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Part #: 51-0031-1A

Date: 4/7/00

Alpha Processor, Inc.

A Samsung Company

130C Baker Avenue Extension

Concord, MA 01742

Tel: 978.318.1100

Fax: 978.371.3177

Alpha Processor, Inc. reserves the right to make changes in its products without notice in

order to improve design or performance characteristics.

This document is considered to be preliminary with further revisions and corrections in

process. Alpha Processor, Inc. makes no representations or warranties with respect to the

accuracy or completeness of the contents of this publication or the information contained

herein, and reserves the right to make changes at any time, without notice. Alpha Processor,

Inc. disclaims responsibility for anyconsequences resulting from the use of the information

included in this publication.

This publication neither states nor implies any representations or warranties of any kind,

including but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a

particular purpose. Alpha Processor, Inc.’s products are not authorized for use as critical

components in life support devices or systems without Alpha Processor, Inc.’s written

approval. Alpha Processor, Inc. assumes no liability whatsoever for claims associated with

the sale or use (including the use of engineering samples) of Alpha Processor, Inc. products

exceptasprovidedinAlphaProcessor,Inc.’sTermsandConditionsofSaleforsuchproducts.

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Product names used in this publication are for identification purposes only and may be

trademarks of their respective companies.

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The information in this publication is preliminary, and is believed to be accurate at the time

of publication.. API makes no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or

completeness of the contents of this publication or the information contained herein, and

reserves the right to make changes at any time, without notice.

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Date Rev Description

4/07/00 51-0031-1A

UP2000 User Manual initial review. This manual describes the

UP2000-A3 product, and was modified to include the following

information:

• Firmware platform moved to Reset PAL code, Alpha SRM

Console and Alpha Diagnostics

• COM1 port reserved for serial console devices

• Add remote reset capabilities

• Add thermal sensitivity information

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Revision History iii

Table of Contents iv

List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Preface viii

Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1

1.1 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

1.2 System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Chapter 2 System Configuration 2-1

2.1 Board Layout and Components . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

2.2 Configuration Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

2.3 Memory Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

2.3.1 Memory Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

2.3.2 Memory Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

2.4 Disk Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

2.5 Internal I/O Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8

Chapter 3 Electrical, Environmental and Physical Data 3-1

3.1 Power Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

3.1.1 Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

3.1.2 Estimated Power Consumption . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

3.2 Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

3.2.1 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

3.2.2 EMI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

3.3 Enclosure Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

3.3.1 Mounting Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

3.4 Physical Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

3.4.1 UP2000 Motherboard Parameters . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

3.4.2 Alpha Slot B Module Parameters . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

3.4.3 UP2000 Motherboard Mounting Hole Specifications . . . 3-5

3.5 I/O Shield information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

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Chapter 4 Software Support 4-1

4.1 Software Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

4.1.1 Alpha SRM Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

4.1.2 Alpha Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

4.1.3 Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

4.2 Alpha SRM Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

4.2.1 Invoking the SRM Console . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

4.2.2 Command Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

4.2.3 Displaying the System Configurations . . . . . . . . 4-6

4.2.4 Booting the Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

4.2.5 Updating Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

4.2.6 Using Environment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

4.2.7 Environment Variable Summary . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

4.2.8 Finding Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24

4.3 Alpha Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-25

4.4 Installing the Linux Operating System . . . . . . . . . 4-26

4.4.1 Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26

4.4.2 Before Installing Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26

4.4.3 Starting the Linux OS Installation. . . . . . . . . . 4-27

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 5-1

5.1 Hardware Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

5.1.1 Video Presence Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

5.1.2 LED Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

5.1.3 POST (Power On Self Test) Codes. . . . . . . . . . 5-2

5.1.4 Beep Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

5.2 Error Recovery Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

5.2.1 Error Situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

5.2.2 Error Recovery Jumper Settings . . . . . . . . . . 5-4

5.2.3 Error Recovery Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6

Appendix A Support, Products and Documentation A-1

A.1 Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

A.2 Supporting Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

A.3 Alpha Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

A.4 Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Index Index-1

Publication Evaluation Form Form-1

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Figure: 1-1 UP2000 Functional Block Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

2-1 UP2000 Motherboard Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

2-2 Location of Configuration Jumper Blocks . . . . . . . . 2-4

2-3 Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

2-4 Memory Subsystem with Two Banks . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

