DECstation 5000/260 Manuel

Order Number: EK-4MMAX–OP. A01

DECstation5000Model260

Operator’sGuide

March 1993

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Contents

Preface ..................................................... xiii

Part I Introducing Your Workstation

1 The Main Components and How to Install Them

1.1 TheSystemUnit ..................................... 1–2

1.1.1 Front of the System Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3

1.1.2 Back of the System Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4

1.1.3 Icons on the System Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6

1.1.4 Setting Up the System Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6

1.2 TheMonitor......................................... 1–9

1.2.1 Turning Your Monitor On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–9

1.2.2 Positioning the Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10

1.2.3 Connecting the Monitor Video Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–11

1.2.3.1 To Connect a Color Video Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–12

1.2.3.2 To Connect a Gray-scale Video Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–14

1.2.3.3 To Connect a Monochrome Video Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–16

1.2.4 Connecting More Than One Monitor to a Workstation . . . . . . 1–17

1.2.5 Supplying Power to the Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–18

1.2.5.1 To Connect the Monitor to the System Unit Power

Outlet........................................ 1–19

1.2.5.2 To Connect the Monitor to an Independent Power

Outlet........................................ 1–21

1.3 InputDevices........................................ 1–23

1.3.1 TheKeyboard..................................... 1–23

1.3.1.1 TheLK401Keyboard............................ 1–23

1.3.1.2 Connecting the Keyboard to the System Unit . . . . . . . . . 1–25

1.3.1.3 Adjusting the Keyboard Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–29

1.3.2 PointingDevices .................................. 1–30

1.3.2.1 TheMouseandTablet ........................... 1–30

1.3.2.2 DialandButtonBoxes........................... 1–33

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1.4 Adjusting and Positioning Your Workstation for Comfort . . . . . . . 1–34

