HP 9000 742i User manual

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HP 9000 Model 742i
Owner's Guide
for HP-UX Users
HP 9000 Series 700i Industrial Workstations
ABCDE
HP Part No. A2260-90014
Printed in USA February 1993
Edition 1
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paasyn laitteen ulkopuolelle.
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laserturvallisuuden osalta Tyosuo jeluhallitus, Tyosuo jeluhallituksen
hyvaksyntanumero TSH 222/6019/90. Laitteiden turvallisuusluokkaon
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Contents
1. Product Description
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
The HP9000 Mo del 742i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Features of the 742i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Memory Upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Built-In Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
2. Finding Information Ab out Your System
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Installing Your Mo del 742i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Online Sources of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
3. Logging In and Getting Started
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
Before Logging In the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Turning On Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Displaying Graphics on a Remote X Host . . . . . . . . . 3-4
For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Interpreting the LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Logging In and Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Logging In with HP-UX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Logging Out with HP-UX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Creating a New User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Setting or Changing a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Selecting a New Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Shutting Down Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Using the Shutdown Command to Stop Your System . . . . 3-11
Using SAM to Stop Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
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Using the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
4. Conguring HP-UX for Printers and Drives
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Preparing for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Conguring HP-UX for a Prin
ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Testing the Printer Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Dealing With Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Finding the Status of Existing SCSI Bus Addresses . . . . . . 4-7
Conguring for a Hard Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Software Installation of the Hard Disk Driv
e Upgrade . . . . 4-8
Testing Your Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Conguring for a Flexible Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Testing Your Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Archiving Files to a Flexible Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Retrieving Files from a Flexible Disk . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Mounting a New Flexible Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Removing and Inserting a File-System Flexible Disk . . . . . 4-16
Conguring for a CD ROM Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Installing the CD ROM Drive with SAM . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
Testing Your Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Mounting the New CD ROM Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Removing and Inserting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Conguring for a DDS Tap e Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23
Conguring the Drive on HP-UX . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Testing Your Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-26
DDS Tap e Drive LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27
Maximum Usage of DDS Cassettes . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
In Case of Diculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29
5. Backing Up, Restoring, and Up dating Your Software
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Backing Up Your System and Software . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Creating a Recovery System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Using mkrs to Create a Recovery System . . . . . . . . 5-3
Source Device Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Root Device Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
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If You Have a Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Backing Up Your File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Restoring Individual Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Restoring Your Operating System Using the Reco
very Tape . . 5-10
For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
6. Dealing With Problems
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Interpreting the LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Managing a Bo ot F
ailure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Bo ot Program Initializes Hardw
are . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Selecting an Alternate Operating System . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Recovering from a System Panic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Pro cedures for Recovering from a System Panic . . . . . . . 6-11
Step 1: Note the Panic Message . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Step 2: Categorize the Panic Message . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Step 3a: Recovery from Hardware Failure . . . . . . . . 6-11
Step 3b: Recovering from a File System Problem . . . . . 6-12
Step 3c: Recovering from a LAN Communication Problem . 6-12
Step 3d: Recovering from Other Situations . . . . . . . . 6-12
Step 4: Rebo oting Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Step 5: Monitor the system closely . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
For Further Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
Dealing with Network Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
A. Installing Additional Memory
Appendix Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
RAM Replacement Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Planning for Installation of the RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Determining Existing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
RAM Board Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Installing the RAM ReplacementPairs . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Verifying the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-6
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B. Using the Bo ot R
OM
Appendix Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
Bo ot Console User In
terface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Intro duction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Special Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Information Displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
System Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Using the Boot Console User In
terface . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Entering the Bo ot Administration Mo de . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Exiting the Bo ot Administration Mo de . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Getting Help for the Bo ot Console User In
terface Commands . B-5
Bo oting the Mo del 742i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5
Searching for Bo otable Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7
Redisplaying the Results of a Search. . . . . . . . . . . . B-8
Displaying and Setting Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9
Resetting the Mo del 742i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11
Displaying and Setting the Real-Time Clo ck . . . . . . . . B-11
Displaying and Setting the Autoselect Flag . . . . . . . . . B-12
Displaying and Setting the Secure Bo ot Mo de . . . . . . . B-12
Displaying and Setting the Fastb o ot Mode . . . . . . . . . B-13
Displaying the LAN Station Address . . . . . . . . . . . B-14
Using the VME Backplane Networking Parameters . . . . . B-14
Glossary
Index
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Figures
1-1. Mo del 742i FrontPanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Tables
1-1. HP-UX Op erating System and Languages for the Mo del 742i . 1-4
3-1. LED Diagnostic Display During Normal HP-UX Operation . . 3-6
4-1. DDS Tap e Drive LED State Co des . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
6-1. Hardware-Error LED Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
6-2. Op erating-System Error LED Indications . . . . . . . . . 6-4
6-3. Problems with the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
B-1. System Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9
B-2. Mnemonic Style Notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-9
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1
Product Description
Chapter Contents
The HP 9000 Mo del 742i is an exceptionally exible, high-p erformance
Precision Architecture system based on the Hewlett-Packard PA RISC 7100
technology. Some features are outlined in the following sections.
