Digital Equipment DECserver 300 Manual

DECserver 300

Hardware Installation

•

Order No. EK-A0366-1N-001

DECserver 300

Hardware Installation

June

1989

This

manual

explains

how

to Install

the

DECserver

300

system

and

how

verHy

Its

operation.

The

manual

also

descrtbes

the

DECserver

300

hardware controls

and

Indicators.

This

manual

Intended

for

the

hardware

Installer

and

the

server

manager.

SupersesslonlUpdate

Information:

This

new

manual.

Order Number: EK-A0368-IN-001

EK-A0366-1N-001

June 1989

Theinformationinthisdocumentissubjecttochangewithoutnoticeandshouldnot

beconstruedasa

commitmentbyDigital EquipmentCorporation. Digital EquipmentCorporationassumes

respon-

sibility for any errors thatmay appear in this document.

Printed in U.S.A.

The following are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation:

DEBNA OESVA

OEBNET OEUNA

DEC m

••

amu'"

oECconnect LAN Bridge

DECnet LA120

OECserver LN01

OECUS LN03

DELNI LOP02

OELUA MASSBUS

OELOA Micro/RSX

OEMPR MicroVAX

OEONA PDP

OESOA Professional

Q-Bus

Rainbow

RSX

RSX-11

M-PLUS

ThinWire

ULTRIX-32

UNIBUS

VAX

VAXcluster

VAXmate

VAXstation

VMS

IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

This manual was produced

Networks and Communications Publications.

Contents

Preface

1 Overview

1.1 Installation Overview

...

;

....................................

1-1

1.2 Hardware Overview

.........................................

1-4

1.2.1 Models

.................................................

1-10

1.2.2

Features

the

DECserver

300

.............................

1-12

1.2.3

Server Controls, Indicators.

and

Connectors

..................

1-12

1.3 Software Requirements

.....................................

1-15

1.4 Service Options

...........................................

1-16

1.4.1 Digital

On-Site

Service

....................................

1-16

1.4.2

DECmailer

..............................................

1-16

1.4.3

Installation Service

.......................................

1-16

1.4.4 Software

Product

Service Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1-16

1.4.5

Training

...............................................

1-16

Unpacking

the

Boxes

2.1

Number

Boxes

Shipment

................................

2-1

iii

2.2

Contents of DECserver 300 Hardware

Shipment

..................

2-1

3 Site Verification

3.1 Verifying Hardware

and

Cable Requirements

....................

3-1

3.1.1 Physical Requirements

.....................................

3-1

3.1.2

Environmental Requirements

................................

3-2

3.1.3 Electrical Requirements

....................................

3-3

3.1.4 Leakage

Current

..........................................

3-3

3.1.5 Cabling Requirements

......................................

3-3

3.1.5.1

Standard

Ethernet

Connection

..............................

3-4

3.1.5.2

ThinWire

Ethernet

Connection

.............................

3-4

3.2 Preinstallation Checks

.......................................

3-5

3.2.1 Hardware Checks

.........................................

3-5

3.2.2

Software Checks

..........................................

3-5

Hardware

Installation

4.1 Completing

the

Server Identification

Card

.......................

4-1

4.2 Placing

the

Server

...........................................

4-1

4.2.1 Placing

the

Server in

Office

..............................

4-2

4.2.2 Rack Mounting

the

Server

..................................

4-2

4.3 Verifying

the

Voltage Select Switch Setting

......................

·~-6

4.4 Testing

the

Server Hardware

..................................

4-8

4.4.1 Selecting

Thin

Wire

Ethernet

................................

4-9

4.4.2 Connecting

the

Thin

Wire T

-Connector

and

Terminators

.........

4-9

4.4.3 Connecting Power

the

Server

............................

4-11

4.4.4

Running

the

Self-Test

....................................

4-11

4.5 Selecting

the

Thin

Wire

Standard

Ethernet

LAN

..............

4-15

4.6 Connecting

Standard

Ethernet

LAN

........................

4-16

4.7

Connecting

the

ThinWire

Ethernet

LAN

.....................