2 The Environment

2.1 SiteRequirements .................................... 2–1

2.1.1 Temperature and Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1

2.1.2 Cleanliness....................................... 2–2

2.1.3 Interference...................................... 2–2

2.2 Electrical Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2

2.2.1 Voltage.......................................... 2–3

3 Starting and Testing

3.1 Turning On Your Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–2

3.2 Setting the Keyboard Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5

3.3 Testing Your Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6

3.3.1 Using the Quick or Full Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6

3.3.2 To Run the Full Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–7

3.3.3 IfaSelf-TestFails ................................. 3–7

3.4 Checking the Conﬁguration Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–7

3.5 Stopping the Workstation Without Turning It Off . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–8

3.6 Turning Off the Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9

3.7 Installing Workstation Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–10

4 Moving Your Workstation

4.1 Dismantling Your Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1

4.2 PackingYourEquipment............................... 4–2

Part II External Additions to Your Workstation

5 External Storage Devices

5.1 Available External Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2

5.2 Storage Devices You Can Add to Your Workstation . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2

5.3 Rules for Connecting Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4

5.4 Installing External Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5

5.5 SCSICableLength ................................... 5–16

5.6 Checking and Setting SCSI ID Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–17

5.6.1 ToChecktheSCSIID .............................. 5–17

5.6.2 ToSettheSCSIID ................................ 5–17

5.7 Testing External Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–19

5.8 Removing an External Storage Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–21

5.9 Installing a Drive in an Expansion Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–21

6 Optional Network Connections

6.1 Locating Your Workstation Ethernet Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–2

6.2 Installing and Removing an Ethernet Loopback Connector . . . . . 6–2

6.3 Operating the Ethernet Connector Sliding Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–3

6.4 Finding Your Ethernet Station Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7

6.5 Connecting the Workstation to an Ethernet Network . . . . . . . . . 6–8

6.5.1 To Connect a ThickWire Ethernet Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9

6.5.2 To Connect a ThinWire Ethernet Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–12

6.5.3 To Connect a Twisted-Pair Ethernet Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–16

7 External Communications Options

7.1 External Communications Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2

7.2 TypesofConnectors................................... 7–3

7.3 Installing a Device with a 25-Pin Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–4

7.4 Installing a Device with a Modular Connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7–7

Part III Internal Parts and Additions to Your Workstation

8 Inside the System Unit

8.1 Available Internal Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–2

8.2 Main Parts of the System Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–2

8.2.1 The Base System Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–3

8.2.2 MemoryModules .................................. 8–3

8.2.3 Nonvolatile Random-Access Memory (NVRAM) Module . . . . . 8–4

8.2.4 TheCPUModule .................................. 8–4

8.2.5 TURBOchannel Option Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–4

8.2.6 ThePowerSupply ................................. 8–5

8.3 Removing and Replacing the System Unit Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–6

8.3.1 To Remove the Cover from the System Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–6

8.3.2 To Replace the Cover on the System Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–7

8.4 Using the Antistatic Wrist Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–8

9 Installing Internal Option Modules

9.1 Installing and Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–2

9.1.1 To Install Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–3

9.1.2 To Test Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–7

9.1.3 To Remove Memory Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–8

9.2 Installing and Removing a PrestoServe/NVRAM Module . . . . . . . 9–11

9.3 ReplacingCPUModules................................ 9–13

9.3.1 ToRemoveaCPUModule ........................... 9–13

9.3.2 To Install a New CPU Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–19

9.3.3 To Test the CPU Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–23

9.4 Installing and Removing TURBOchannel Option Modules . . . . . . 9–24

Part IV Managing Your Workstation

10 Using the Console Commands

10.1 Console and Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–2

10.2 UsingConsoleMode................................... 10–2

10.2.1 ToEnterConsoleMode ............................. 10–3

10.2.2 ConsolePrompts .................................. 10–3

10.3 Installing a Terminal as an Alternate System Console . . . . . . . . 10–4

10.3.1 To Install a Terminal as a System Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–4

10.3.2 To Activate the Terminal as the System Console . . . . . . . . . . 10–6

10.3.3 To Make Your Workstation Monitor the System Console . . . . 10–7

10.4 Rules for Console Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–8

10.5 ConventionsUsed .................................... 10–9

10.6 ConsoleCommands ................................... 10–10

10.6.1 ?............................................... 10–11

10.6.2 boot ............................................ 10–11

10.6.3 cat ............................................. 10–12

10.6.4 cnfg ............................................ 10–13

10.6.5 d............................................... 10–17

10.6.6 e............................................... 10–18

10.6.7 erl ............................................. 10–18

10.6.8 go.............................................. 10–19

10.6.9 init............................................. 10–19

10.6.10 ls .............................................. 10–19

10.6.11 passwd.......................................... 10–19

10.6.12 printenv......................................... 10–20

10.6.13 restart .......................................... 10–21

10.6.14 script ........................................... 10–21

10.6.15 setenv........................................... 10–21

10.6.16 sh.............................................. 10–21

10.6.17 t............................................... 10–22

10.6.18 unsetenv ........................................ 10–22

10.7 Environmental Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–23

11 Troubleshooting

11.1 Where to Look in This Manual for Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–2

11.2 Checking the LED Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–2

11.3 Is It Connected Properly? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–6

11.4 Using a Full System Self-Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–15

11.5 Interpreting Self-Test Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–16

11.6 Contacting Your Customer Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–20

Part V Appendixes

A Equipment Speciﬁcations

A.1 DECstation 5000 Model 260 System Unit Equipment

Speciﬁcations........................................ A–1

B Connector Pin Assignments

C Regulatory Information for the United Kingdom

C.1 ServiceRequirements ................................. C–2

C.2 Approvals for Digital Circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–2

C.3 Host Independent Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–5

C.4 HostPowerRating.................................... C–6

C.5 Apparatus Between the Approved Apparatus and a Digital

Circuit(PTT) ........................................ C–6

Index

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Figures

1–1 Front of the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3

1–2 Back of the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4

1–3 Icons on the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6

1–4 Attaching a ThickWire Ethernet loopback connector . . . . . . . 1–7

1–5 Connecting the power cord to the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–8

