Finishing the Installation
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Finishing the Installation
This chapter explains how to finish the installation of an Alpha VME 5/352 or
5/480 SBC. The chapter explains how to:
•
Power on the SBC, Section 3.1
•
Monitor the power-on self-test diagnostics, Section 3.2
•
Configure the system, Section 3.3
•
Boot an operating system, Section 3.4
3.1 Powering on the SBC
After installing all the necessary hardware components, turn on the power to the
Alpha VME 5/352 or 5/480 SBC. When you turn power on, the Power LED lights
and the SBC runs its power-up self-test (POST).
3.2 Monitoring the Power-On Self-Test Diagnostics
Your SBC invokes POST diagnostics when you apply power to or reset the sys-
tem. In this mode, a sequence of diagnostics is executed without operator inter-
vention.
Once the SROM code has been loaded into the 8 KB internal instruction cache,
the core logic and memory are initialized in preparation for starting the console
firmware. During this phase of console startup, the system automatically invokes
several more diagnostics and executes them without operator intervention.
During SROM initialization, the Power LED shows a countdown indicating the
progress of the initialization. The console serial output also reports this count-
down. The SROM initialization and console tests execute and display output as
shown in Table 3–1.
Table 3–1 SROM Initialization and Console Tests
Initialization Procedures
LED
Display
Console Display
Read the SROM and initialize the CPU, the CIA
chip, the PCI bus, COMM1 port, and the SIO chip.
8
8..
Detect the CPU speed, initialize the CPU and CIA
Bcache registers, and turn off the Bcache.
7
7..
