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B-6 AlphaServer GS80 Upgrade Manual
B.2 Upgrades Replacing Older CPUs
First, update the system firmware and then replace the old CPU(s).
See Figure B– 1. Finally, change the speed of the system clock.
Example B– 1 Updating the Firmware
P00>>> show config
Compaq Computer Corporation
Compaq AlphaServer GS80 6/731
SRM Console V5.8-1, built on May 26 2000 at 12:15:01
PALcode OpenVMS PALcode V1.81-1, Tru64 UNIX PALcode V1.75-1
Micro Firmware V5.7
QBB 0 Hard QBB 0
Quad Switch QSA rev 4, QSD revs 0/0/0/0
Duplicate Tag Up To 4 MB Caches DTag revs 1/1/1/1
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P00>>> <esc><esc> scm
SCM_E0> set hp_count 0
SCM_E0> reset
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P00>>> boot dqb0
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UPD> update srm*
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UPD> update micro
P00>>> power off
Powering off Hard_partition_0 consisting of:
QBB0
QBB1
QBB-0 Powering OFF
QBB-1 Powering OFF