HP OpenVMS Alpha Partitioning and Galaxy Guide

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Preface Intended Audience Document Structure Related Documents Reader's Comments How to Order Additional Documentation Conventions

Managing Workloads With Partitions Using Hard and Soft Partitions on OpenVMS Systems OpenVMS Partitioning Guidelines Partitioning for the AlphaServer ES47/ES80/GS1280 Partitioning for the AlphaServer GS80/160/320 OpenVMS Galaxy Support OpenVMS Application Support for Resource Affinity Domains (RADs)

OpenVMS Galaxy Concepts OpenVMS Galaxy Concepts and Components OpenVMS Galaxy Features OpenVMS Galaxy Benefits OpenVMS Galaxy Version 7.3 Features OpenVMS Galaxy Advantages When OpenVMS Galaxy Is Not the Best Choice Possible OpenVMS Galaxy Configurations A Single-Instance Galaxy Configuration OpenVMS Galaxy Configuration Considerations CD Drive Recommendation Clustering with Galaxy Security Considerations in an OpenVMS Galaxy Computing Environment Configuring OpenVMS Galaxy Instances in Time Zones Developing OpenVMS Galaxy Programs

NUMA Implications on OpenVMS Applications OpenVMS NUMA Awareness Application Resource Considerations Batch Job Support for NUMA Resource Affinity Domains RAD Application Programming Interfaces RAD System Services Summary Table RAD DCL Command Summary Table System Dump Analyzer (SDA) Support for RADs

Creating an OpenVMS Galaxy on AlphaServer GS140/GS60/GS60E Systems Downloading Firmware Creating an OpenVMS Galaxy

Creating an OpenVMS Galaxy on an AlphaServer 8400 System Step 1: Choose a Configuration and Determine Hardware Requirements Step 2: Set Up Hardware Step 3: Create a System Disk Step 4: Install OpenVMS Alpha Step 5: Upgrade the Firmware Step 6: Set the Environment Variables Step 7: Start the Secondary Console Devices Step 8: Boot the OpenVMS Galaxy

Creating an OpenVMS Galaxy on an AlphaServer 8200 System Step 1: Choose a Configuration and Determine Hardware Requirements Step 2: Set Up Galaxy Hardware Step 3: Create a System Disk Step 4: Install OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3 Step 5: Upgrade the Firmware Step 6: Set the Environment Variables Step 7: Start the Secondary Console Device Step 8: Boot the OpenVMS Galaxy

Creating an OpenVMS Galaxy on an AlphaServer 4100 System Before You Start Step 1: Confirm the AlphaServer 4100 Configuration Step 2: Install OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-2 Step 3: Upgrade the Firmware Step 4: Set the Environment Variables Step 5: Initialize the System and Start the Console Devices

Creating an OpenVMS Galaxy on an AlphaServer ES40 System Before You Start Step 1: Confirm the AlphaServer ES40 Configuration Step 2: Install OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.32 Step 3: Upgrade the Firmware Step 4: Set the Environment Variables Step 5: Initialize the System and Start the Console Devices

Creating an OpenVMS Galaxy on AlphaServer GS80/160/320 Systems Step 1: Choose a Configuration and Determine Hardware Requirements Step 2: Set Up the Hardware Step 3: Create a System Disk Step 4: Install OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-2 Step 5: Set the Environment Variables Step 6: Start the Secondary Console Devices Step 7: Initialize the Secondary Consoles Step 8: Boot the OpenVMS Galaxy

Creating an OpenVMS Galaxy on AlphaServer ES47/ES80/GS1280 Systems Step 1: Choose a Configuration and Determine Hardware Requirements Step 2: Set Up the Hardware Step 3: Create a System Disk Step 4: Install OpenVMS Alpha Step 5: Set Up Partitions Step 6: Boot the OpenVMS Galaxy

Using a Single-Instance Galaxy on an Alpha System Creating a Single-Instance Galaxy with GCU Rebooting as a Galaxy Instance

OpenVMS Galaxy Tips and Techniques System Auto-Action Changing Console Environment variables Console Hints Turning Off Galaxy Mode

OpenVMS Galaxy Configuration Utility GCU Tour Managing an OpenVMS Galaxy with the GCU Galaxy Configuration Models Using the GCU Charts Viewing Component Parameters Executing Component Commands Customizing GCU Menus Monitoring an OpenVMS Galaxy with HP Availability Manager Running the CPU Load Balancer Program Creating an Instance Dissolving an Instance Shutdown and Reboot Cycles Online Versus Offline Models GCU System Messages

The Graphical Configuration Manager Overview Installation Prerequisites Installation Procedure Starting the GCM Server Postinstallation Administrative Tasks Configuring the Association Customizing GCM GCM Server Log Files Troubleshooting the GCM Server Performance Maintaining the GCM Server Sample Verbose GCM Server Setup

CPU Reassignment at the DCL CLI DCL Reassignment GCU Drag-and-Drop Reassignment Intermodal Reassignment Software Reassignment Using Galaxy Services Reassignment Faults

Galaxy and NUMA Commands and Lexicals CPU-Related DCL Commands Galaxy-Related DCL Lexical Functions DCL Command Examples

Communicating With Shared Memory Shared Memory Cluster Interconnect (SMCI) LAN Shared Memory Device Driver

Shared Memory Programming Interfaces Using Shared Memory System Services Galaxy-wide Global Sections

OpenVMS Galaxy Device Drivers Direct-Mapped DMA Window Changes How PCI Direct-Mapped DMA Works Prior to OpenVMS Version 7.2 How PCI Direct-Mapped DMA Works in Current Versions of OpenVMS IOC$NODE_DATA Changes to Support Nonzero Direct-Mapped DMA Windows

OpenVMS Galaxy CPU Load Balancer Program CPU Load Balancer Overview Example Program

Common Values for Setting Memory Size

Installing Licenses License Process

Glossary

Index