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Triggered by obtaining a Rawhide for my machine farm add some more detail to

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<para>The AlphaServer 4x00 machines are intended as small enterprise
servers. Expect a 30&quot; high pedestal cabinet or alternatively
the same system box in a 19&quot; rack. This is medium iron, not
a typical hobbyist system. Rawhides are multi-CPU machines, up to
4 CPUs can be in a single machine. Basic disk storage is housed in
the same system box in a 19&quot; rack. Rawhides are multi-CPU machines,
up to 4 CPUs can be in a single machine. Basic disk storage is housed in
one or two StorageWorks shelves at the bottom of the pedestal. The
Rawhides intended for the NT market are designated DIGITAL
Server 7300 (5/400 CPU), DIGITAL Server 7305 (5/533 CPU). A
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</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>cache: 4 Mbytes per CPU. EV5 300 MHz was also
available cache-less. 8 Mbytes for EV5 600Mhz</para>
available cache-less. 8 Mbytes for EV56 600Mhz</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>memory bus: 128 bit with ECC</para>
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<para>Rawhide uses a maximum of 8 RAM modules. These modules are used
in pairs and supply 72 bits to the bus (this includes ECC bits).
Memory can be EDO RAM or synchronous DRAM. A fully populated Rawhide
has 4 pairs of memory modules. Given the choice use SDRAM for
Memory can be EDO RAM or synchronous DRAM. A fully populated AS4100
has 4 pairs of memory modules. The AS4000 model is limited to 2 pairs
of memory modules. Given the choice use SDRAM for
best performance. The highest capacity memory board must be in
memory slot 0. A mix of memory board sizes is allowed. A mix
of EDO and SDRAM is also reported as working (assuming you don't
of EDO and SDRAM works as well (assuming you don't
try to mix EDO and SDRAM in one module pair). A mix of EDO and SDRAM
results in the <emphasis>entire</emphasis> memory subsystem running at
the slower EDO timing</para>
<para>Rawhide has an embedded Symbios 810 chip that gives you a
narrow fast-SCSI bus. Generally only the SCSI CDROM is driven by
this interface.</para>
this interface. </para>
<para>Rawhides are available with a 8 64-bit PCI / 3 EISA
slot expansion backplanes (called <quote>Saddle</quote> modules). There
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<note><para>EISA slots are currently unsupported, but the Compaq Qvision
EISA VGA adapter is treated as an ISA device. It therefore works
OK as a console.</para></note>
OK as a console. In case you use EISA options in your machine you
must run the EISA Configuration Utility (ECU) from floppy. Do yourself
a favor and use the Tru64/OpenVMS ECU, and not the WindowsNT ECU.
</para></note>
<para>Rawhide employs an I2C based power controller system. If
you want to be sure all power is removed from the system remove the
mains cables from the system.</para>
<para>Rawhide comes with RCM functionality, which means you can
power it on/off remotely, reset it etc. See also the description for
RMC in the DS10 section of this document. RCM versus RMC is not a typo,
the various documentation I consulted used both acronyms
interchangably.</para>
<para>The kernel config file must contain:</para>
<programlisting>options DEC_KN300
cpu EV5</programlisting>