Digital Equipment VAXmate User manual

Expansion

Box

Installation Guide

and

Owner's Manual

mate

Expansion

Box

Installation

Guide

and

Owner's

Manual

September

1986

January

1987

Equipment

Corporation

1986,

1987.

The information

this

document

is subject

change

without

notice

and

should

not

construed

as a

commitment

Digital

Equipment

Corporation. Digital

Equipment

Corporation assumes

responsibility

for any errors

that

may

appear

this document.

The software

described

this

document

is furnished

under

a license

and

may

only

used

copied

accordance

with

the terms

such

license.

No responsibility is assumed for

the

use

reliability

software

equipment

that

not

supplied

DIGITAL

its affiliated companies.

MS·DOS

is a trademark

Microsoft Corporation.

The following are trademarks

Digital

Equipment

Corporation:

IIIIDIO""

DIBOL

RSX

DEC

MASSBUS

UNIBUS

DECmate

PDP

VAX

DECsystem-lO

P/OS

VMS

DECSYSTEM-20

Professional

DECUS

Rainbow

Work

Processor

DECwriter

RSTS

Printed

U.S.A.

Contents

Introduction

Chapter

Before

You

Begin

Chapter

Installing

the

Expansion

Box

Chapter

Starting

the

AXmate

Workstation

Chapter

Testing,

Formatting,

and

Installing

Software

the

Hard

Disk

Chapter

Installing

Industry-Standard

Options

the

Expansion

Box

Chapter

Running

Extended

Self-Test

After

Reconnecting

AXmate

Workstation

Chapter

Owner's

Information

Chapter

Problem

Solving

Appendix

Thin

Wire

Ethernet

Cable

Guidelines

iii

Introduction

This guide describes

how

install a VAXmate expansion

box

that

contains a

hard disk drive,

test

the

installation,

prepare

and

format

the

hard

disk,

and

install options

within

the

expansion box.

This

guide

written

for

the

following users.

• Someone installing an

expansion

box

and

VAXmate workstation

that

will

connected

a network.

• Someone installing an

expansion

box

and

VAXmate workstation

that

will

used as a standalone system.

• A system administrator installing

expansion

box

and

VAXmate work-

station that

will

used

as a VAXmate server for a network.

you have a VAXmate workstation, expansion box,

and

several options,

install

the

expansion

box

first.

You

can

install

the

expansion

box

and

most

other

options. Digital Field Ser-

vice installs

the

80287

Coprocessor

option

inside

the

monitor

where

high

voltages are present.

11111

Introduction

When

Use

This

Guide

Use this

guide

to:

• Install

the

VAXmate workstation

and

expansion

box.

• Reconnect

the

VAXmate workstation

and

expan-

sion

box

the

expansion

box

was

separated

from

the

VAXmate workstation.

• Install industry-standard

options

the

expansion

box.

• Solve a hard disk problem.

• Install standalone software

hard

disk.

Conventions

This

guide

uses

the

following conventions.

• Keyboard keys

and

commands are

bold.

•

means press

the

Return

key.

• A

note

contains

important

general information.

• A

caution

contains information

prevent

damage

equipment

software.

• A warning contains information

prevent

per-

sonal injury.

Chapter

Before

You

Begin

The

following

illustration

shows

some

the

expansion

box

parts

and

generic

industry-standard

option

for

the

expansion

box.

not

install

such

option

until

instructed

so.

INDUSTRY-STANDARD

OPTION AND CABLE

LJ-0999

1-1

IIIII

Before

You

Begin

1-2

Introduction

Your VAXmate expansion

box

has a

power

supply

and

hard disk drive. The

expansion

box

also has

two

option

slots for industry-standard

option

boards.

When

power

applied

the

expansion box, you

can

see

green

light

emitting

diode

(LED)

through

the

left

side vents

(when

you

are facing

the

front).

Handle

the

expansion

box

carefully to avoid possible

damage

the

drive's

read/write

heads

and

nonremov-

able media.

Check

your

system

type.

Identify

your

system type

the

diskettes

and

documen-

tation

shipped

with

your

system. You

need

remember

this information for later.

You

Received

...

One

diskette

and

the

AXmate

System

Handbook

Several diskettes

and

the

VAXmate

User's

Guide

Several diskettes

and

the

VAXmate

User's

Guide

and

VAXmate

System

Administra-

tor's

Guide

Then

You

Are

Installing

...

networked

system

A standalone system

A VAXmate Server

System

Installation

Guidelines

Follow all instructions

sequence.

The

text

tells

you

when

instructions

and

screens are different

because

specific

requirements

for

networked

standalone

systems.

CAUTION

not

plug

the

power

cord

switch

the

system

until

instructed

so.

you

are installing an

expansion

box

with

networked

system, you

must

connect

the

ThinWire Ethernet

cable

shipped

with

the

VAXmate workstation.

DIGITAL

recom-

mends

that

you read

the

Appendix, ThinWire Ethernet

Cable

Guidelines,

before

you

handle

the

ThinWire

Ethernet cable.

Installing

and

testing

the

expansion

box

can

take

and

1/2

hours. That

time

includes

preparing

and

format-

ting

the

hard disk drive

running

the

FDISK

and

FOR-

MAT

utilities,

and

installing software

the

hard disk

drive. That

time

does

not

include

installing

and

testing

any industry-standard

options

the

expansion box.

CAUTION

not

run

the

FDISK

FORMAT

utilities

the

hard disk has

been

used. These utilities

destroy any data

stored

the

hard

disk.

NOTE·

When

you install

the

expansion

box

the

first

time,

data is

stored

the

hard

disk.

Allow

least

four

inches

air

space

around

the

expan-

sion

box

for cooling. Do

not

place

any

objects

against

the

expansion

box

vents.

Install

and

test

the

expansion

box

determine

working

correctly. Do

this

before

you

install

any

indus-

try-standard

options

you

might

have

the

expansion

box.

WARNING

not

operate

the

VAXmate

workstation

with

its

rear

door

open.

Before

You

Begin

IIIII

Separate

the

expansion

box

from

the

VAXmate

workstation

whenever

you

want

move

the

VAXmate

workstation

new

location. Never

carry

the

VAXmate

workstation

with

the

expansion

box

attached.

WARNING

The

expansion

box

and

VAXmate

workstation

together

weigh

44.5-50

(20.1-23

kg).

Whenever

you

reinstall

the

expansion

box

after

separat-

ing

from

the

VAXmate workstation,

you

must

run

the

VAXmate

extended

self-test.

Instructions

for

running

the

extended

self-test

are

Chapter

Run

extended

self-

Test

Mer

Reconnecting

VAXmate Workstation.

1-3

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