HP 9000 Series 700 User manual

Models V743/64 and V743/100
Owner's Guide
HP 9000 Series 700
VXIbus Controllers
ABCDE
HP Part No. E1497-90016
Printed in USA November 1995
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Contents
1. Product Description
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
The HP 9000 Mo del V743 Embedded VXI Controller . . . . . 1-2
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Memory Congurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
2. Finding Information Ab out Your System
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Manuals for System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Online Sources of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
3. Getting Started with HP-UX
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Before Logging In the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Turning On the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Conguring the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Conguring the RS-232 Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Logging In and Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Logging In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Logging Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Creating a New User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Setting or Changing a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Selecting a New Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Powering Down the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Using the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
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4. Conguring for a VXI/MXI System
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Description of HP SICL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Examining Your VXI/MXI Conguration . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Default Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Changing Your VXI/MXI Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Changing the VXI Shared Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Conguring the VXI/MXI Trigger Lines . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Routing VXI TTL Trigger Lines in a VXI/MXI System . . . 4-7
Routing VXI TTL Trigger Lines in a Multiple Mainframe
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Inverting the Polarity of the V743 External Trigger Lines . . 4-9
Examining the VXI/MXI Bo ot Pro cess . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Viewing the VXIbus System Conguration . . . . . . . . . 4-11
VXI/MXI Conguration les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
The iproc Utility (Initialization and SYSRESET) . . . . . 4-13
Using HP SICL for VXIbus Backplane Communication . . . . 4-15
For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
5. Conguring Graphics
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Identifying Graphics Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Displaying Graphics on a Remote X Host . . . . . . . . . 5-3
For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
6. Conguring HP-UX for Printers
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Preparing for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Conguring HP-UX for a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Testing the Printer Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Dealing With Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
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7. Conguring HP-UX for a DDS Tap e Drive
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Finding the Status of Existing SCSI Bus Addresses . . . . . . 7-2
Conguring for a Backup DDS Tap e Drive . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
Conguring the Drive on HP-UX . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
Testing Your Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6
DDS Tap e Drive LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Maximum Usage of DDS Cassettes . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
In Case of Diculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
8. Backing Up and Restoring Software
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Backing Up Your HP-UX System and Software . . . . . . . . 8-2
Creating a Recovery System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Backing Up Your File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Restoring Individual Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Restoring HP-UX Using the Recovery Tap e . . . . . . . . . 8-10
For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
9. Dealing With Problems
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Interpreting the LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Managing a Bo ot Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Bo ot Program Initializes Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Selecting an Alternate Operating System . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Recovering from a System Panic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Pro cedures for Recovering from a System Panic . . . . . . . 9-9
Dealing with Network Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
A. Installing Additional Memory
Appendix Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
RAM Upgrade Pro ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Planning for Installation of RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Determining Existing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Installing the RAM Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
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B. Using the Bo ot Console Handler
Appendix Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
The Bo ot Console Handler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Special Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Bo ot Console Information Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Using the Boot Console Handler Interface . . . . . . . . . B-3
Conguring the Console Path and Display Format . . . . . B-4
Bo oting and Resetting the VXIbus Mainframe . . . . . . . B-9
Searching for Bo otable Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10
Displaying and Setting Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11
Displaying and Setting the Secure Bo ot Mo de . . . . . . . B-15
Displaying the LAN Station Address . . . . . . . . . . . B-18
Interactive Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19
Displaying Firmware Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-21
Glossary
Index
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Product Description
Chapter Contents
Features.
Memory Congurations.
Interfaces.
Graphics.
Operating System.
Product Description 1-1

