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mcode(1M)

NAME

mcode − report revision level of CX microcode

SYNOPSIS

/etc/mcode microcode-filename ... 

DESCRIPTION

The utility mcode determines revision levels of microcode files which reside on the CX/UX system disk. The correct revision levels of these microcode files is documented in the release notes for the current CX/UX operating system release. 
 
The release level of the microcode actually running on your CX machine can be determined as follows: Note the names of the microcode files loaded by the console processor. These names are reported by the console processor during a system boot. Use the mcode utility on these files after the system is booted. 

FILES

/hdcwcs HVME Disk Controller (HDC) microcode. 

/hsawcs HVME SCSI Adaptor (HSA) microcode. 

DIAGNOSTICS

The mcode utility reports "not a regular file", if the file specified is a directory, a character special device, or any other non-regular file. 
 
The mcode utility reports "not a microcode file", if the file specified is a regular file which can’t be identified as a microcode file. 

CX/UX Administrator’s Reference

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