configuration Utility (ECU).

Run the ECU as follows:

  1. Shut down all OpenVMS Galaxy instances.
  2. Be sure your floppy disk drive is properly connected to the primary partitions hardware. Typically the drive can be cabled into the connector module (Beeper part number 54-25133-01) in PCI slot 2.
  3. Insert the diskette containing the ECU image.
  4. Enter the following commands from the primary console:
    	P08>>> SET ARC_ENABLE ON
    	P08>>> INITIALIZE
    	P08>>> RUNECU
  5. Follow the procedures outlined by the ECU and exit when done.
  6. Enter the following commands from the primary console:
    	P08>>> boot
            $ @SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN
            P08>>> SET ARC_ENABLE OFF
    	P08>>> INITIALIZE
    	P08>>> LPINIT
  7. Reboot the OpenVMS Galaxy.

There are two versions of the ECU, one that runs on a graphics terminal and another that runs on character-cell terminals. Both versions are on the diskette, and the console determines which one to run. For OpenVMS Galaxy systems, the primary console is always a serial device with a character-cell terminal.

If the ECU is not run, OpenVMS displays the following message:

        %SYSTEM-I-NOCONFIGDATA, IRQ Configuration data for EISA
   	 slot xxx was not found, please run the ECU and reboot.
If you ignore this message, the system boots, but the plug-in EISA devices are ignored.

Once you have configured and set up the OpenVMS Galaxy hardware as described in the previous sections, perform the following steps to install and boot OpenVMS Galaxy instances.


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