Hardware Release Notes
6.18 RZnn Disk Drive Considerations
$ RZTOOLS_ALPHA :== $SYS$ETC:RZTOOLS_ALPHA
$ RZTOOLS_ALPHA DKB500 /LOAD=SYS$ETC:filename.FUP
Read in 262144 bytes.
Current FW version - X440C
Upgrading to - DEC0
Loading code ......
New code has been sent to the drive.
6.19 sx1000 Integrity Superdome
V8.3
The HP Integrity Superdome cannot boot as a satellite over the Core I/O LAN
card. When you specify the LAN card as a boot option to BOOT_OPTION.COM
and you then shut down the operating system, the LAN card does not appear in
EFI. The problem will be fixed in a future release of the firmware.
6.20 ZLX Graphics Boards Support
V8.2
The following families of graphics controller boards are not supported on
OpenVMS Version 8.2:
• ZLX-M Series (PixelVision): ZLX-M1 (PMAGC-AA), ZLX-M2 (PMAGC-BA)
• ZLX-L Series (PixelVision Lite): ZLX-L1 (PMAGC-DA), ZLX-L2 (PMAGC-EA)
• ZLXp-L Series (PixelVision PCI): ZLXp-L1 (PBXGC-A), ZLXp-L2 (PBXGC-B)
As of OpenVMS Version 8.2, only 2D support, using the base 2D capabilities
shipped with OpenVMS, is provided for the following families of graphics
controller boards. Please do not install Open3D to obtain 2D support for the
following:
• ZLX-E Series (FFB): ZLX-E1 (PMAGD-AA), ZLX-E2 (PMAGD-BA), ZLX-E3
(PMAGD-CA)
• ZLXp-E Series (TGA): ZLXp-E1 (PBXGA-A), ZLXp-E2 (PBXGA-B), ZLXp-E3
(PBXGA-C)
• ZLX2-E Series (TGA2): PowerStorm 3D30 (PBXGB-AA), PowerStorm 4D20
(PBXGB-CA)
6.21 Recompiling and Relinking OpenVMS Device Drivers
The following sections contain release notes pertaining to recompiling and
relinking OpenVMS device drivers.
For related release notes, see Section 5.10.
6.21.1 Alpha and VAX SCSI Device Drivers
V7.3-1
All OpenVMS Alpha SCSI device drivers from previous versions of OpenVMS
must be recompiled and relinked to run correctly on OpenVMS Version 7.3-1 or
higher.
If you have an OpenVMS Alpha SCSI driver that you are upgrading from a
version prior to OpenVMS Alpha 7.0, see Section 6.21.2.
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