Sun Microsystems Workstation 100U User guide

Part

Number 800-1109-01

Revision: H of

March 1984

For:

Sun

System Release

1.1

System

Manager's

Manual

for the

Sun

Workstation

Models

100U/150U

Sun

Microsystems, Inc.,

2550 Garcia,Avenue,

Mountain

View,

California 94043

(415) 960-1300

This manual supersedes

the

U.er'.

Guide

lor

the Sun Work-dation

dated

15th October 1982.

The

prior User's Guide was specific

Sun Workstations running

the

Version 7

UNIXt

system.

Credits

and

Trademarks

Multibus

a trademark

Intel Corporation.

Sun Workstation, Sun-I, and Sun-2 are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Incorporated.

UNIX

a trademark of Bell Laboratories.

Acknowledsements

The

tutorials in

the

final section of this manual were originally derived from

the

work of various

people associated with various institutions. Their name$ and

the

titles of

the

original works are:

Building Sun Work.tation Kernel.

was originally written by Samuel J. Lemer, formerly of

the

Computer Systems Research

Group, University

California

Berkeley.

F.ck

-The

UNIX

File SII"em Check Program

was originally written by T. J. Kowalski, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill,

New

Jersey; and

was revised by Marshall Kirk McKusick, Computer Systems Research Group, University of

California

Berkeley.

SENDMAIL-

Internetwork Mai' Router

was originally written by Eric Allman, formerly of Project Ingres, University of California

Berkeley.

SENDMAIL -In"allation and Operation Guide

was originally written by Eric Allman, formerly of Project Ingres, University of California

Berkeley.

Uucp Implementdtion

De.c"ption

was originally written by

A. Nowitz, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill,

New

Jersey.

USENET

In.tdllation and Maintenance

was originally written by

Matt

Glickman, Computer Science Division, Department of Electr-

ical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California

Berkeley, and revised

by Mark Horton.

Line

Printer

Spooler ManfJai

was originally written by Ralph Campbell, Computer Systems Research Group, University

of California

Berkeley.

CopyrtSht

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Sun

Microsystems,

Inc.

This publication

part

this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, translated, transcribed,

transmitted, in any form, or by any means manual, electric, electronic, electro-magnetic,

mechanical, chemical, optical,

otherwise, without prior explicit written permission from Sun

Microsystems.

t UNIX

a tradcmark or Bcll Laboratoric8.

Revision

Date

A 19th February 1983

B 11th March 1983

15th April 1983

1st August 1983

15th Septemher 1983

November 1983

7th

January

1984

12th March

1984

Revision

History

Comment.

First

release of this System Manager's Guide.

Corrected errors and misinformation in original

release.

Corrected errors in setup information. Added

material on setting up UUCP, Mail System, and

Printers.

Rewrote for

lOOU

/150U. Added information

subsystem set-up, system set-up and operation,

and

upgrading. Revised hardware documentation, and

included Xylogics 450 disk controller. Revised and

updated installation procedures.

Updated for

new

Sun CPU and Memory Expansion

Boards. Added several tutorials on

new

aspects of

the

system, and revised operation and maintenance

procedures to reflect

new

software.

Revised for 1.0 Release.

Revised for 1.1 Release.

New

installation pro-

cedures for

new

network addressing schemes.

New

material on installing expansion disk subsystems.

Minor corrections and updates.

Bug corrections, minor additions.

iii

System

Manager's

Manual

Table

Contents

Section

System

Installation

and

Maintenance

Guide

Gives unpacking

and

set-up directions for

the

Model

lOOU

and 150U Sun Workstations

and

their subsystems; walks you

through

UNIX

installation;

and

presents basic information for

hardware and software operation, maintenance,

and

upgrading. This is

the

system

administrator's basic tool. A detailed table of contents precedes

the

manual proper.

Section

Commands

and

Utilities

Reference manual for system maintenance

and

operation commands. Contains information

system bootstrapping, operation,

and

maintenance;

and

describes all

the

server

processes

and

daemons which

run

the

system. See

the

first

entry

the

manual,

intro(8), for a more detailed description

and

table

of contents.

Section

Tutorials

Presents several papers on relevant aspects

the

system:

Building Sun Workltation Kernel,

F8ck -The

UNIX

File

Syltem

Check Program

SENDMAIL

Internetwork Mail Router

SENDMAIL

-In,tallation and Operation Guide

Uucp Implementation De8cription

USENET

Inltallation and Maintenance

7. Line

Printer

Spooler Manual

Introduction

Welcome

the

Sun Workstation.

