AlphaServer GS60E

This document provides hardware release notes for the Compaq AlphaServer GS60E system, intended for customer service engineers, self-maintenance customers, and technical system managers. It specifies minimum revision requirements for various system components, including CPUs, Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS, Console firmware, and DECevent. The document also outlines system configuration cautions and restrictions, such as unsupported Ethernet on the KFE72 I/O module, limited qualification for the KZPAA PCI SCSI adapter (only with CD-ROM), and no support for BA350 shelves or EISA options.

Procedures for handling PAL mode halts (double-error halts and machine checks in PAL mode) are detailed, explaining how to retrieve critical halt information from the CPU module's nonvolatile EEPROM using console commands. Operating system-related information includes guidelines for evaluating swap space and dump file sizes in large memory configurations for both Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS, and a workaround for DECevent's potential inability to process very large error log files.

Finally, the document provides installation instructions for DECevent—a critical tool for error event translation and analysis—and MPH (Monitoring Performance History) software. MPH is described as a Compaq tool for proactive system monitoring to improve availability and reliability, with installation steps outlined for both Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS systems.