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Some older platforms, such as the rx2600, do not support the graphics console, because they lack the firmware capabilities required for OpenVMS graphics console support.
Currently, the OpenVMS graphics console supports the following HP Integrity server platforms:
At this time, one PCI Graphics option card is supported for the listed
HP Integrity servers (HP Product Number AB551A). This is the ATI Radeon
PCI graphics card.
2.8.3 Graphics Console Limitations
The Graphics Console currently has the following limitations:
Table 2-1 lists the minimum firmware revisions for Graphics Console support for the referenced platforms as of the date of this document.
| HP Integrity Server | System Firmware | Baseboard Management Controller | Management Processor |
|---|---|---|---|
| rx1600 | 4.13 | 4.01 | E03.30 |
| rx2620 | 4.21 | 4.03 | E.03.30 |
| rx4640 | 4.21 | 4.05 | E.03.30 |
| rx3600, rx6600 | 2.03 | 5.14 | F.01.58 |
| rx2660 | 1.05 | 5.02 | F.02.58 |
| BL860c | 1.01 | 74.52 | T2.02 |
System Firmware, Baseboard Management Controller, and Management Processor firmware are updated with a single firmware image.
You can determine the firmware revision on your system in one of the following ways:
All systems will have an EFI interface and one or both Management Port
(MP) and BMC port (cli) interfaces. The examples that follow were taken
from an rx2620.
2.8.4.1 Obtaining Firmware Information from the EFI Shell
To obtain firmware information from the EFI shell, enter info fw command at the Shell> prompt:
Shell> info fw - FIRMWARE INFORMATION - System Firmware Revision: 4.03 [4624] BMC Revision: 4.01 Management Processor Revision: E.03.28 |
Verify that your system has the Management Port option. For information about your server, see your system's documentation. |
Whether connecting to the Management Port remotely over the network or through the serial port's DE9 connector provided for the MP on the rear bulkhead, you must first enter the user name and password to access the MP prompt. If you are already at the EFI Shell> prompt, press ctrl/b .
To obtain firmware information from the MP prompt, enter the cm command at the MP> prompt:
MP> cm
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(Use Ctrl-B to return to MP main menu.)
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MP:CM>
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At the MP:CM> prompt, enter the sysrev command:
MP:CM> sysrev - SYSREV - Current firmware revisions - MP FW : E.03.28 BMC FW : 04.01 EFI FW : 05.46 System FW : 04.03 |
The BMC serial port that provides the cli> prompt is not available on all systems. For information about your system, see your system’s documentation. Connect a serial terminal to the DE9 connector provided for the BMC port on the rear bulkhead. To connect to the cli> interface, enter the esc-() command. From the cli> prompt, enter the sr> command:
cli> sr Current firmware revisions: - MP FW E.03.28 BMC_FW 04.01 EFI FW 05.46 System FW 04.03 |
To determine the firmware version, see the System Overview panel in the
EFI Boot Manager.
2.8.5 Platform-Specific Connection Details
To implement multiple head graphics, you must rename the file DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.TEMPLATE to DECW$PRIVATE_SERVER_SETUP.COM . Verify that the mouse and keyboard are plugged into USB connectors provided on the bulkheads, according to the following instructions for each platform. Do not use the DVI connector for multiple-head operation. Use the analog DB15 connector provided on the option graphics card. |
The embedded graphics device is optional on these systems. For more information, see your system's documentation. |
These systems might not have the optional embedded graphics device. If this is the case, insert a graphics option card into the PCI option slot in the system to provide a graphics console. Although two PCI options slots are available, only one is large enough to accommodate a graphics card. Thus, multiple-head support is not available without the embedded graphics device option.
Connect the monitor to the Graphics DB15 graphics connector and connect
the mouse and keyboard to the USB bulkhead connectors.
2.8.5.2 HP Integrity rx2620 and rx4640 Servers
The embedded graphics device is optional on these systems. For more information, see your system's documentation. |
The DB15 analog connector to the embedded graphics controller and USB connectors for the mouse and keyboard are provided on the rear bulkhead.