This manual

meant

help you get

the

Sun Workstation Models

IOOU

(desktop) and 150U

(rackmount) up and running.

The

manual has three basic divisions.

The

first,

Su"em

[n"alla-

tion and Maintenance Guide, gives unpacking and and set--up directions ror new desktop and

rackmount workstations and their subsystems; walks you through

UNIX

installation procedures

ror Sun systems; and covers

the

basics on hardware and sortware operation, maintenance, and

upgrading.

The

second section

a rererence manual ror

UNIX

commands and utilities relevant

system management.

The

final section includes several installation tutorials.

vii-

Introduction Sun 100/150 Installation and Maintenance

Summary

Contents

Contents of

the

Sy,tem

Indallation and Maintenance Guide are:

Chapter

1 -

UnptJcking

and

Setting

the

lOOU

-is a guide

getting a

new

Model

lOOU

out

of its shipping cartons and setting

the

desktop workstation ready

run.

you have

disk

and/or

tape

subsystems, work through

Chapter

3 next

complete your hardware set up.

Chapter

2 - Unpacking and Setting

the 150U -

a guide

getting a

new

Model

150U

out of its shipping cartons and setting

the

rackmount workstation ready

run.

you have

disk

and/or

tape subsystems, work through

Chapter

3 next

complete your hardware set up.

Chapter

3 - Subfyltem Set-up -covers unpacking, mounting, and cabling

the

disk and

tape

subsystems which may

supplied with either

the

lOOU

the

150U. Also describes how

add peripherals

existing subsystems.

Chapter

Indalling

UNIX

lor the

Fird

Time -guides you through

the

procedure for

installing the

UNIX

System on a

new

Sun Workstation from a half-inch or quarter-inch distribu-

tion tape. Network installation procedures are also covered.

Chapter

6 - Inltalling

UNIX

Sy,tem,

Without Tape Support -describes

the

procedure for

installing

the

UNIX

System on a Sun Workstation equipped with only a disk drive (no tape),

over

the

Ethernet from a system equipped with a tape drive.

Chapter

6 - SlIltem Set-up and Operation

covers basic system set-up

and

maintenance pro-

cedures. Topics from

tltICP

and ,endmail installation

doing dumps are covered.

Chapter

7 - Upgrading

Sydem

Software -gives a brief review of how

upgrade your sys-

tem

new

software release level.

Chapter

8 -

HtJrdware

Configuration

and

Ezpan,ion -describes

the

7-slot Multihus card

cage in

the

Model

100U

and

the

IS-slot cage in

the

lS0U, and provides configuration details for

each board in

the

card cage. You must use this chapter

determine placement and switchset-

tings for

new

boards when you add boards

peripherals. Also useful for troubleshooting, if

you need

get inside

the

card cage and identify

the

boards.

Appendix

A - Start-up and Bootltrap -discusses

the

startup

and hoot functions of

the

Sun

Workstation monitor, and lists diagnostic messages which

currently displays.

The

second section of this manual

a rererence guide

'UNIX

commands and utilities of special

interest

system managers. Section 8 covers

the

procedures and commands needed for day-

to-day administration of

the

UNIX

system on

the

Sun Workstation.

The

pages are arranged in

alphabetical order.

The

final section of

the

manual contains several installation tutorials.

This manual

still under development and

will

undergo several revisions before

reaches its

final form.

will evolve over time

cover

the

kinds

things you do on a

day

day hasis;

and

address

the

kinds of problems

that

you are likely

encounter, and

what

do ahout

those problems.

help direct our development -and

help us maintain

the

currency and

accuracy of this material -we have supplied a reader comment sheet

the

end of this guide.

Please use

the

comment sheet

list errors, omissions and outright lies. Your responses will

help a great deal in

our

efforts

keep

our

documentation cogent.

-viii -

Sun

100/150 Installation

and

Maintenance Introduction

Applicable

Documents

We emphasize

that

this manual outlines

rather

than

exhausts many of its topics. References

applicable documents supplied with your system are given throughout, however,

and

urge

you

read these documents when you can.

