Sun Microsystems Sun-3/260 Assembly instructions

Part Number 800-1528-05
Revision: A of 10 October 1986
Hard"vare Installation Manual
for tIle
Sun-3/260 "Vorkstation
Sun lVlicrosystems, Inc.,
2550 Garcia Avenue,
~/lountain View:,
California 94043
[phone]

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CAUTION
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance
with the instructions manual,
may cause interference to radio communications. It has been tested and found to co.m-
ply wit.~ the limits for aClass Acomputing device pursuant to SubpartJ of Purt 15 of FCC Rules, which are designed
to provide reasonable protection against such interference
when operated in acommercial environment. Operation of
this equipment in aresidential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be
required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference.
'VARNING
There is a Lithium Battery (BBCV2) located on the Sun-3/260 CPU board; Matsushita Electric Type No.
BR232S.
This battery is not acustOIner replaceable part. The battery will be marked as follows: "'Varning •
Replace battery with ~IATSUSHITA ELECTRIC or PANASONIC part No. BR2325 only. Use of another bat·
tery may present a risk of fire or explosion." The battery may explode if mistreated. Do not dispose ofin fire,
attempt to recharge, or disassemble the battery.
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Contents
Preface ix
Chapter 1Unpacking and Setting up the Sun-3/260 3
1.1. Safety Precautions 3
1.2. Unpacking Instructions for the Sun-3/260 3
1.3. Tools Needed 3
1.4. Unpacking the
Pe~estal 4
Pedestal Stabilization Wings
,. 5
1.5. Unpacking the Keyboard and (Grayscale
or Monochrome)
Monitor 7
Unpacking the 19-inch Color Monitor 7
1.6. Unpacking the Mouse, Pad, Cables, Tapes, etc. 8
Cha pter 2Basic Component Set-up 11
2.1. Connecting the Keyboard, Mouse, Ethernet, and Video 11
Keyboard and Mouse Connections 13
Ethernet Cable Connection and Jumper Setting _....................... 14
Connecting the Ethernet TransceiverCable ;............ 17
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2.2. Connecting aVideo Monitor to the Sun-3/260 LLE~ .. _ .. ~....... 18
Connecting the Black and White Monitor to the S~r,:3/26?< L. .. :.:<.:. 18
Connecting aColor rvIonitor L: L .. ;; .• L L~ ~ ·: 19·
2.3. Connecting Grayscale Monitors to the Sun-3/260
.'. i.L~ .. ; .. ; ::. 20
Diagnostic and UserReset Switches : ~ ~._ ~ .. :L <·: 22
2.4. Powering Up the Sun-3/260
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2.5. Power-On Self Test Procedures :.; .. ;;........... 24
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Contents -Continued
The ~Iemory Board LEDs 27
2.6. EEPROM Options 28
2.7. Asynchronous Serial Ports
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Connecting aModem to the Sun-3/260 29
Connecting a
Tenninal to the Sun-3/260 .29
Connecting aPrinter to the Sun-3/260 30
2.8. Connecting the Sun-3/260 to the Ethernet
31
2.9. Degaussing the Color :tYlonitor 34
Chapter 3Hardware Configuration and Options 39
3.1. Basic Sun-3/260 40
3.2. Standard Configuration
41
Sun-3/260 CPU Board 41
3.3. Options for the Sun-3/260t 41
ALM Interface Board 42
Graphics Processor and Graphics BufferBoards 42
V~(2)-to-VME(3) Adapter Board 42
Floating Point Accelerator Board 42
VME-to-Multibus* Adapter Board 43
Chapter4 CPU Board Connector Pinouts and S~rial Port
Signals 47
4.1. Pinout of Connectors at Rear of Workstation 47
4.2. Description
of Serial Port Signals 48
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Tables
Table 2-1 Diagnostic LEDs 26
Table 2-2 Memory Board LED Interpretation 28
Table 2-3 Ethernet Cabling Limitations 33
Table 3-1 I/O Connectors on the CPU Card 41
Table 3-2 System ~1emory -Basic and Optional Configurations 42
Table 4-1 Pinout of Keyboard/Mouse DB-IS Connector 47
Table 4-2 Pinout of Serial Ports Aand B48
Table 4-3 Pinout of Ethernet Connector 48
Table 4-4 Pinout of Video Connector 48
Table 4-5 Description of Serial POIt Signals 49
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Figures
Figure 1-1 Attaching the Pedestal Stabilization Wings 6
Figure 2-1 Sun-3/260 Connectors on the rear edge of the CPU Board 12
Figure 2-2 Orienting the Mouse on its Pad 14
Figure 2-3 CPU Board and Extraction LeverLocation 16
Figure 2-4 Location of the 8-pin Level Select Jumper Connection 17
Figure 2-5 Color and Sync Connection Example 20
Figure 2-6 Color Output and Grayscale Connection Example 21
Figure 2-7 Color Output and Grayscale Connection Example 22
Figure 2-8 What the Diagnostic LEDs Mean
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Figure 2-9 Null Modem Cable Pin Arrangement 30
Figure 2-10 Linking Up to aLevel "2" Type Ethernet 32
Figure 2-11 Linking Up
to aLevel "1" Type Ethernet 33
Figure 2-12 Ethernet Cabling Lengths _........................ 34
Figure 4-1 ATypical DTE/DCE Configuration 48
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Preface
This manual (PIN 800-1528-XX) provides information for customers who have
purchased the Sun-3/260 Pedestal Workstation. \Vith this manual and the addi-
tional documentation shipped with
your unit, you should be able to get your
Sun-3/260 set-up and running properly.
The manual covers unpacking, connection
of the monitor, keyboard, mouse, and
Ethernet Information on connecting amodem, printer or terminal to the serial
ports is included. Basic procedures for connecting the unit to an existing Ether-
net
or setting up anew one are offered. Simple troubleshooting tips are given in
the course
of the text.
At the end
of the text we have included a"comments sheet" for the user. Sugges-
tions
a:1d constructive criticism on omissions, errors, or accuracy in this manual
are
n~eded from you, the user. Your responses will help toward keeping our
documentation accurate and up to date.
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