Hardware Release Notes
6.5 AlphaServer ES47/ES80/GS1280 Systems
When the shutdown procedure is invoked on an ES47/ES80/GS1280 system
with an attached I/O drawer, an error message such as the following might be
displayed:
%SYSTEM-W-WRONGSTATE, CPU 5 is in the wrong state for the requested operation
You can ignore such messages. The shutdown will complete correctly.
6.5.5 Setting Time at MBM
V7.3-2
You must set the correct time and date on the MBM of an AlphaServer
ES47/ES80/GS1280 system. If you do not, OpenVMS might display an incorrect
time and date.
6.6 AlphaServer GS Series Systems
This section contains release notes of general interest to most users of the
AlphaServer GS Series systems.
6.6.1 AlphaServer GS80/160/320 Systems: Device Restriction
Permanent Restriction
Only one set of the following devices found on the legacy bus adapter is configured
and supported per partition in OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3 or higher. These
devices include:
• Serial ports COM1 and COM2
• Parallel port
• Keyboard
• Mouse
If multiple legacy bus adapters exist, only the adapter that includes the console
port is configured and supported.
6.6.2 OpenVMS Galaxy License Enforcement
V7.3
In an OpenVMS Galaxy computing environment, the OPENVMS-GALAXY license
units are checked during system startup and whenever a CPU reassignment
between instances occurs.
If you attempt to start a CPU and there are insufficient OPENVMS-GALAXY
license units to support it, the CPU will remain in the instance’s configured set
but it will be stopped. You can subsequently load the appropriate license units
and start the stopped CPU while the system is running. This is true of one or
more CPUs.
6.6.3 Installing Licenses
V7.3-1
Before you upgrade to Version 7.3-1 or higher, you should perform the following
steps to ensure that the common license database can share license units among
hard and soft partitions:
1. Calculate required units.
• Load the base OpenVMS license.
Hardware Release Notes 6–5