To obtain multihead operation, insert option graphics cards into available PCI slots.
Do not use DVI connectors on the option graphics cards; instead, use
the DB15 analog connectors.
2.8.5.3 HP Integrity rx3600 and HP Integrity rx6600 Servers
The embedded graphics device is optional on these systems. Check your system documentation. |
The DB15 analog connector to the embedded graphics controller and USB connectors for the mouse and keyboard are provided on the rear bulkhead. Additionally, you can use the front bulkhead USB connector that can be used for the mouse or keyboard.
To obtain multiple-head operation, insert option graphics cards into available PCI slots.
Do not use DVI connectors on the option graphics cards; instead, use the DB15 analog connectors.
When using the internal DVD drive to install OpenVMS from the graphics
console, either the keyboard must be plugged into the USB connector on
the front panel and the mouse must be plugged into any USB on the rear
bulkhead, or you must connect the mouse and keyboard to the two rear
bulkhead USB connectors.
2.8.5.4 HP Integrity rx2660 Servers
The embedded graphics device is optional on these systems. For more information, see your system's documentation. |
The DB15 analog connector to the embedded graphics controller and USB connectors for the mouse and keyboard are provided on the rear bulkhead. Additionally, there is a front bulkhead USB connector that can be used for the mouse or keyboard.
To obtain multiple-head operation, insert option graphics cards into available PCI slots.
Do not use DVI connectors on the option graphics cards; instead, use the DB15 analog connectors.
When using the internal DVD drive to install OpenVMS from the graphics console, you can use the DB15 and USB connectors on the front panel to connect the monitor and keyboard, while using the rear bulkhead USB connector for the mouse.
If you prefer to use the rear bulkhead connectors for the monitor,
keyboard, and mouse, you must connect the mouse and keyboard to the two
rear bulkhead USB connectors.
2.8.5.5 HP Integrity BL860c Server Blade
The BL860c system comes with an SUV dongle that provides a DB15 connector for the embedded Graphics Console Device and two USB connectors for the keyboard and mouse.
If you want to install OpenVMS with an external USB DVD drive, you can connect the drive to either of the USB connectors and the keyboard to the other. The mouse is not needed for the installation procedure, because the procedure presents a character-based menu.
To obtain multihead operation, insert option graphics cards into available PCI slots.
Do not use DVI connectors on the option graphics cards; instead, use
the DB15 analog connectors.
2.9 OpenVMS Internationalization Data Kit (VMSI18N)
The OpenVMS Version 8.3-1H1 internationalization data kit has the following new iconv converters:
LDAP External Authentication provides the following enhancements.
2.10.1 Enhanced LOGINOUT.EXE and SETP0.EXE Images for LDAP External Authentication
This release provides optional LOGINOUT.EXE and SETP0.EXE (SET PASSWORD) images that utilize the SYS$ACM system service for user authentication and password changes.
When these images are used, login and password change requests are sent to the SYS$ACM service and handled by the ACME_SERVER process's authentication agents.
An OpenVMS authentication agent is configured by default to service
standard OpenVMS login and password-change requests. In addition, you
can install an LDAP authentication agent that services login and
password-change requests using an LDAP version 3 directory server.
2.10.2 Active Directory Support
LDAP external authentication includes additional authentication and password change support for Active Directory's LDAP operations.
For more information, see
SYS$HELP:ACME_DEV_README.TXT
.
2.11 Linker New Features
The following sections describe enhancements to the OpenVMS Linker for
this release.
2.11.1 Support for Larger I/O Segments
In OpenVMS Version 8.3, the linker limited the I/O segment to 65535
pagelets, although the I64 image (dynamic segment) allowed you to
specify greater values. To enable use of larger buffers, the upper
limit of the I/O segment has been lifted. The OpenVMS I64 Linker now
allows up to 512MB (half of P1 space) for the I/O segment.