4-18

4.8 Connecting

a Device Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4-20

4.9 Initializing

the

Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4-21

4.10

Verifying

the

Server System Installation

.......................

4-21

What

You Have Problems

5.1 Problem Indicators

..........................................

5-1

5.2

Diagnosing Server Problems

..................................

5-1

5.3

Seven-Segment

Display Orf

...................................

5-2

5.4

Diagnostic Dot Off/Seven-Segment Display Flashing. .

............

5-3

5.5 Diagnostic Dot Blinking

......................................

5-3

5.5.1

Error

Messages 920

and

921

................................

5-4

5.5.2

Error

Messages 922

and

923

................................

5-4

5.5.3

Error Messages 925

and

926

................................

5-4

5.5.4

Error

Messages 930

and

931

................................

5-5

5.5.5

Error

Messages 935

and

936

................................

5-5

5.5.6

Error

Messages 941, 942, 950,

and

952/Display shows

"9"

Standard

Ethernet

.........................................

5-5

5.5.7

Error

Messages 941, 942, 950

and

952/Display shows

"9"

ThinWire

Ethernet

........................................

5-7

5.5.8

No Messages

Console Terminal

...........................

5-8

5.6

Seven-Segment

Display has a

"3"

.............................

5-9

5.6.1

Down-Line

Load

Starts,

Then

Fails

..........................

5-9

5.6.1.1

Error

Message

912

................

.................

5-9

5.6.1.2

Error

Message 916

......................................

5-9

5.6.2

Down-Line

Load

Does

Not

Start

...........................

5-10

A Connector and Cable Pin Descriptions

A.1

Connector

Pin Descriptions

.................................

A-1

A.1.1

Ethernet

Transceiver Interface

.............................

A-1

A.1.2

Port

Connector

Interface

..................................

A-2

A.2

Cable Structure

...

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A-3

A. 2.1

DECconnect

SER Cable

..................................

A-3

A.2.2

BC16E-xx

6-Conductor

DEC Office Cable

...................

A-7

A.3

Cable Adapters, Couplers

and

Loopback

Connectors

............

A-7

A.3.1

H8571-x

DEC423 to

EIA-232-D

Passive

Adapters

............

A-7

A.3.2

H3103

MMJ

Loopback

Connector

.........................

A-10

A.3.3

H8572

6-Pin

Cable Coupler

..............................

A-11

A.3.4

Loopback

Connector

(DEC

12-22196-02)

..................

A-11

A.3.S

H4080

Turnaround

Connector

............................

A-12

B Port Devices Supported by the DECserver 300

B. 1

Terminals................................................

B-1

B.2 Personal

Computers

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

B-1

B.3

Printers..................................................

B-2

C Cabling Strategies

C.l

Server-to-Network

Connection

C-l

C.l.l

Standard

Ethernet

Connection

.............................

C-l

C.1.2

ThinWire

Ethernet

Connection

.............................

C-3

C.2

Server-to-Device Connection

................................

C-6

C.2.1

Connecting to Server Directly

..............................

C-6

C.2.2

Connecting

Patch Panel

................................

C-8

D Ordering Information

0.1

DECserver 300 Shipment

0-1

0.1.1

DECserver 300 Country Kits

...............................

0-2

0.2

DECserver 300 Accessories

.................................

0-4

0.3

DEC

OFFICE

Cable (BC16E)

and

Adapters

...................

D-4

D.4

Transceiver Cables

........................................

D-6

D.4

ThinWire

Ethernet

Cables

..................................

D-7

E How to Order Documents

E.l

Order

Numbers

...........................................

E-l

E.1.1

VMS Software Documentation Kits

.........................

E-l

E.1.2

TSM

Documentation Kit

...................................

E-2

E.1.3

TRIX-32

Software Documentation Kit

...

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

E-2

E.1.4

User Software Documentation Kit

...........................

E-2

E.l.S

Hardware Documents

.....................................

E-2

E.2

Ordering Procedures for Customers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

E-3

E.3

Ordering Procedures

For

Digital Employees

.....................

E-4

vii

Eo301

Software

Documentation

Kits 0000000000000000000

000000000

E-4

Eo302

Hardware

Manuals

0000000000000000000000000000000000

.....

