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*ADD

   Allows the addition of hardware to the running system.  Hardware  may
   be controllers, CI disks, NI networks, and CPUs.  In addition, memory
   may be added to the  system  with  the  MEMORY  keyword.   The  first
   address  is  the  lower  bound,  the  second is the upper bound.  The
   default input radix for the addresses  is  decimal.   to  change  the
   input  radix,  prefix  the number with a "#".  An address may also be
   specified with the "K" or "P" suffix, e.g., ADD MEMORY 256K TO 512K.

*AUTO-CONFIGURE

   Initiate the process which  causes  automatic  configuration  of  the
   disks and tapes on the system.  This command is useful when equipment
   was  not  present  (powered  off  when  the  system  was   orgionally
   bootstraped),  e.g.,  field  service was working on the gear.  It can
   also be used in the event that a drive was missed at bootstrap  time,
   e.g.,  a  drive address thumb wheel was miss selected on a tape drive
   at boot time or a lap plug had been pulled from an RP06 disk drive.

*HELP


   HELP allows you to display the function  and  format  of  any  CONFIG
   command.  The format is;

   CONFIG> HELP keyword

   where keyword can be any one of the following CONFIG commands:

   ADD          AUTO-CONFIGURE  HELP            LOAD
   REMOVE       SET             SHOW            SHUTDOWN
   SNAPSHOT     SUSPEND

*LOAD

   Allows the loading of microcode into the CPUs, DX-20 controllers  for
   tape  drives  and  disk  drives,  and  CI  or  NI  network  interface
   controllers.

*REMOVE

   This command is the exact opposite of the ADD command.  This  command
   will  dynamically remove hardware from a running system.  The options
   are the same as that for the ADD command.

*SET

   Allows the setting of certain  parameters  which  control  an  action
   automatically when some event occurs.  The options are:

   1.  AUTO-RELOAD
       Enable automatic reload of the monitor.  This command allows  the
       monitor  to use the BOOTXT command string to automatically reload
       the monitor when it crashes or is taken  down.   Note  there  are
       other  conditions  that  will  prevent such an auto reload;  this
       command is a master enable.  See also SET NO RELOAD.

   2.  BOOT-TEXT command-string
       Set the boot text command string to  the  specified  value.   The
       boot  text  command  string  is  the command string passed to the
       bootstrap on an automatic monitor reload.   Since  the  bootstrap
       interprets  a  space  as  an  end-of-command  character, multiple
       commands may be specified on the  same  line  by  separating  the
       commands  with  spaces.  The command string starts with the first
       non-space, non-tab character after the  keyword  "BOOT-TEXT"  and
       ends  with  the end of line.  A typical use of this command might
       be:
                   SET BOOT-TEXT /D DSKA:SYSTEM.EXE[1,4]

   3.  DUMP stopcd-type
       Causes the monitor to take continuable dumps after the  specified
       stopcd type.

   4.  IGNORE unit
       Causes  the  monitor  to  ignore  "online"  interrupts  fron  the
       specified unit.

   5.  KLINIK
       Sets KLINIK line parameters on the specified  CPUs.   A  carriage
       return after the KLINIK keyword will enter the sub-command dialog
       for the specified KLINIK parameters.

   6.  MICROCODE
       Enable the automatic reload of microcodes by the  monitor.   This
       command  allows the monitor to reload microcodes on the CPU(s) or
       controller devices as well as network devices such as the CI  and
       NI.

   7.  NO
       Negates the effect of any of the other SET keywords.


*SHOW

   Displays information about the current system configuration.  Options
   are;

   BOOT-TEXT    HARDWARE-CONFIGURATION  KLINIK  STOPCODE-FLAGS

*SHUTDOWN

   Take the system down with an RLD  stopcode  and  reload  it.   Before
   doing  so, CONFIG asks the operator for the reason for the reload and
   puts the address of the resulting string in AC 0.  When looking at  a
   dump  from  an  RLD  stopcode,  the  reason the dump was taken can be
   determined by examining user AC 0.

*SNAPSHOT

   Take a continuable stopcode dump using the CI7 stopcode and  continue
   the  monitor.   Before  doing  so,  CONFIG  asks the operator for the
   reason for the snapshot and puts the address of the resulting  string
   in  AC  0.   When  looking  at  a dump taken from a CI7 stopcode, the
   reason the dump was taken can be determined by examining user AC 0.

*SUSPEND

   Initiate the process used to suspend system operations  and  write  a
   system  sleep  dump  file.  this dump file may be later reloaded with
   the BOOT /REBOOT switch and the system operation continued.