HP Model 745i - Workstation User manual

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Models 745i/50, 745i/100, 747i/50, and 747i/100
Owner's Guide
for HP-UX Users
HP 9000 Series 700i Industrial Workstations
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HP Part No. A2628-90014
Printed in USA August 1993
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Contents
1. Product Description
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
The 700i/50 and 700i/100 Industrial W
orkstations . . . . . . 1-2
Features of the Mo dels 745i/50, 745i/100, 747i/50, and
747i/100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Built-In Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Physical Congurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Internal Mass Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
2. Finding Information Ab out Your System
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Information About Installing Your Workstation . . . . . . . . 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
Interpreting the LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Logging In and Out Using HP VUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Logging In the First Time: Screen App earances . . . . . . . 3-6
Preparing to Log In to an HP VUE Session . . . . . . . . 3-6
Logging In to an HP VUE Session . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Logging Out in HP VUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Opening and Closing a Terminal Window . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Cutting and Pasting Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Logging In and Out Using HP-UX . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
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Logging Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Creating a New User Accoun
t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Setting Audio Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Setting or Changing a P
assword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Selecting a New Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Shutting Down Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Using the Shutdown Command to Stop Y
our System . . . . 3-21
4. Using the Command Line
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
The Command Line Prompt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Running Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Working with Shells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Basics of Shells: Characteristics, Cho osing and Using . . . . 4-3
Shell Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Determining Your Login Shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Using Key Shell: Visual Help for Korn Shell . . . . . . . . 4-6
Displaying the HP-UX Manual Pages from the Command Line 4-7
For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Using Files and Directories with Command Lines . . . . . . . 4-8
Creating Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
Moving and Copying Files b etween Directories . . . . . . . 4-9
Copying Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Removing Files and Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Viewing and Printing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Printing a File with lp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
Editing Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Starting vi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Selecting vi Editing Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Positioning the Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Saving Your Work and Quitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
For More Information on vi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Using Audio Input/Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Developing Audio Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Using the Audio Demonstration Program . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Networking Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
Using the ftp File Transfer Program . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
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Preparing to Use ftp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
Transferring Files with ftp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Copying Files Remotely Using rcp . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24
Logging In on Another Computer Using rlogin . . . . . . . 4-26
Displaying Remote Graphical Programs Locally . . . . . . . 4-27
For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-28
5. Conguring HP-UX for Printers and Drives
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
Preparing for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Conguring HP-UX for a Prin
ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Testing the Printer Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Hardware Installation for Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Removing the Mass Storage Mo dule . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Removing a Device from the Mass Storage Mo dule . . . . . 5-8
Finding the Status of Existing SCSI Bus Addresses . . . . . . 5-9
Conguring for a Hard Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Software Installation of the Hard Disk Drive Upgrade . . . . 5-10
Testing Your Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Conguring for a Flexible Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Testing Your Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Archiving Files to a Flexible Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Retrieving Files from a Flexible Disk . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Mounting a New Flexible Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Removing and Inserting a File-System Flexible Disk . . . . . 5-18
Conguring for a CD ROM Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Installing the CD ROM Drive with SAM . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Testing Your Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Mounting the New CD ROM Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Removing and Inserting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Conguring for a DDS Tap e Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Conguring the Drive on HP-UX . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Testing Your Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
DDS Tap e Drive LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Maximum Usage of DDS Cassettes . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
In Case of Diculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
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6. Backing Up, Restoring, and Up dating Soft
ware
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Backing Up Your System and Software . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Creating a Recovery System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
Backing Up Your File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Restoring Individual Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Restoring Your Op erating System Using the Reco
very Tap e . . 6-10
For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
7. Dealing With Problems
Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Interpreting the LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Managing a Bo ot Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
\Missing Driver" Message During Boot . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Initializing the System Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8
Selecting an Alternate Operating System . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Dealing with HP VUE Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Logging In With HP VUE When All Else F
ails . . . . . . . 7-13
Recovering from a System Panic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
Pro cedures for Recovering from a System Panic . . . . . . . 7-16
Dealing with Network Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-20
A. Installing Additional Memory
Appendix Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
RAM Upgrade Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
To ols Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
Planning for Installation of the RAM Upgrade . . . . . . . . A-3
Determining Existing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3
RAM Board Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . A-3
Installing the RAM Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4
Verifying the Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10
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B. VME and EISA Accessory Cards
Appendix Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
VME Overview (Mo dels 747i/50 and 747i/100) . . . . . . . . B-2
VME Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
Overview of Installing VME Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . B-4
Installing VME Accessory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Installation Pro cedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-12
Installing EISA Accessory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13
EISA Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-13
Pro cedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-14
For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19
C. Using the Bo ot ROM
Appendix Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Bo ot Console User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Intro duction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Using the Bo ot Console User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Entering the Bo ot Administration Mo de . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Exiting the Bo ot Administration Mo de . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Getting Help for the Bo ot Console User In
terface Commands . C-5
Bo oting the Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-5
Searching for Bo otable Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7
Redisplaying the Results of a Search. . . . . . . . . . . . C-8
Displaying and Setting Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9
Resetting the Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11
Displaying and Setting the Real-Time Clo ck . . . . . . . . C-11
Displaying and Setting the Autoselect Flag . . . . . . . . . C-12
Displaying and Setting the Secure Boot Mo de . . . . . . . C-13
Displaying and Setting the Fastbo ot Mo de . . . . . . . . . C-14
Displaying the LAN Station Address . . . . . . . . . . . C-14
Setting the VME Backplane Networking Parameters . . . . . C-15
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D. Keyb oard Comparisons
Appendix Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-1
Intro duction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-2
Keyb oard Dierences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-3
For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D-6
Glossary
Index
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Product Description
Overview
The HP 9000 Series 700i/50 and Series 700i/100 w
orkstations are exceptionally
exible, high-performance Precision Architecture systems based on the
Hewlett-Packard PA RISC 7100 technology.
