Sun Microsystems Sun-3/260 Assembly instructions
Part Number 800-1528-05
Revision: A
of
10
October 1986
Hard"vare Installation
Manual
for
tIle
Sun-3/260 "Vorkstation
Sun
lVlicrosystems, Inc.,
2550 Garcia Avenue,
~/lountain
View:,
California 94043
(415) 960-1300
·.
Credits and Trademarks
Sun
1\'Iicrosystems and
Sun
Workstation
are registered trademarks
of
Sun
Microsystems, Incorporated.
The
Sun
logo
~~
is aregistered trademark
of
Sun
Microsystems, Inc.
Sun-3,
Sun-3/~x,
Deskside,
SunStation,
Sun'Vindows,
and
DVMA
are trademarks
of
Sun
11icrosys-
terns, Incorporated.
UNIX
is atrademark
of
Bell
Laboratori~s.
CAUTION
This equipment generates, uses, and
can
radiate radio frequency energy and
if
not installed
and
used in accordance
with the instructions manual,
may
cause interference to radio communications. It has been tested and found to
co.m-
ply
wit.~
the limits for aClass Acomputing device pursuant to SubpartJ
of
Purt
15
of
FCC
Rules, which are designed
to provide reasonable protection against such interference
when
operated in acommercial environment. Operation
of
this
equipment
in aresidential area is likely to cause interference
in
which case the
user
at his
own
expense will be
required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference.
'VARNING
There
is a
Lithium
Battery
(BBCV2)
located
on
the
Sun-3/260
CPU
board;
Matsushita
Electric
Type
No.
BR232S.
This
battery
is not acustOIner
replaceable
part.
The
battery
will
be
marked
as
follows:
"'Varning
•
Replace
battery
with
~IATSUSHITA
ELECTRIC
or
PANASONIC
part
No.
BR2325
only.
Use
of
another
bat·
tery
may
present
a
risk
of
fire
or
explosion."
The
battery
may
explode
if
mistreated.
Do
not
dispose
ofin
fire,
attempt
to
recharge,
or
disassemble
the
battery.
Copyright ©
1986
by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
This publication is protected by Federal Copyright Law, with all rights reserved.
~o
pan
of
this publica-
tion may be reproduced. stored
in
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or
t:-ansmitted, in any
[cnn,
or
by any means manual, electric, electronic, electro-magnetic, mechanical, chemical, optical,
or
otherwise,
witllOut
p:ior
explicit written pennission from Sun !vIicrosystems.
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Contents
Preface ix
Chapter
1Unpacking and Setting up the Sun-3/260 3
1.1. Safety Precautions 3
1.2. Unpacking Instructions for the Sun-3/260 3
1.3. Tools Needed 3
1.4. Unpacking the
Pe~estal
4
Pedestal Stabilization Wings
,.
5
1.5. Unpacking the Keyboard and (Grayscale
or
Monochrome)
Monitor 7
Unpacking the 19-inch Color Monitor 7
1.6. Unpacking the Mouse, Pad, Cables, Tapes, etc. 8
Cha
pter
2Basic Component Set-up
11
2.1. Connecting the Keyboard, Mouse, Ethernet, and Video
11
Keyboard and Mouse Connections
13
Ethernet Cable Connection and Jumper Setting
_.......................
14
Connecting the Ethernet TransceiverCable
;............
17
...".
,.
'
...
2.2. Connecting aVideo Monitor to the Sun-3/260
LLE~
..
_
..
~.......
18
Connecting the Black and White Monitor
to
the
S~r,:3/26?<
L.
..
:.:<.:.
18
Connecting aColor rvIonitor
L:
L
..
;;
.•
L
L~
~
·:
19·
2.3. Connecting Grayscale Monitors to the Sun-3/260
.'.
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..
;
..
;
::.
20
Diagnostic and UserReset Switches :
~
~._
~
..
:L
<·:
22
2.4. Powering Up the Sun-3/260
~......
23
2.5. Power-On
Self
Test Procedures
:.;
..
;;...........
24
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Contents -Continued
The
~Iemory
Board LEDs 27
2.6. EEPROM Options 28
2.7. Asynchronous Serial Ports
_.........................................
28
Connecting aModem to the Sun-3/260 29
Connecting a
Tenninal
to the Sun-3/260 .29
Connecting aPrinter to the Sun-3/260 30
2.8. Connecting the Sun-3/260 to the Ethernet
31
2.9. Degaussing the Color
:tYlonitor
34
Chapter
3Hardware Configuration and Options 39
3.1. Basic Sun-3/260 40
3.2. Standard Configuration
41
Sun-3/260
CPU
Board
41
3.3. Options for the
Sun-3/260t
41
ALM Interface Board 42
Graphics Processor and Graphics BufferBoards 42
V~(2)-to-VME(3)
Adapter Board 42
Floating Point Accelerator Board 42
VME-to-Multibus* Adapter Board 43
Chapter4
CPU Board Connector Pinouts and
S~rial
Port
Signals 47
4.1. Pinout
of
Connectors at Rear
of
Workstation 47
4.2. Description
of
Serial
Port
Signals 48
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Tables
Table 2-1 Diagnostic
LEDs
26
Table
2-2
Memory
Board
LED
Interpretation 28
Table 2-3 Ethernet Cabling Limitations 33
Table
3-1
I/O
Connectors
on
the
CPU
Card
41
Table
3-2
System
~1emory
-Basic and Optional Configurations 42
Table
4-1
Pinout
of
Keyboard/Mouse
DB-IS
Connector
47
Table 4-2 Pinout
of
Serial Ports Aand B48
Table
4-3
Pinout
of
Ethernet Connector 48
Table
4-4
Pinout
of
Video Connector 48
Table 4-5 Description
of
Serial
POIt
Signals 49
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t
Figures
Figure
1-1
Attaching the Pedestal Stabilization Wings 6
Figure
2-1
Sun-3/260 Connectors on the rear edge
of
the CPU Board
12
Figure 2-2 Orienting the Mouse on its Pad
14
Figure 2-3 CPU Board and Extraction LeverLocation
16
Figure 2-4 Location
of
the 8-pin Level Select Jumper Connection
17
Figure 2-5 Color and Sync Connection Example
20
Figure 2-6 Color Output and Grayscale Connection Example
21
Figure 2-7 Color Output and Grayscale Connection Example 22
Figure 2-8 What the Diagnostic LEDs Mean
~7
Figure 2-9 Null Modem Cable Pin Arrangement 30
Figure 2-10 Linking Up to aLevel "2" Type Ethernet 32
Figure 2-11 Linking Up
to
aLevel "1" Type Ethernet
33
Figure 2-12 Ethernet Cabling Lengths
_........................
34
Figure 4-1 ATypical DTE/DCE Configuration 48
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.....
Preface
This manual (PIN 800-1528-XX) provides information for customers who have
purchased the Sun-3/260 Pedestal Workstation. \Vith this manual and the addi-
tional documentation shipped with
your
unit, you should be able
to
get your
Sun-3/260 set-up and running properly.
The manual covers unpacking, connection
of
the monitor, keyboard, mouse, and
Ethernet
Information
on
connecting amodem, printer
or
terminal to the serial
ports is included. Basic procedures for connecting the unit to an existing Ether-
net
or
setting up anew one are offered. Simple troubleshooting tips are given in
the course
of
the text.
At the end
of
the text we have included a"comments sheet" for the user. Sugges-
tions
a:1d
constructive criticism on omissions, errors,
or
accuracy in this manual
are
n~eded
from you, the user. Your responses will help toward keeping
our
documentation accurate and up to date.
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