Table

Hardware

and

System Documentation

Hardware and

System

Documentation

Part

Description

Number

800-0277

Fujitsu

M2311K/2312K Microdisk Drives

Manual

800-0274 Interphase

SMD

2180 Storage Module

Controller/Formatter

User's Guide

800-0277

Fujitsu

M2311K/M2312K Microdisk Drives CE Manual

800-0339 Sun 1024 Video Board User Manual

800-0393 3COM 3C400 Multibus

Ethernet

Controller Reference Manual

800-0398 Sun Color Video Board User's Manual

800-0402 User's Guide for

the

Sun Workstation Mouse Subsystem

800-0415

Sun

1/4"

Tape

Interface User Manual

800-0485 Power Drain Requirements for

Sun

Workstation Boards

800-0620

CPC

TAPEMASTER

Product

Specification

800-0622

CPC

TAPEMASTER Application Note

800-0623 CDC Streaming

Tape

Unit 9218X Reference Manual

(1/2"

Tape

Drive)

800-0628 Archive

Product

Manual

(Sidewinder

1/4"

Streaming Cartridge

Tape

Drive)

800-1000 Philips Preliminary Service/Operator Manual High Resolution

17"

CRT

Display

800-1002 BARCO

33 Color Display 120VAC Operation Instruction

(13" Color Monitor Manual)

800-1003 BARCO

C610r

Display CD

251

120/220 VAC Operation Guide

(19" Color Monitor Manual)

800-1007

Fujitsu

M228X Fixed Disk Unit CE Manual

Introduction Sun 100/150 Installation and Maintenance

Hardware and SY8tem Documentation

Part

Description

Number

800-1011 Fujitsu M2351A/AF Mini-Disk Drive

Manual

800-1005 Xylogics Model 450 Peripheral Processor

SMD

Disk Subsystems

Maintenance and Reference Manual

800-1052 Zilog Serial Communications Controller Technical Manual

800-1104'

Fast

Floating-Point Processor System Integration Manual

Table

Software Documentation

Part Description

Number

800-1107 User's Manual for

the

Sun Workstation

800-1108 System Interface Manual for

the

Sun Workstation

800-1115 Programmer's Reference Manual for SunCore

800-1116 Programmer's Reference Manual for SunWindows

800-1117 System Internals Manual for

the

Sun Workstation

Notations

Used

This

Guide

References

commands and utilities

Crom

the

U,er',

Manual/or

the Sun UNIX

Sydem

and

the

S"ltem

Inter/ace Manual for the Sun UNIX

S"ltem

use

the

notation:

pa"wd(l)

indicate

the

pa"wd

page in section 1 of

the

User's Manual. (The User's Manual contains sec-

tions 1, 6, and 7.)** Similarly,

pa"wd(5)

means refer

the

pa"wd

manual page in section 5

the

System Interface Manual. (The System Interface Manual contains sections

and

5.)

The

notation

,pline(lG)

means

that

this is a Graphics command in section 1 of

the

User's

Manual. Finally) / etc/reboot(8) implies

that

this

a command from section 8, which

in this

manual. (The System Manager's Manual contains section 8.)

••

For

an explanation of this weird numbering scheme, see

the

Introduttion to

tAe

Sun

UNIX

S,I

ltem

Mt",u41,

the

User's

Ma.nual.

-x-

Sun

100/150 Installation

and

Maintenance Introduction

Throughout

the

examples,

there

are numbers in

the

notation:

Oznnnn

number

with

in front

is a hexadecimal (base 16) number. Those wishing more infor-

mation

should consult

any

the

literature on

the

C programming language.

Finally,

this

manual provides a

number

tutorial

"walkthrough"

examples which use

certain

formatting conventions. In all these examples,

what

the

user types

shown in

boldfaced

text,

this.

The

system's response

shown in

roman

type, like this. Variable items which

you

must

substitute

-which depend

your

system's specific configuration -are shown in italic

twe,

thi,. Be especially careful with all such substitutions. Lastly,

text

which appears

[ within

brackets]

is commentary; usually, we use brackets

abbreviate a long series of system

response messages, or

offer explanation of a process.

xi-

System

Installation

and

Maintenance

Guide

for the

Sun

Workstation

Models

100U/150U

CAUTION:

This

document does not cover

hardware

upgrades;

intended for use with new systems. If you are upgrading

your

100/150,

fol-

low

the

hardware

upgrading procedures given in

Sun's

Upgrade Installation

Guide

BEFORE

using this manual.

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2550 Garcia Avenue,

Mountain View,

California 94043

(415) 960-1300

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