2-5 Disk Ports with Pin Orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7

2-6 Internal I/O Connectors with Ground Orientation . . . . . 2-8

3-1 UP2000 Power Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

3-2 UP2000 Motherboard Mounting Hole Specification . . . . . 3-6

3-3 I/O Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

5-1 LED Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

5-2 J29 Configuration Jumper Block. . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

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Table: 1-1 UP2000 Product Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

2-1 UP2000 Motherboard Jumper and Connector Component List . 2-3

3-1 Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

3-2 UP2000 Motherboard Physical Parameters . . . . . . . . 3-5

3-3 Alpha Slot B Module Physical Parameters . . . . . . . . 3-5

3-4 RearPanel I/O Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7

4-1 Summary of SRM Console Commands . . . . . . . . . 4-3

4-2 Syntax for SRM Console Commands . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

4-3 Special Characters for SRM Console . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

4-4 Device Naming Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

4-5 PCI Address Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9

4-6 Boot Command Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

4-7 Set Envar Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

4-8 Environment Variable Summary . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

4-9 Auto_Action Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

4-10 Boot_Osflags Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

4-11 ew*0_mode Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19

4-12 ew*0_protocols Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20

4-13 Language Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21

4-14 pk*0_soft_term Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24

4-15 SRM Console Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27

5-1 LED Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

5-2 POST Codes Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

5-3 Beep Codes Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

5-4 Diagnostics and Flash Recovery Configuration Settings (J29) . 5-6

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This manual describes the Alpha Processor, Inc. UP2000 product,

including the UP2000 Motherboard and the Alpha Slot B Module.

The document emphasizes the Alpha System Reference Manual (SRM)

Console firmware user interface.

Topics include a description of how to:

•Install an operating system

•Check or change system configurations

•Troubleshoot basic system problems

Hardware-oriented topics include how to:

•Set system speed and L2 cache size

•Configure the memory subsystem

•Cable the I/O connections

•Cable the diskette, IDE disk, and SCSI I/O ports

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This manual is intended for technicians and engineers who support

resellers, dealers, system integrators and OEM vendors who supply

UP2000-based systems.

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This manual describes the features, configuration options, functional

operation, troubleshooting analysis and user interface of the system and

its Alpha System Reference Manual (SRM) Console firmware. It is a part of

the Alpha Processor, Inc.’s UP2000 document set that includes the UP2000

Quick Start Installation Guide (51-0030-1A).

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The UP2000 User Manual is organized as follows:

Chapter 1, “Introduction,”presents the product features and includes

a functional block diagram of the system.

Chapter 2, “System Configuration,”provides a pictorial layout of the

UP2000 Motherboard with its key components. Configuration

elements include jumper settings for system speed and cache memory

size. Main memory guidelines, I/O disk port cabling, and non-keyed

I/O connections are included.

Chapter 3, “Electrical, Environmental and Physical Data,”furnishes

the electrical and environmental requirements, and physical board

dimensions.

Chapter 4, “Software Support,”describes the firmware that forms the

UP2000 user interface. Topics include installing and upgrading an

operating system, initializing and upgrading the firmware, as well as

displaying and configuring system parameters.

Chapter 5, “Troubleshooting,”discusses solutions for hardware and

software problems encountered during system startup.

Appendix A, “Support, Products and Documentation,”provides

directions for obtaining additional product information and technical

support.

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This section defines product-specific terminology, abbreviations, and

other conventions used throughout this manual.

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The following is a list of the acronyms used in this document and their

definitions.

Abbreviation Meaning

AGP Accelerated Graphics Post

API Application Program Interface

BIOS Basic Input/Output System

CE European Conforming

CPU Central Processing Unit

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DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module

DMA Direct Memory Access

DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory

ECC Error Correcting Code

EIDE Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics

EMI Electromagnetic Interference

FDD Floppy Disk Drive

FIFO First In, First Out

FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array

HDD Hard Disk Drive

IDE Integrated Device Electronics

ISA Industry Standard Architecture (re: I/O Bus)

LED Light Emitting Diode

LVD Low Voltage Differential

LW Late Write

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer

PAL Privileged Architecture Library

PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect

PIO Programmed Input/Output

PLL Phase Locked Loop

PWB Printed Wiring Board

RAM Random Access Memory

ROM Read Only Memory

SCSI Small Computer System Interface

SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory

SRAM Static Random Access Memory

SRM System Reference Manual

SROM Serial Read-only Memory

SSRAM Synchronous SRAM

TIG TTL Integrated Glue Logic

UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter

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USB Universal Serial Bus

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