This manual covers the Mo dels 745i/50, 747i/50, and their higher-sp eed
counterparts, the Mo dels 745i/100 and 747i/100. The features and options of
these systems are outlined in this chapter.
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The 700i/50 and 700i/100 Industrial W
orkstations
Model 747i/50 and 747i/100 Workstations
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Model 745i/50 and 745i/100 Workstations
Features of the Models 745i/50, 745i/100, 747i/50, and 747i/100
These mo dels of the Series 700i/50 and 700i/100 ha
ve the following features:
50 or 100 Mhz PA-RISC pro cessor.
The 50 Mhz processor delivers the follo wing p erformance:
69 SPECmark, 62 MIPs, 13 MFLOPs.
36 SPEC int92.
72 SPEC fp92.
The 100 Mhz pro cessor delivers the following performance:
136 SPECmark, 115 MIPs, 41 MFLOPs.
81 SPEC int92.
138 SPEC fp92.
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Error-Checking and Correcting (ECC) RAM memory is congurable as
follows:
Series 700i/50: 16 to 128 MB main memory:
installable as pairs consisting of 8, 16, or 32 MB RAM b oards.
Series 700i/100: 16 to 256 MB main memory:
installable as pairs consisting of 8, 16, 32, or 64 MB RAM b oards.
(See \Memory Upgrades" belo
w, for details).
External Caching:
Series 700i/50: 64 Kbyte instruction cache and 64 Kbyte data cache.
Series 700i/100: 256 Kbyte instruction cache and 256 Kbyte data cache.
Three mass storage bays for hard disk, 3.5-in. exible disk, CD R
OM, and
DDS (\DAT") drives. Variable congurations, include the following:
One 3.5-in. xed disk and the following alternativ
es:
Two additional 3.5-in. xed or removable devices or
One 3.5-in. and one 5.25-in (CD ROM) device.
Front or rear access to removable media can be changed optionally.
Front access is the default for the 745i/50 or 745i/100
Rear access is the default for the 747i/50 or 747i/100.
Input/Output:
RS-232-C (2).
LAN
AUI
SCSI-II SE
HP Parallel.
HP-IB (instrument only).
Voice quality audio I/O.
Standard interfaces.
Rack-mount packages.
Internal sp eaker on b oard.
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Memory Upgrades
Factory-integrated RAM provides 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, and 128 MB upgrade
increments. See Appendix A for installation details.
Keyboards
The HP-HIL connector on the rear panel accepts a v
ariety of HP-HIL input
devices, including the following k
eyboards available in the Lo calization Kits
under the following pro duct numbers:
A1099C HP 46021A/B Integrated Terminal Format (ITF) Keyboard.
A2205B C1429A/B Personal Computer (PC101) Keyb oard.
Other HP-HIL devices may also b e connected to the keyboard or HP-HIL
connector. See Appendix D for a functional comparison of the t
wokeyb oards.
Displays
Available monitors are the following:
HP D1196A 15-in.,(70 Hz.), 1024x768, color.
HP A2287A 17-in., (75 Hz.), 1024x768, color.
HP A1097A/B 19-in., (72 Hz.), 1280x1024, color.
HP A2094A 19-in., (72 Hz.), 1280x1024, color.
Note that, with Series 700i products, the A2094A monitor is available only by
separate purchase.
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Graphics
Supported graphics upgrades for the Mo dels 747i/50 and 747i/100 are as
follows:
HP A2269A: Adds dual CRX-accelerated color graphic board, including
SGC CRX card, and two 19-in. 1280 X 1024 color monitors.
HP 98768A: CRX-accelerated color graphics and a 19-in. 1280 X 1024 color
monitor.
HP A2262A: Adds dual CRX-accelerated color graphic board, with no
monitor.
HP A2270A: CRX-24 color graphics and a 19-in. 1280 X 1024 color monitor.
HP A1439A: CRX-24 color graphics, with no monitor.
SGC graphics option op erate concurrently with on-b oard graphics. The
Mo dels 747i/50 and 747i/100 function as single workstations, accepting user
input from single keyboards, but delivering graphics output to as manyas
three monitors.
The Mo dels 747i/50 and 747i/100 have only one SGC interface. Upgrade
pro ducts may not be used concurrently.
The 745i/100 or 747i/100 systems and upgrades are congured for a 70
Hz refresh rate monitor. The so cket-installed 75.0000 Mhz crystal for
the fast refresh rate display is identied as Part Number 18130940. The
corresp onding STI ROM is identied as Part Numb er 18185347.
Switches for Changing Graphics Formats
Note that both on-b oard graphics and CRX upgrades ma
y be used
concurrently in the Mo dels 747i/50 and 747i/99. On the system board, four
switches near the edge are used to congure the graphics circuit for dierent
situations. These switches are appropriately set for your monitor as shipped
from the factory. However, if you should choose to upgrade your system with
a dierent HP monitor, the following information will help in conguring the
system to communicate appropriate resolution and scan-rate.
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