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The HP 9000 Model V743 Embedded VXI Controller
The HP 9000 Mo del V743 VXI controller is an exceptionally exible and
responsive high-p erformance Precision Architecture VXI controller based on
the Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC 7100LC technology. Some of the features are
outlined in this chapter. See your Instal lation Guide for detailed hardware
information.
Features
The Mo del V743 VXI controller has the following general features:
Single-slot VXI C-size conguration.
64-MHz PA-RISC pro cessor (Mo del V743/64).
100-MHz PA-RISC pro cessor (Mo del V743/100).
HP-UX 9.05 (minimum) Operating System.
Congurable with 16 MB to 128 MB main memory (see \Memory
Congurations").
For the Mo del V743/64: factory-installable RAM is 16 MB to 64 MB.
For the Mo del V743/100: factory-installable RAM is 32 MB to 128 MB.
Error-Checking and Correcting (ECC) SIMM RAM.
External Cache: 256 KB merged (64-MHz or 100-MHz CPU):
Congurable for 1 MB of shared memory.
Total external disk capacity: 14 GB.
Input/Output:
On-Board Graphics.
RS-232C (2 p orts).
HP-IB.
Trigger Input-Output.
Clo ck Input-Output.
AUI (LAN).
Audio interface: 16-bit voice quality; composite mono; audio connector
(one output jack for sp eaker or headphone).
SCSI-II single ended.
PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse; Mini-DIN Connector.
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Memory Configurations
Figure 1-1. Four RAM Cards Installed
The standard Mo del V743 VXI controller comes with either 16 MB or 32 MB
factory-installed RAM, with other options p ossible. It can b e upgraded b
y the
user with internal RAM cards as follows (two cards p er upgrade):
HP A2578A; 16 MB total.
HP A2829A; 32 MB total.
HP A2827A; 64 MB total.
Upgrades or factory-integrated RAM provide the Mo del V743 VXI controller
with up to 128 MB maximum memory. See Appendix A for installation
instructions.
Product Description 1-3

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Interfaces
For graphics, printing, and LAN communications, the Mo del V743 VXI
controller provides the following I/O interfaces:
Graphics (on-board GSC; integrated color).
640 x 480 (15-in. monitor).
800 x 600 (15-in. monitor).
1024 x 768 (15- or 17-in. monitor).
1280 x 1024 (17- or 20-in. monitor).
1024 x 768 (11.8-in. at panel). (Not currently supported)
LAN AUI (high-density, 15-pin D-subminiature; requires a custom cable and
MAU for connection to LAN).
Two asynchronous RS-232C Interfaces: high-density, 9-pin male DTE (PC
standard). Requires a custom cable.
SCSI-IIInterface: high-density, 50-pin; single-ended 8-bit, up to 5 MB/sec.
synchronous.
Custom Cables
The high-density I/O connectors for this b oard computer require adaptation to
standard cabling, using one or more of the following items (these are provided
with your controller):
HP A4301A RS-232C: High-density 9-pin to standard 9-pin \M". (2)
HP A4303A LAN: High-density 15-pin to 15-pin AUI.
HP A4304A Video: High-density 15-pin to standard 15-pin \F".
HP K2996 SCSI: High-density 50-pin to standard bail lo ck.
HP 11130A HPIB: High-density 15-pin to standard 24-pin, IEEE-488.
In addition, standard cables are also available and may be required.
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Physical Dimensions and Power Requirements
The Mo del V743 VXI controller o ccupies one standard VXI slot.
Height: 30.48 mm (1.2 in.)
Width: 259.84 mm (10.23 in.)
Depth: 368.30 mm (14.5 in.)
Power Requirements:
DC Voltage DC Current Dynamic Current
+5V 10 A 100 mA
+12 V 250 mA 3mA
-12V 80 mA 2mA
+24 V 40 mA 1mA
-24V 0mA 0mA
- 5.2 V 560 mA 4mA
-2V 480 mA 2mA
+5V
STDBY
0mA 0mA
Note that +24V is required only for a at-panel display (not currently
supported).
System power requirements depend to some degree on the RAM conguration as
wel l as on the softwarebeing run. Each additional RAM card adds .2 amps to
the +5 Vdc. requirement at 64 or 100 MHz. See the hardwarespecications in
your service manual for further information.
Graphics
The Mo del V743 VXI controller comes with on-board graphics.
For information on currently supported monitors, see Chapter 5 in this
manual, or the current Release Notes le in /etc/newconfig/905RelNotes on
HP-UX 9. For Release Notes on HP-UX 10, see the /usr/share/doc directory.
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Operating System
Table 1-1 lists the HP-UX op erating system features and languages for the
Mo del V743 VXI controller.
Table 1-1.
Operating System and Languages
for the Model V743 VXI Controller
Operating system: HP-UX 9.05 or later
Languages: HP-PA Assembler 1.1
C and ANSI C
C ++
Pascal
ANSI FORTRAN
SICL for C Programming, Revision 3.9
User Interface: HP-UX 9.05 includes the X Window System and can b e
congured with HP VUE 3.0.
Network Features: IEEE 802.3/Ethernet Lo cal Area Network
ARPA/Berkeley networking services
VXI Backplane Networking (Optional)
TCP/IP
HP Diskless
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