> Addditional info.....
> The license pak DOES NOT HAVE "MOD_UNITS" in the Key Options field.
>
> I am trying to install a DEC ALPHA SERVER 4100 (4 processors),running DU4.0b.
> I am getting the message "Not enough units to load OSF-BASE DEC" after I
> install the license paks for the cpu's. I have four cpu's but only three
> license paks were sent. Could this be the possible cause of the error
> message?
>
> Firmware revision: 4.8
> PALcode: Digital-UNIX/OSF version 1.21
Received respones from following people:
farley_at_Manassas1.TDS-GN.LMCO.COM
msulliva_at_emc.com
smcfa_at_hcia.com
erik_at_lysator.liu.se
rjackson_at_gmu.edu
tpb_at_zk3.dec.com
farley_at_Manassas1.TDS-GN.LMCO.COM
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Some licenses come with the ability to EDIT the number of base units.
One of my licences said this:
Key Options: MOD_UNITS, ALPHA
If you have this, you can edit the number of units. When you install it, just
put the units up to 800 or so.
msulliva_at_emcmail
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You should be able to change the number of units for the OSF-BASE license
provided the license has MOD_UNITS as part of the Key Options field.
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smcfa_at_hcia.com
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The error message "Not enough units to load OSF-BASE DEC" sounds like it
applies to the BASE license not the SMP licenses. Here we also have 4 cpu's
in two servers (2100's) & they both only have 3 SMP licenses. mostlikey
because if you have only one cpu, then you can't do SMP. I am not sure what
could be wrong with your BASE license to get the error.
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rjackson_at_gmu.edu
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You need one OSF-BASE for each CPU. So, I would expect you should have
one OSF-BASE with 400 units, and three 100 unit OSF-BASE. Contact the
company you bought the CPU's from.
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tpb_at_zk3.dec.com
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Yep, that's why you don't have enough license units. You need a PAK for
each of the four CPUs, and I *think* they wouldn't all have exactly the same
part numbers, but without a license per CPU, you'll get that error.
If you disable one CPU from the console before you boot the system, then the
error should go away; if it does, that would confirm that it's the missing
license PAK that's causing it.
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The final solution to the problem was correctly identified by Richard Jackson
(rjackson_at_gmu.edu) and Dr. Thomas P. Blinn(tpb_at_zk3.dec.com). I needed an
additional OSF-BASE with 400 units along with the three 100 unit OSF-BASE paks
which I already had in hand. Thank you to all that responed to the request for
assistance in resolving the 4100 problem.
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Received on Mon May 12 1997 - 22:16:54 NZST