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This section describes how to migrate your HP Alpha system to CHARON-AXP. We will use a sample MicroHP Alpha 3600 HP AlphaServer ES40 system to demonstrate the migration procedure. The process is similar for all CHARON-AXP models.

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Turn on your source HP Alpha system. At the ">>>" prompt, issue "show qbus" and "show device" commandscommand:

>>>show qbus
Scan of Qbus I/O Space
-200000DC (760334) = FFFF (300) RQDX3/KDA50/RRD50/RQC25/KFQSA-DISK
-200000DE (760336) = 0B40
-20000124 (760444) = FFFF (304) TQK50/TQK70/TU81E/RV20/KFQSA-TAPE
-20000126 (760446) = 0BC0
-20000140 (760500) = 0080 (310) DHQ11/DHV11/CXA16/CXB16/CXY08
-20000142 (760502) = F081
-20000144 (760504) = DD18
-20000146 (760506) = 0140
-20000148 (760510) = 0000
-2000014A (760512) = 0000
-2000014C (760514) = 8000
-2000014E (760516) = 0000
-20000150 (760520) = 0080 (320) DHQ11/DHV11/CXA16/CXB16/CXY08
-20000152 (760522) = F081
-20000154 (760524) = DD18
-20000156 (760526) = 0140
-20000158 (760530) = 0000
-2000015A (760532) = 0000
-2000015C (760534) = 8000
-2000015E (760536) = 0000
-20001468 (772150) = FFFF (154) RQDX3/KDA50/RRD50/RQC25/KFQSA-DISK
-2000146A (772152) = 0B40
-20001920 (774440) = FF08 (120) DELQA/DEQNA/DESQA
-20001922 (774442) = FF00
-20001924 (774444) = FF01
-20001926 (774446) = FF02
-20001928 (774450) = FFD2
-2000192A (774452) = FF14
-2000192C (774454) = C000
-2000192E (774456) = 1030
-20001940 (774500) = FFFF (260) TQK50/TQK70/TU81E/RV20/KFQSA-TAPE
-20001942 (774502) = 0BC0
-20001F40 (777500) = 0020 (004) IPCR

Scan of Qbus Memory Space
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>>>show device
UQSSP Disk Controller 0 (772150)
-DUA0 (RZ23)
-DUA1 (RZ24)

UQSSP Disk Controller 1 (760334)
-DUB2 (RZ25)
-DUB3 (RZ26)

UQSSP Tape Controller 0 (774500)
-MUA0 (TK50)

UQSSP Tape Controller 1 (760444)
-MUB3 (TK50)

Ethernet Adapter 0 (774440)
-XQA0 (08-00-01-02-D3-CC)

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device

sys0.0.0.0.0      SYS0         System ROOT Device
ewa0.0.0.1.1      EWA0         F8-D1-11-00-67-E6
pka0.0.0.2.1      PKA0         Q-Logic/ISP PCI SCSI HBA
pga0.0.0.3.1      PGA0         WWN 1000-0000-0248-C550
pqa0.0.0.15.0     PQA0         ALi 1553C Integrated IDE Controller
pqb0.0.1.15.0     PQB0         ALi 1553C Integrated IDE Controller
dqa0.0.0.15.0     DQA0         TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-222BB
dka0.0.0.2.1      DKA0         DEC RZ28 (C)DEC
dka100.1.0.2.1    DKA100       DEC RZ22 (C)DEC
dka200.2.0.2.1    DKA200       DEC RZ23 (C)DEC
mka600.6.0.2.1    MKA600       Virtual SCSI Tape

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To get more detailed information boot OpenVMS and issue "show dev /full" command:

$ show device /full

Disk PFCAXP$DKA0:, device type RZ28, is online, mounted, file-oriented device,
 shareable, available to cluster, error logging is enabled.
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Disk PFCAXP$DKA100:, device type RZ22, is online, file-oriented device,
 shareable, available to cluster, error logging is enabled.
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Disk PFCAXP$DKA200:, device type RZ23, is online, file-oriented device,
 shareable, available to cluster, error logging is enabled.
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Disk PFCAXP$DQA0:, device type TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-222BB, is online, file-oriented
 device, shareable, available to cluster, error logging is enabled.
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Disk $1$DGA0: (PFCAXP), device type RZ24, is online, file-oriented device,
 shareable, available to cluster, error logging is enabled.
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Magtape PFCAXP$MKA600:, device type Virtual SCSI Tape, is online, file-oriented
 device, available to cluster, error logging is enabled, device supports
 fastskip (per_io).
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Terminal OPA0:, device type VT102, is online, record-oriented device, carriage
 control.
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Device EWA0:, device type DE500, is online, network device, device is a template
 only.
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Device FGA0:, device type KGPSA Fibre Channel, is online, shareable, error
 logging is enabled.
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Device PGA0:, device type SCSI FCP, is online, error logging is enabled.

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Device PKA0:, device type Qlogic ISP1020 SCSI port, is online, error logging is
 enabled.
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Device $1$GGA32767:, device type Generic SCSI device, is online, shareable.

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The source HP Alpha peripheral configuration in this example is:

-DUA0 760334

Controller	Address	Devices on controller	RQDX3	772150	Description
KZPBA	-DKA0 (RZ28) -DKA100 (RZ22) -DKA200 (RZ23) - DUA1 MKA600 ( RZ24 tape)	RQDX3	SCSI disk/tape controller
KGPSA	-DUB2 DGA0 (RZ25RZ24)-DUB3 (RZ26)
TQK50	774500	-MUA0 (TK50)
TQK50	760444	-MUB3 (TK50)
DHQ11	760520
DHQ11	760500
DESQA	774440	-XQA0
FC disk controller
OPA0		System console
TSSTcorpCDDVDW SH-222BB	-DQA0	IDE CD-ROM controller
EWA0		Network interface, MAC address: "F8-D1-11-00-67-E6"

Now collect some general information about the HP AlphaServer ES40 system:

>>>show cpu /full

System: PFCAXP, AlphaServer ES40 6/667

SMP execlet = 3 : Enabled : Streamlined.
 Config tree = None
 Primary CPU = 0
 HWRPB CPUs = 4
 Page Size = 8192
 Revision Code =
 Serial Number = SN01234567
 Default CPU Capabilities:
 System: QUORUM RUN
 Default Process Capabilities:
 System: QUORUM RUN

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>>>show mem

System Memory Resources on 5-FEB-2015 09:29:16.42

Physical Memory Usage (pages): Total Free In Use Modified
 Main Memory (512.00MB) 65536 56496 8610 430

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So the collected information about the HP AlphaServer ES40 system is:

Component	Value
System Type	AlphaServer ES40 6/667
Serial Number	SN01234567
Number of CPUs	4
System memory	512 Mb

Info

In some particular situations it is also important to know the exact placement of all the peripheral devices on HP Alpha PCI bus. To get that information issue "show config" command in ">>>" prompt of HP Alpha console, for example:

>>>show config

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PCI Bus

Bus 00    Slot 03: DECchip 21142 Network Controller
                                  ewa0.0.0.3.0 00-00-F8-03-9A-6D

Bus 00    Slot 07: Cypress PCI Peripheral Controller

Bus 00    Slot 07: Function 1: PCI IDE

Bus 00    Slot 07: Function 2: PCI IDE

Bus 00    Slot 07: PCI USB

Bus 00    Slot 08: DECchip 21052 PCI to PCI Bridge

Bus 01    Slot 08: ISP1040 Scsi Controller
                           pka0.7.0.1008.0 SCSI Bus ID 7
                           dka0.0.0.1008.0 RZ2DD-KS
                           dka400.4.0.1008.0 RRD45

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The "show config" command allows to collect the following information of placement of peripheral devices on PCI bus:

Bus number
Slot number
Function number

To find out the exact types of controllers please and other useful information refer to the source HP Alpha system documentation.

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