2.11.2 Optimizing Linker Generated Code
For OpenVMS I64, the linker must generate code stubs so that compiler-generated PC relative branches can be used for branching to further offsets and for calling nonlocal routines. The OpenVMS Version 8.3 linker creates a code stub per branch/call. In other words, for multiple calls to printf , the linker creates multiple code stubs.
For OpenVMS Version 8.3-1H1, the linker was enhanced to re-use as much of its already-created code stubs as possible. For multiple calls to printf , the changed linker creates a single code stub.
In addition, the OpenVMS Version 8.3-1H1 linker places all code stubs at the end of a code segment. As a result, unused code stubs can be trimmed back.
The Program Section Synopsis of the linker map shows this enhancement. Most often, code stubs appear in a linker-created PSECT: "$LINKER C$n", n=0,... In case of several code segments, several of these sections appear. As with the previous linker, the Version 8.3-1H1 linker provides additional Linker code contributions for large code segments.
The new linker-generated code PSECTs are not user changeable.
2.11.3 Signature Segment Flagged in Map File
If the linker creates a signature segment to allow interoperation with
translated images, the segment is flagged in the Image Segment Synopsis
of the linker map.
2.11.4 Unwind Segments Follow Code Segments
If a user instructs the linker to move code into P2 space
(/SEGMENT_ATTRIBUTE=CODE=P2), the Version 8.3.1--1H1 linker also moves
the corresponding unwind segments into P2 space. Usually, code is moved
to the P2 region to free up virtual address space in the P0 region.
With this enhancement, additional address space can be reclaimed from
P0 space.
2.12 System Dump Analyzer (SDA) Utility
The following sections list new SDA features provided with the OpenVMS
I64 Version 8.3--1H1 operating system. For descriptions of the SDA
commands and performance information, see VMS System Dump Analyzer Utility Manual.
2.12.1 Changes to CLUE Utility
The CONFIG/CPU parameter of the CLUE command has the following new description:
Displays only the part of the system configuration that contains
information about the CPUs.
2.12.2 CLUE Utility: New Qualifier
The /MEMORY parameter of the CLUE command has been added with the following new description:
Displays only the part of the system configuration that contains information about the layout of physical memory.
System information is now printed on the "first page" of a plain CLUE CONFIG command.
The output under CLUE CONFIG/CPU now does not contain the system or
memory data. On Integrity systems, the layout of the actual
CPU-specific information has also changed.
2.12.3 SHOW_PFN_DATA Command: New Qualifier
A new /SUMMARY[=PROCESS] qualifier has been added to the SDA command
SHOW PFN_DATA. The SHOW PFN_DATA/SUMMARY command produces a single-page
summary of all pages on the system. Adding the PROCESS keyword causes
SDA to generate two additional lists: one for all processes in the
system showing the breakdown of its active pages; and one for all
processes that have non-active pages (for example, pages on the
modified list).
2.12.4 SHOW SUMMARYCommand: New Qualifier
Two new qualifiers, /PAGES and /TOTALS, have been added to the SDA SHOW
SUMMARY command. SHOW SUMMARY/PAGES causes an additional line to be
output, for each process, that gives a breakdown of the process-private
and global pages in the process's working set. SHOW SUMMARY/TOTALS will
output a summary of process and global pages for resident and
nonresident processes, followed by a summary of the processes (or
threads if /THREADS was also specified) in each scheduling state.
/PAGES and/TOTALS may be specified together.
2.12.5 SET AND SHOW CPU Commands
$ CREATE A.COM FORMAT CPUDB SET CPU/NEXT ^Z $ ANALYZE/CRASH ... SDA> SET CPU /FIRST SDA> @A SDA> REPEAT/UNTIL=BADCPU |
OpenVMS Version 8.3-1H1 provides 552 time zones based on the time-zone public database named tzdata2006n. The following eight time zones have been added in OpenVMS Version 8.3-1H1:
For a list of the time-zone names, see the HP OpenVMS System Manager's Manual.
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