From b24b338ada30c8c1d9913274803536f7ee553984 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wilko Bulte Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 18:05:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note which machine consoles support booting from KZPEA aka Adaptec 39160 U160 adapters. --- .../hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml | 20 +++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml index fa9895f1315f..5b16837bdfb3 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/hardware/alpha/proc-alpha.sgml @@ -1679,7 +1679,8 @@ cpu EV5 # depends on the CPU model installed Starting with SRM firmware version 5.9 you can boot from Adaptec 2940-series adapters in addition to the usual set of Qlogic - and Symbios/NCR adapters. + and Symbios/NCR adapters. KZPEA aka Adaptec 39160 gives you dual + channel LVD U160 SCSI which is bootable from SRM. The base model comes with a FUJITSU 9.5GB ATA disk as its boot device. &os; works just fine using EIDE disks on Webbrick. DS10 has @@ -1934,7 +1935,9 @@ cpu EV5 Starting with SRM firmware version 5.9 you can boot from Adaptec 2940-series adapters in addition to the usual set of Qlogic and Symbios/NCR adapters. This unfortunately does not - include the embedded Adaptec SCSI chips. + include the embedded Adaptec SCSI chips. You can use a KZPEA + aka Adaptec 39160 for dual channel LVD U160 SCSI, which is + bootable from SRM. If you are using banks of DIMMs of different sizes the biggest DIMMs should be installed in the DIMM slots marked @@ -2805,7 +2808,8 @@ cpu EV5 SRM console code comes standard with the ES40. ES40 comes with an ATA CDROM drive, but uses SCSI - harddisks. + harddisks. The usual Symbios & Qlogic adapters are bootable, + as is the KZPEA aka Adaptec 39160 dual channel LVD U160 adapter. Memory is divided in 4 memory arrays which each contain a set of 4 SDRAM DIMMs. Each DIMM is 72 bit wide and of the 100MHz @@ -2871,9 +2875,13 @@ cpu EV5 restrictions for IDE disks. See the machine specific information. There is full SCSI support via the CAM layer for Adaptec - 2940x (AIC7xxx chip-based), Qlogic family and Symbios. Be aware of - the machine-specific boot-ability issues for the various adapter - types. + 2940x (AIC7xxx chip-based), Qlogic family and Symbios. Those of + you interested in U160 SCSI might want to take a look at an Adaptec + 39160 dual channel LVD U160 adapter. Compaq calls this a KZPEA adapter. + Recent Alpha models have SRM versions that can boot from them. In general + be aware of the machine-specific boot-ability issues for the + various adapter models. Where known they are listed in the + individual machine descriptions. The Qlogic QL2x00 FibreChannel host adapters are fully supported.