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Operating SAT

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Follow these steps to use SAT:

  1. First, be sure the system has failed.

  2. Use the TC command to restart the failed or hung system through the access port. This preserves memory.

    Do not use the RS command -- it erases memory!

    NOTE: If SAT is not present on disk and must be booted from tape, ISL must first be booted from disk so that the MMSAVE utility has a chance to save main memory to disk. If this step is skipped, SAT is loaded into memory, overlaying the state of the machine.

    The following example shows what a user might see entering TC to transfer control, then CO to return to console mode.

    TIP:
       CM>TC                       Transfer Control
    
       CM>CO                       Return to Console mode
    
       Processor Dependent Code (PDC) Revision 3
    
    
    
       Console Path = 8.1.0.0.0.0.0
    
       Primary boot Path = 8.0.0.0.0.0.0
    
       Alternate boot path = 8.2.3.0.0.0.0
    
    
    
       Autoboot from primary path enabled.
    
       To override, press any key within 10 seconds.
    
    
    
       10 seconds expired -- proceeding with autoboot.
    
    
    
       Booting from primary boot path = 8.0.0.0.0.0.0
    
    
    
       Console IO Dependent Code (IODC) revision  3
    
       Boot    IO Dependent Code (IODC) revision  3
    
    
    
       Soft Booted.
    
    
    
       MMSAVE Version 9.60
    
       DUMPAREA found, save main memory to disk
    
    
    
       ISL loaded
    
    
    
       ISL Revision 2634 August, 1986
    
    
    
  3. Invoke SAT from the ISL interface.The following output is a sample SAT session:

    TIP:
       ISL> SAT
    
       MPE/XL launch facility
    
       Initialize_genesis - Version : <<870204.1552>>
    
       TUE, MAY 16, 1989, 3:35:13 PM (y/n)?  y
    
       [TMUX_DAM] 19 7 8 2
    
       Initialize memory manager completed.
    
       SAT/XL A.00.13  Copyright Hewlett-Packard Co. 1987. All rights reserved.
    
    
    
       Locating LIF file: DUMPAREA
    
       LIF file: DUMPAREA   Ldev: 1  Sector: 477744  Length: 65536
    
       Configuring disk drives
    
       Configuring Path 8.0.1 as Ldev 2
    
       Configuring complete
    
       Initialize system related information
    
    
    
       Hardware Model: Series 930
    
    
    
       Last CPU PIM:
    
    
    
       PC = a.ad8ac
    
    
    
       General Registers
    
       -----------------
    
       R 0/00000000 fd3c336b 00160d20 c7400380 c7400380 c7400380 00007ffd 40000000
    
       R 8/00000002 c7400380 c7400380 c7400380 c7400380 00000001 80000000 00000007
    
       R16/00000000 0000000e 00000003 00678000 8118a000 00000014 c6809880 00000000
    
       R24/00000000 00000000 0004007b c0200008 fba8b500 0000000e 8118a6e0 00d84200
    
    
    
       Space Registers
    
       ---------------
    
       S 0/0000000a 0000010d 00000000 00000000 0000000a 0000000a 0000000b 0000000a
    
    
    
       Control Registers
    
       -----------------
    
       C 0/00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
    
       C 8/00000102 00000000 00000080 00000002 00000000 00000000 0008d000 ffffffff
    
       C16/fd3c3e64 0000000a 000ad8a8 b7e07000 0000000a 00000000 0004ff0a 00000000
    
       C24/005e4200 00634200 c0000000 001efb98 ffffffff 000888d0 fc8a711d 00007ffd
    
    
    
       Current CPU:  0   Original CUP:  0   Monarch CPU:  0   MP array at: 720000
    
    
    
       Main memory: 27fffff
    
       Hash table: 634200.40000  Pdir table: 5e4200.50000
    
       RGLOB: 678000  ICS: 8a9000  TCB_BASE: 8d1000  TCB: 8d6900
    
       Last Pin: 25  DISP running
    
    
    
       $1 ($0) nmsat >
    
  4. Analyze the failure. Most of the System Debug commands are available to you; restrictions are listed below. If you want to make a dump tape, return control to ISL with the EXIT command, then invoke the DUMP utility.

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