[Info-vax] HELP setup a used ALPHASERVER ES40

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In article <1a500d47-1325-4b49-9f2b-f7a2c11b9241 at a11g2000pri.googlegroups.com>, Petros <petros.dafniotis at gmail.com> writes:
>Managed to buy a used HP Alphaserver ES40 (detailed configuration
>below.)
>The unit came with Tru64 installed; no disks, no pwd.
>
>I know VMS and have installed it many times with a Compaq XP1000 being
>the most sophisticated one. So no experience on Alphaservers, RAID and
>the like.
>
>Now my problem...
>While waiting for my hobbyist to go through, I found on the site I
>work an old(?) OpenVMS Alpha 8.3 and I decided to give it a go for
>gaining experience (I know I will not be able to boot as I do not have
>licenses yet, I just wanted to see the install process.)

You can boot without the license.  You'll get a message to the effect
that there is no license but you can install.


>As the install starts it says that the "SCSI chip is SYM53C895
>operating LVD Ultra 2". This is impossible as I have U320 everywhere.
>Also VMS does not seem that it sees the arrays of disks. Do I need to
>disable the array install and the enable? Is 8.3 too "old" for this
>system?  BTW, I understand this is what the hobbyist license provides,
>right?
>
>Any advice welcome! Thank you,

P00>>> SET OS_TYPE "OpenVMS"
P00>>> SET BOOT_OSFLAGS 0,0
P00>>> SET MEMORY_TEST FULL   <- (VMS won't boot without)


Here:

P00>>> SHOW CONFIG
  :
 Slot   Option                  Hose 1, Bus 0, PCI
   4    NCR 53C895              pka0.7.0.4.1            SCSI Bus ID 7
                                dka0.0.0.4.1            COMPAQ BD01865CC4
                                dka100.1.0.4.1          COMPAQ BD01865CC4
                                dka200.2.0.4.1          COMPAQ BD01864544
                                dka300.3.0.4.1          COMPAQ BD01864552
                                dka400.4.0.4.1          COMPAQ BD0186459A
                                dka500.5.0.4.1          COMPAQ BD018635C4
  :

P00>>>SHOW DEVICE
dka0.0.0.4.1               DKA0              COMPAQ BD01865CC4  HPB6
dka100.1.0.4.1             DKA100            COMPAQ BD01865CC4  HPB6
dka200.2.0.4.1             DKA200            COMPAQ BD01864544  B20B
dka300.3.0.4.1             DKA300            COMPAQ BD01864552  3B08
dka400.4.0.4.1             DKA400            COMPAQ BD0186459A  B016
dka500.5.0.4.1             DKA500            COMPAQ BD018635C4  B022
dqa0.0.0.15.0              DQA0             Compaq   CRD-8402B  1.03    
dva0.0.0.1000.0            DVA0                               
eia0.0.0.2004.1            EIA0              00-08-02-61-7A-68
eib0.0.0.2005.1            EIB0              00-08-02-61-7A-69
eic0.0.0.2004.0            EIC0              00-08-02-61-73-D6
eid0.0.0.2005.0            EID0              00-08-02-61-73-D7
pga0.0.0.5.1               PGA0        WWN 1000-0000-c92c-22c4
pgb0.0.0.2.0               PGB0        WWN 1000-0000-c92d-f9f8
pka0.7.0.4.1               PKA0                  SCSI Bus ID 7

>CONFIGURATION
>4x CPU 1.25GHz
>2 banks of 2Gb RAM = 4Gb RAM (1way)
>
>Console 7.3-2
>Radeon PCI 7500
>HP SmartArray 5300 (slot 1) v3.56
>    setup with 2 logical drivers
>        logical drive 1: RAID 1: 67.8GB with 2x HDD of 72.8 Gb each
>        logical drive 2: RAID 5: 5x HDD 146.8 GB each

Why should you be concerned with the SCSI adapter anyway?

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