Product Description 1-1

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The HP9000 Model 742i
Figure 1-1. Model 742i Front P
anel
Features of the 742i
The Mo del 742i has the following features:
50 Mhz PA-RISC pro cessor delivering 61 MIPs.
Congurable with 8 to 64 MB main memory (see \Memory Upgrades"). F
or
an HP-UX system, at least 16 MB of main memory is required.
ECC RAM correction.
2 memory mo dule slots.
External Cache: 64 KB instruction cache and 64 KB data cache.
Input/Output:
RS-232-C (2).
AUI
SCSI-II SE
Memory Upgrades
Upgrades or factory-integrated RAM provide 16 MB, 32 MB, and 64 MB
memory congurations. See Appendix A.
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Built-In Interfaces
For graphics, printing, and LAN communications, the Mo del 742i pro
vide the
following I/O interfaces:
HP-Parallel Interface.
LAN AUI (15-pin D-subminiature; requires MAU for connection to LAN).
2 Asynchronous RS-232 Interfaces: 9-pin male DTE (PC standard).
SCSI-II Interface: 50-pin high density; single-ended 8-bit, up to 5 MB/sec.
synchronous.
The I/O for the Mo del 742i is on the fron
t panel, shown on the opp osite page.
Physical Dimensions and Power Requirements
Height: 40.6 mm. (2 VMEbus slots).
Width: 233.3 mm. (9.2 in.)
Depth: 160 mm. (6.3 in.)
Weight: .91 kg. (2.0 lb.)
Power:
35 watts @ +5 vdc.
0.12 watts @ +12 vdc.
0.12 watts @ -12 vdc.
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Operating System
HP-UX 9.01 for the Mo del 742i the HP VUE in
terface, and the X Windo
w
System.
Table 1-1 lists the HP-UX op erating system features and languages for the
Mo del 742i.
Table 1-1.
HP-UX Operating System and Languages for the Model 742i
Operating system: HP-UX 9.01 or later. HP-UX complies with X
Open, and
POSIX sp ecications.
Languages: HP-PA Assembly, ANSI/C, C++ ,Pascal, HP-UX
FORTRAN/9000.
User interface: Terminal Interface via RS232 only. By using LAN, the X
Window System 11R5 (OSF/Motif 1.2)and HP VUE 3.0
can be used on a suitable X T
erminal display).
Network Features: IEEE 802.3/Ethernet Lo cal Area Network:
S.25.
SNA.
RJE.
TCP-IP.
HP Diskless.
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2
Finding Information About Your System
Overview
Your Mo del 742i uses the standard HP-UX 9.01 operating system, a highly
versatile system for multitasking, running your application programs, and
performing a variety of other tasks.
Chapter Contents
Installing Your Mo del 742i.
Online Sources of Information.
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Installing Your Model 742i
If you have not installed your hardware or started your system, refer to the
Instal lation Guide for your system b efore going further.
Basic Information
After you have read the Instal lation Guide for your system, you maywantto
see the following sources for further information:
For a quick reference to commonly-used HP-UX commands, see the
Appendix in Using HP-UX .
At some p oint, you maywanttointeract with the Mo del 742i via the LAN
using HP VUE with an X Window System display. HP VUE is the default
interface for HP-UX. As a simpler window alternative, you can also use the X
Window System. Both are included in HP-UX. For further information, see
the manual Using the X Window System , Using HP-UX ,or HP VUE User's
Guide .
The following manuals will also b e useful:
If you have not yet installed your HP-UX system, see Instal ling and
Updating HP-UX 9.0 , whichcovers HP-UX 9.01.
For administration information, see System Administration Tasks .
For troublesho oting HP-UX, see Solving HP-UX Problems , and Chapter 6
in this manual.
For VME conguration information, see VME Conguration Guide for
HP-UX
2-2 Finding Information About Your System