E-4

Down-Line

Load

Fol

Down-Line

Load

.....

......

................

F-l

Figures

Figure

1-1:

DECserver 300 System Installation 0. 00

...

.......

....

1-2

Figure

1-2:

DECserver 300

Model

DSRVF-Bx

..........

......

1-11

Figure

1-3:

DECserver 300

Back

Panel

000

00' 00

...

1-13

Figure

2-1:

Contents

the

DECserver 300 Hardware

Shipment

...

2-2

Figure

4-1:

Removing

the

covers 0

.....

0. 0

....

.....

...

4-5

Figure

4-2:

Rack mounting

the

Server

...

0. 0. 0.

000

. 00. 0. 00

...

000

4-6

Figure

4-3:

Locating

the

Voltage Label 0

...

;

......................

4-7

Figure

4-4:

Removing

the

Voltage Label

..........

00. 00

...

4-7

Figure

4-5:

Checking

the

Voltage Select

Switch.

...

...............

4-7

Figure

4-~:

Adjusting

the

Voltage Select Switch

....

0. 0. 00. 0

...

0000

4-8

Figure

4-7:

Selecting

Thin

Wire

Ethernet

.............

0. 000

.....

4-9

Figure

4-8:

Connecting

the

ThinWire

T-Connector

and

Terminators

4-10

Figure

4-9:

Connecting Power to

the

Server

........

0000

.....

00. 0. 0

4-11

Figure

4-10:

The

Seven-Segment

Display

......

...

....

0. 0.

4-12

Figure

4-11:

Selecting

Standard

Thin

Wire

Ethernet

. 0000. 00

4-15

Figure

4-12:

Unlocking

the

Slide

Latch

..........

00. 0000. 0

...

4-16

Figure

4-13:

Connecting

the

Transceiver Cable

...

0. 000

000.

4-17

viii

Figure

4-14:

Locking

the

Standard

Ethernet

Connector

..............

4-17

Figure

4-15:

Connecting

the

Thin

Wire

Ethernet

LAN

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

4-19

Figure

4-16:

Connecting

a Device Port

.........................

4-20

Figure

A-1:

Pin Numbers for

Standard

Ethernet

Transceiver

Interface

Connector

.................................

A-2

Figure

A-2:

Number

for Serial Communication

Connector

........

A-3

Figure

A-3:

DECconnect

SER Cable -Pin Numbers

................

A-5

Figure

A-4:

DECconnect SER Cable -Wiring

Diagram.

. . . . . . . . . . . .

A-6

Figure

A-5:

Wiring Diagram for

BC16E-xx

Cable

..................

A-7

Figure

A-6:

Wiring Diagram -

H8571-A

Adapter

..................

A-8

Figure

A-7:

Wiring Diagram -

H8571-B

Adapter

...................

A-8

Figure

A-8:

Wiring Diagram -

H8571-C

Adapter

...................

A-9

Figure

A-9:

Wiring Diagram -

H8571-C

Adapter

...................

A-9

Figure

A-10:

Wiring Diagram -

H8571-E

Adapter

.................

A-10

Figure

A-11:

Wiring Diagram -

H3103

Loopback

Connector

........

A-10

Figure

A-12:

Wiring Diagram -H8572

6-Pin

Cable Coupler

.........

A-11

Figure

A-13:

Loopback

Connector

(DEC

12-22196-02)

............

A-11

Figure

A-14:

H4080

Turnaround

Connector

......................

A-13

Figure

C-1:

Standard

Ethernet

Coaxial Cable Connection

...........

C-2

Figure

C-2:

ThinWire

Ethernet

Stand-Alone

Segment

...............

C-4

Figure

C-3:

DEMPR

ThinWire Connection

........................

C-5

Figure

C-4:

DEMPR

Connections

................................

C-6

Figure

C-5:

Connecting

Server Directly

.........................

C-7

Figure

C-6:

Using

the

25 Pin D

Adapter

..........................

C-8

Figure

F-l:

Down-Line

Load

-Server Unable to

Locate

Host

........

F-2

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