Hardware Release Notes
6.6 AlphaServer GS Series Systems
b. Once you have determined the system serial number, use the SET SYS_
SERIAL_NUM command from the master console of each partition to
change SYS_SERIAL_NUM to the correct value. For example:
P00>>>
P00>>>SET SYS_SERIAL_NUM G2A105
You must do this in every hard partition and in every soft partition.
5. In order for the OpenVMS Cluster license database to be updated correctly,
HP recommends that you completely shut down and reboot all OpenVMS
Cluster common nodes. A rolling upgrade type of boot does not correctly
update the common license database.
Note
If your system is part of an OpenVMS Cluster that shares a common
license database, anytime you reconfigure the number of hard or soft
partitions on your AlphaServer GS80/160/320, you must make sure that
all partitions have the same SYS_SERIAL_NUM.
For partitionable machines that are sharing NO_SHARE licenses across
partitions, it is possible to see the following error text on system bootup.
%LICENSE-E-NOAUTH, DEC OPENVMS-ALPHA use is not authorized on this node
-LICENSE-F-EXCEEDED, attempted usage exceeds active license limits
-LICENSE-I-SYSMGR, please see your system manager
Startup processing continuing...
This error text can be safely ignored. The text is displayed when someone has
logged into a system that is sharing the OPENVMS-ALPHA PAK and they are
then in use. This will be fixed in a future release.
6.6.4 AlphaServer GS60/GS60E/GS140 Multiple I/O Port Module Configuration
Restriction
V7.2-1
AlphaServer GS60/GS60E/GS140 configurations with more than a single I/O Port
Module, KFTHA-AA or KFTIA-AA, might experience system failures.
When upgrading OpenVMS Galaxy and non-Galaxy AlphaServer 8200/8400
configurations with multiple I/O Port Modules to GS60/GS60E/GS140 systems,
customers must install one minimum revision B02 KN7CG-AB EV6 CPU (E2063-
DA/DB rev D01) module as described in Compaq Action Blitz # TD 2632.
For complete details about this restriction and its solution, refer to Compaq
Action Blitz # TD 2632.
6.7 AlphaStation 200/400: ISA_CONFIG.DAT Changes Required
V7.1
Customers configuring ISA devices on AlphaStation 200/400 Family systems
must change their SYS$MANAGER:ISA_CONFIG.DAT file, so that the node
information for each device appears at the end of each device description block.
Hardware Release Notes 6–7
