Digital Equipment VAXmate User manual

Expansion Box
Installation Guide
and Owner's Manual

TM
mate
Expansion Box
Installation Guide
and Owner's Manual

September 1986
January 1987
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Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Before You Begin
Chapter 2 Installing the Expansion Box
Chapter 3 Starting the V AXmate Workstation
Chapter 4 Testing, Formatting, and Installing Software
on the Hard Disk
Chapter 5 Installing Industry-Standard Options in the
Expansion Box
Chapter 6 Running Extended Self-Test After
Reconnecting V AXmate Workstation
Chapter 7 Owner's Information
Chapter 8 Problem Solving
Appendix A Thin Wire Ethernet Cable Guidelines
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Introduction
This guide describes how to 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 is written for the following users.
• Someone installing an expansion box and VAXmate workstation that will
be connected to a network.
• Someone installing an expansion box and VAXmate workstation that will
be used as a standalone system.
• A system administrator installing an expansion box and VAXmate work-
station that
will be used as a VAXmate server for a network.
If 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.
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When to Use This Guide
Use this guide to:
• Install the VAXmate workstation and expansion
box.
• Reconnect the VAXmate workstation and expan-
sion box if the expansion box was separated from
the VAXmate workstation.
• Install industry-standard options in the expansion
box.
• Solve a hard disk problem.
• Install standalone software on hard disk.
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Conventions
This guide uses the following conventions.
• Keyboard keys and commands are bold.
• <Return> means press the Return key.
• A note contains important general information.
• A caution contains information to prevent damage
to equipment or software.
• A warning contains information to prevent per-
sonal injury.

Chapter 1
Before You Begin
The following illustration shows some of the expansion box parts and a
generic industry-standard option for the expansion box. Do not install such
an option until instructed to do so.
INDUSTRY-STANDARD
OPTION AND CABLE
LJ-0999
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Introduction
Your VAXmate expansion box has a power supply and a
hard disk drive. The
expansion box also has two option
slots for industry-standard option boards. When power is
applied to the expansion box, you can see a 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
to the drive's read/write heads and nonremov-
able media.
Check your system type.
Identify your system type by the diskettes and documen-
tation
shipped with your system. You need to remember
this information for later.
If You Received ...
One diskette and the V AXmate
System Handbook
Several diskettes and the
VAXmate User's Guide
Several diskettes and the
VAXmate User's Guide and a
VAXmate System Administra-
tor's Guide
Then You Are
Installing ...
A networked system
A standalone system
A VAXmate Server
System
Installation Guidelines
Follow all instructions in sequence. The text tells you
when instructions and screens are different because of
specific requirements for networked or standalone
systems.
CAUTION
Do not plug in the power cord or switch on
the system until instructed to do so.
If you are installing an expansion box with a 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 up to 2
and 1/2 hours. That time includes preparing and format-
ting
the hard disk drive by running the FDISK and FOR-
MAT utilities, and installing software on the hard disk
drive. That
time does not include installing and testing
any industry-standard
options in the expansion box.
CAUTION
Do not run the FDISK or FORMAT utilities if
the hard disk has been used. These utilities
destroy any data
stored on the hard disk.
NOTE·
When you install the expansion box the first
time,
no data is stored on the hard disk.

Allow at least four inches of 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 to determine if it is
working correctly. Do this before you install any indus-
try-standard
options you might have in the expansion
box.
WARNING
Do 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 to move the VAXmate
workstation
to a new location. Never carry the VAXmate
workstation with the expansion box attached.
WARNING
The expansion box and VAXmate workstation
together weigh 44.5-50 lb (20.1-23 kg).
Whenever you reinstall the expansion box after separat-
ing it from the VAXmate workstation, you must run the
VAXmate extended self-test. Instructions for running the
extended self-test are in Chapter 6, Run extended self-
Test
Mer Reconnecting VAXmate Workstation.
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