The AlphaServer
8400 and 8200 systems were designed before the Galaxy Software Architecture,
so the OpenVMS Galaxy console firmware and system operations must
accommodate a few restrictions.
The following list briefly describes some issues to be aware
of and some things to avoid doing:
Do not set the BOOT_RESET environment
variable to 1. This causes each secondary console to reset the bus
before booting, which resets all previously booted partitions. Remember
that OpenVMS Galaxy partitions share the hardware.
Be patient. Console initialization and system rebooting
can take several minutes.
Do not attempt to abort
a firmware update process! This can hang your system.
When updating console firmware, update all
CPUs at the same time. You cannot run two different types of CPUs or two different
firmware revisions. If you fail to provide consistent firmware revisions,
the system hangs on power-up.
Never enter the GALAXY command from a secondary
console. This reinitializes the system, and you need to start over
from the primary console.