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AlphaServer ES40system
creating an OpenVMS Galaxy
AlphaServer ES47 system
creating an OpenVMS Galaxy
AlphaServer ES80 system
creating an OpenVMS Galaxy
AlphaServer GS1280 system
creating an OpenVMS Galaxy
AlphaServer GS160 system
creating an OpenVMS Galaxy
AlphaServer 4100 system
creating an OpenVMS Galaxy
AlphaServer 8200 system
creating an OpenVMS Galaxy
AlphaServer 8400 system
creating an OpenVMS Galaxy

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Booting the OpenVMS Galaxy
on an AlphaServer 8200
on an AlphaServer 8400

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CD drive recommendation
Child
Cluster information
becoming a Galaxy instance
SCSI consideration
Common values for memory
Communicating with sharedmemory
LAN (local area network)
SMCI (Shared Memory Cluster Interconnect)
Computing models
shared-everything computing model
shared-nothing computing model
shared-partial computing model
Configuration
tree
Configuration requirements
for an AlphaServer ES40
for an AlphaServer GS1280
for an AlphaServer GS160
for an AlphaServer 4100
for an AlphaServer 8200
for an AlphaServer 8400
CPU load balancer program
example
CPU load balancer programoverview
build and copy instructions
required privileges
startup options
CPU reassignment
DCL
faults
GCU drag-and-drop
intermodal
sofware reassignment using Galaxy services
Creating a system disk
on an AlphaServer GS160
on an AlphaServer 8200
on an AlphaServer 8400
Creating an OpenVMS Galaxy
on an AlphaServer ES40
on an AlphaServer GS1280
on an AlphaServer GS160
on an AlphaServer GS320
on an AlphaServer GS80
on an AlphaServer 4100
on an AlphaServer 8200
on an AlphaServer 8400
Customizing GCU menus

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DCL command
CONFIGURE
CONFIGURE GALAXY
INITIALIZE
INSTALL
INSTALL ADD
INSTALL/LIST
SET CPU/MIGRATE
SET CPU/OVERRIDE_CHECKS
SET CPU/POWER
SET CPU/REFRESH
SET CPU/START
SET ENTRY
SET PROCESS
SET QUEUE
SHOW CPU/ACTIVE_SET
SHOW CPU/CONFIGURE_SET
SHOW CPU/POTENTIAL_SET
SHOW CPU/STANDBY_SET
SHOW CPU/SYSTEM
SHOW MEMORY
SHOW MEMORY
SHOW PROCESS
START QUEUE
START/CPU/POWER
STOP/CPU/MIGRATE
DCLcommand
STOP/CPU/POWER=OFF
DCL command
SUBMIT
DCL commands useful formanaging OpenVMS Galaxy
CPU commands
DCL commands useful for managingOpenVMS Galaxy
CPU commands
SET CPU
DCL commands useful formanaging OpenVMS Galaxy
CPU commands
SHOW CPU
STOP/CPU/MIGRATE
DCL lexical
F$GETJPI
F$GETSYI
Direct-mapped DMA windowchanges

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ES45

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Firmware location
GS1280

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Galaxy
Galaxy benefits
adaptability
availability
compatibility
cost of ownership
performance
scalability
Galaxy configuration considerations
EISA bus support
memory granularity restrictions
XMI bus support
Galaxy Configuration Utility See also See GCU
Galaxy configuration models
active model
offline models
online versus offline models
Galaxy features
clustering
CPU reassignment
dynamic reconfiguration
SMP
Galaxyhardware and software components
console
Galaxy hardware and softwarecomponents
CPUs
I/O
independent instances
shared memory
Galaxy Software Architecture
Galaxy tips and techniques
changing console environment variables
console hints
system auto-action
turning off Galaxy mode
Galaxy Version 7.3 features
Galaxy-wide global sections
GCM
GCU charts
failover assignment chart
logical structure chart
memory assignment chart
physical structure chart
using
GCU operations
creating galaxy configuration models
interaction
observation
GCU system messages
GCU (Galaxy ConfigurationUtility)
definition of

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Hardpartition
Hardware requirements
for an AlphaServer ES40
for an AlphaServer GS1280
for an AlphaServer GS160
for an AlphaServer 4100
for an AlphaServer 8200
for an AlphaServer 8400
Hardware setup
installing EISA devices on an AlphaServer 8200
installing EISA devices on an AlphaServer 8400
installing the KFE72-DA module on an AlphaServer 8400
overview of KFE72-DA console subsystem on an AlphaServer 8400
High-availabilityapplications
How PCI direct-mapped DMAworks
as of OpenVMS Version 7.3
prior to OpenVMS V7.3

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Initializing system and starting consoledevices
on an AlphaServer 4100
on an AlphServer ES40
Initializing the secondaryconsoles
on an AlphaServer GS160
Installing OpenVMS Alpha
on an AlphaServer ES40
on an AlphaServer 4100
on an AlphaServer 8200
on an AlphaServer 8400
on an AlphaSever GS160
IOC$NODE_DATA changes

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LANs (local area networks)
License
Local area networks See also See LANs

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Managing CPU resources
Managing OpenVMS Galaxywith the GCU
independent instances
isolated instances
required PROXY access
Memory
common values for
Migration
Monitoring an OpenVMS Galaxywith DECamds

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Node
definition
of tree
DCL command
SET CPU/AUTO_START

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OpenVMS Galaxy device drivers
Ownership

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Parent
Partition
hard
scope
setup
soft

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Root
tree

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Scope
of partition
SDA (System Dump Analyzer)
about using
dumping shared memory
Security considerations
Setting environment variables
on an AlphaServer ES40
on an AlphaServer GS160
on an AlphaServer 4100
on an AlphaServer 8200
on an AlphaServer 8400
Setup of partition
SHOW RAD command
Shared Memory Cluster Interconnect See also See SMCI
Shared memory programminginterfaces
Sibling
Single-instance Galaxy
definition
using on any Alpha system
SMCI (Shared Memory Cluster Interconnect)
Soft partition
SRM
Starting the secondaryconsole devices
on an AlphaServer GS160
on an AlphaServer 8200
on an AlphaServer 8400
System Dump Analyzer See also See SDA
System services
enhanced services
new section flag
$ACQUIRE_GALAXY_LOCK
$CLEAR_SYSTEM_EVENT
$CREATE_GALAXY_LOCK
$CREATE_GALAXY_LOCK_TABLE
$CREATE_GDZRO
$CREPRC
$CRMPSC_GDZRO_64
$DELETE_GALAXY_LOCK
$DELETE_GALAXY_LOCK_TABLE
$GETJPI
$GETSYI
$GET_GALAXY_LOCK_INFO
$GET_GALAXY_LOCK_SIZE
$RELEASE_GALAXY_LOCK
$SET_PROCESS_PROPERTIESW
$SET_SYSTEM_EVENT

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Tree
configuration
root

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Upgrading the firmware
on an AlphaServer ES40
on an AlphaServer 4100
on an AlphaServer 8200
on an AlphaServer 8400
Using shared memory

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System services
$CPU_TRANSITION

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