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© 2000 Alpha Processor, Inc. All rights reserved.
Part #: 51-0031-1A
Date: 4/7/00
Alpha Processor, Inc.
A Samsung Company
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Concord, MA 01742
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order to improve design or performance characteristics.
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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
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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:
n Chapter 1, “Introduction,”presents the product features and includes
a functional block diagram of the system.
n 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.
n Chapter 3, “Electrical, Environmental and Physical Data,”furnishes
the electrical and environmental requirements, and physical board
dimensions.
n 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.
n Chapter 5, “Troubleshooting,”discusses solutions for hardware and
software problems encountered during system startup.
n 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
Abbreviation Meaning