Thanks to:
Tom Webster <webster_at_tinman.mdc.com>
salcherj_at_cistech.com (Jennifer Salcher)
Albert De Knuydt <Bert.Deknuydt_at_esat.kuleuven.ac.be>
"William H. Magill" <magill_at_isc.upenn.edu>
And one other person who suggested that I set my os_type to "NT".
Unfortunately, I responded to that person and lost their email... Sorry!
Original question:> From ryanb Wed Dec 18 13:19 PST 1996
>
> Dear managers:
>
> I am trying to configure a RAID device on an Alphastation 255/300.
> For the life of me, I cannot get into the ARC utility. I have
> already upgraded the firmware, and the system seems to recognize
> that the device exists, but I can't get much further beyond that.
>
> Can anybody give me an idea as to where I can look, or what I may
> need to do?
>
The answer was:
1. Yes, I did have to set my os_type to "NT" to upgrade my firmware.
2. Jennifer mentioned that I needed a graphics console for ARC, and I
did have one.
3. Bert mentioned that on the AS 600/300, he could get into arc at the
the >>> prompt with the arc command.
However, for the AS 255, the method of running the SWXCRMGR.EXE was
provided by Tom Webster:
4. William also mentioned that I had to terminate the PCI controller.
That part was already done before I started on this, so hopefully
it was taken care of.
>
> First the ARC console. Unlike higher-end system (like the AS600,
> AS2100, and strangely at least some of the AS250s), the AS255s
> have only enough NVRAM (a.k.a flash RAM) to hold either the SRM
> console OR the ARC console. When the AS255s first came out, it
> meant that you had to re-flash the NVRAM to the desired firmware
> whenever you needed the other one (which made dual-booting DU/NT
> something of a joke).
>
> A partial fix arrived with the V3.7 firmware CD. The CD included
> files for a number of systems that lacked sufficent NVRAM (i.e.
> AS200, AS255, etc.) that would allow them to reboot into the ARC
> console without re-flashing the NVRAM. Look for the abboot.exe
> file in the 255 firmware directory on the firmware CDROM, that
> is the magic file.
>
> If you need to boot to the ARC only once or twice in a blue moon,
> then booting from the CD will work fine for you. Just drop down to
> the SRM console and boot from the CD (i.e. boot DKd400). The V3.7
> firmware CD will boot and ask you which image to load, just type
> in abboot.exe and hit enter. This will boot you into the ARC console.
>
The other responses:
> From salcherj_at_cistech.com Wed Dec 18 17:48 PST 1996
>
> Ryan,
>
> You have to have a graphics console for ARC and the console setting in the
> firmware should be graphics; not serial... You might want to verify that...
>
> Jennifer Salcher
> salcherj_at_cistech.com
> Unix System Administrator
> CIS Technologies
>
> ----------
> From Bert.Deknuydt_at_esat.kuleuven.ac.be Thu Dec 19 06:44 PST 1996
>
> I've done this tens of times, but on a Alphastation 600/300.
> Never got much trouble getting into arc: at the '>>>' promt, type arc once,
> you get a full page error traceback; then type arc once more. You get nothing at
> all. Then hit the reset button and wait 30 secs; you should get the blue
> screen; then select 'RUN a program', insert the RAID configuration utility
> floppy; type 'A:swxcrmgr.exe -o' and behold: the program runs ... At least,
> that's what works here.
>
> Bert.
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>
> From magill_at_staff.dccs.upenn.edu Fri Dec 20 07:57 PST 1996
>
> This may be similar to a problem we had with a 1000a...
>
> Basically, the box would not go into the ARC console for squat.
>
> One time while the CE and I were playing with it, we went out for some
> coffee.... when we returned, low and behold, the ARC console was up and
> running !!!.
>
> As it turned out, we had a ?KZPAA? (single port PCI SCSI controller) in the
> box - but with nothing plugged in to it; ie it was unterminated.
> Terminating that card !! then allowed the arc console to come up normally.
> Basically, since the jumper on the card was incorrectly set, ie the card
> was not terminated, the console boot process had to time-out (something
> linke 4 minutes) before the arc console would load.
>
> T.T.F.N.
> William H. Magill Senior Systems Administrator
> Information Services and Computing (ISC) University of Pennsylvania
> Internet: magill_at_isc.upenn.edu magill_at_acm.org
> magill_at_upenn.edu http://pobox.upenn.edu/~magill/
>
Thanks again.
Regards,
Ryan Bae
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