Document revision date: 19 July 1999

Chapter 10
10	OpenVMS Galaxy Tips and Techniques
10.1	Hardware and Firmware Issues Affecting All Platforms
10.1.1	Console Tips
10.1.2	System Auto-Action
10.1.3	Disparate Environment Variables
10.1.4	Console INIT Command Is Not Per-Instance
10.1.5	INIT Command Behavior
10.1.6	CTRL/P Issues
10.1.7	CPUs That Cannot Be Reassigned
10.1.8	GLXCRASH is the Heartbeat Timeout BUGCHECK
10.2	Hardware and Firmware Issues Affecting AlphaServer 8400 and 8200 Systems
10.2.1	Allocating Primary CPUs to Instances on AlphaServer 8400/8200
10.2.2	Console Terminal Connection (Secondary Instances)
10.2.3	EISA Ethernet Port is Unsupported
10.2.4	Console MIGRATE Command on AlphaServer 8200
10.2.5	DWLPA Cannot Be Used
10.3	Hardware and Firmware Issues Affecting AlphaServer 4100 Systems
10.3.1	Allocating Primary CPUs to Instances on AlphaServer 4100
10.3.2	No LPINIT on AlphaServer 4100 Systems
10.3.3	Do Not Use Gigabit Cards on AlphaServer 4100 Galaxy Systems
10.3.4	Minimum Revision Power Control Module
10.4	OpenVMS Software Issues Affecting All Platforms
10.4.1	SSRVEXCEPT Bugcheck
10.4.2	GLXSHUTSHMEM Bugcheck
10.4.3	GLXRMTPFN Bugcheck (Selective Dump Only)
10.4.4	PTE Checker Program
10.4.5	SET CPU/FAILOVER Error Messages
10.4.6	No Network Booting of Nonprimary Instances
10.5	Turning Galaxy Mode Off
Part III
Part III	Managing an OpenVMS Galaxy
Chapter 11
11	OpenVMS Galaxy Configuration Utility
11.1	GCU Tour
11.1.1	Creating Galaxy Configuration Models
11.1.2	Observation
11.1.2.1	Layout Management
11.1.2.2	OpenVMS Galaxy Charts
11.1.3	Interaction
11.2	Managing an OpenVMS Galaxy with the GCU
11.2.1	Independent Instances
11.2.2	Isolated Instances
11.2.3	Required PROXY Access
11.3	Galaxy Configuration Models
11.3.1	Active Model
11.3.2	Offline Models
11.3.2.1	Example: Creating an Offline Model
11.4	Using the GCU Charts
11.4.1	Component Identification and Display Properties
11.4.2	Physical Structure Chart
11.4.2.1	Hardware Root
11.4.2.2	Ownership Overlay
11.4.3	Logical Structure Chart
11.4.3.1	Software Root
11.4.3.2	Unassigned Resources
11.4.3.3	Community Resources
11.4.3.4	Instance Resources
11.4.4	Memory Assignment Chart
11.4.4.1	Console Fragments
11.4.4.2	Private Fragments
11.4.4.3	Shared Memory Fragments
11.4.5	CPU Assignment Chart
11.4.5.1	Primary CPU
11.4.5.2	Secondary CPUs
11.4.5.3	Fast Path and Affinitized CPUs
11.4.5.4	Lost CPUs
11.4.6	IOP Assignment Chart
11.4.7	Failover Target Chart
11.5	Viewing Component Parameters
11.6	Executing Component Commands
11.7	Customizing GCU Menus
11.8	Monitoring an OpenVMS Galaxy with DECamds
11.9	Running the CPU Load Balancer Program
11.10	Creating an Instance
11.11	Dissolving an Instance
11.12	Shutdown and Reboot Cycles
11.13	Online versus Offline Models
11.14	GCU System Messages
Chapter 12
12	CPU Reassignment
12.1	DCL Reassignment
12.2	GCU Drag-and-Drop Reassignment
12.3	Intermodal Reassignment
12.4	Software Reassignment Using Galaxy Services
12.5	Reassignment Faults
Chapter 13
13	DCL Commands
13.1	CPU Commands
13.1.1	STOP/CPU/MIGRATE
13.1.2	SHOW CPU
13.2	SHOW MEMORY
13.3	Lexical Function Example
13.4	INSTALL
13.5	SET CPU
13.6	CONFIGURE
Chapter 14
14	Communicating With Shared Memory
14.1	Shared Memory Cluster Interconnect (SMCI)
14.1.1	SYS$PBDRIVER Port Devices
14.1.2	Multiple Clusters in a Single Galaxy
14.1.3	SYSGEN Parameters for SYS$PBDRIVER
14.1.3.1	SMCI_PORTS
14.1.4	SMCI_FLAGS
14.2	LAN Shared Memory Device Driver

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