1–6 Turning off your monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10

1–7 Turning on your monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–10

1–8 Video cable assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–11

1–9 Connecting a video cable assembly to a color monitor . . . . . . 1–12

1–10 Connecting a color video cable to the system unit . . . . . . . . . 1–13

1–11 Connecting a video cable assembly to a gray-scale

monitor ......................................... 1–14

1–12 Connecting a grey-scale video cable assembly to the system

unit ............................................ 1–15

1–13 Connecting a video cable assembly to a monochrome

monitor ......................................... 1–16

1–14 Connecting a monochrome video cable assembly to the

systemunit ...................................... 1–17

1–15 Monitor-to-system-unit power cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–19

1–16 Connecting the monitor-to-system-unit power cable . . . . . . . . 1–20

1–17 Monitorpowercord ................................ 1–21

1–18 Connecting a separate monitor power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–22

1–19 LK401keyboard................................... 1–24

1–20 Keyboard-mouse cable assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–25

1–21 Connecting the keyboard-mouse cable assembly to the

systemunit ...................................... 1–26

1–22 Connecting the keyboard cable to the connector block . . . . . . 1–27

1–23 Positioning the connector block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–28

1–24 Raising and lowering the hinged feet on the keyboard . . . . . . 1–29

1–25 Pointingdevices................................... 1–31

1–26 Connecting the mouse or tablet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–32

1–27 Dialandbuttonboxes .............................. 1–33

2–1 VoltageLabels .................................... 2–3

3–1 Turning on the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3

3–2 Halt button and system unit on/off switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9

5–1 Some typical expansion boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3

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5–2 Power switch in the off position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5

5–3 System-unit-to-expansion-box cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6

5–4 Connecting the system-unit-to-expansion-box cable to the

systemunit ...................................... 5–7

5–5 Connecting the system-unit-to-expansion-box cable to

expansionbox..................................... 5–8

5–6 SCSIbox-to-boxcable............................... 5–9

5–7 Connecting an additional non-TCE expansion box to the ﬁrst

box............................................. 5–10

5–8 TCE-to-expansion-box cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–11

5–9 Connecting the TCE to the expansion box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–12

5–10 Connecting a SCSI drive terminator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–13

5–11 Connecting the power cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–14

6–1 Installing and removing an Ethernet loopback connector . . . 6–3

6–2 Unlocking the Ethernet sliding lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–4

6–3 Locking the Ethernet sliding lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–6

6–4 ThickWire Ethernet cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9

6–5 Connecting a ThickWire Ethernet cable to the system

unit ............................................ 6–10

6–6 Parts used to connect a workstation to a ThinWire

network ......................................... 6–12

6–7 Connecting a ThickWire cable to the ThinWire adapter . . . . . 6–13

6–8 Attaching a T-connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–14

6–9 Attaching a T-connector terminator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–15

6–10 Parts used to connect a workstation to a twisted-pair

Ethernetnetwork.................................. 6–16

6–11 Connecting the ThickWire-to-twisted-pair-adapter . . . . . . . . . 6–17

6–12 Connecting the twisted-pair cable to the twisted-pair

adapter.......................................... 6–18

7–1 Communications connectors on the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . 7–2

7–2 Communications device connectors and an adapter . . . . . . . . 7–3

7–3 Connecting a communications device with a 25-pin

connector ........................................ 7–5

7–4 Using an adapter to connect a communications device with a

modularconnector ................................. 7–8

8–1 Inside of the system unit enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–2

8–2 Removing and replacing the system unit cover . . . . . . . . . . . 8–7

8–3 Using an antistatic wrist strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9

9–1 Releasing the memory module bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–4

9–2 Memorymodule................................... 9–5

9–3 Memory slots inside the system unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–6

9–4 Releasing the memory module bracket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–9

9–5 Removing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–10

9–6 RemovingtheCover................................ 9–14

9–7 Attaching the Wrist Strap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–15

9–8 AttachingtheRivets ............................... 9–16

9–9 RemovingtheOldCPU ............................. 9–17

9–10 Inserting the Grounding Clips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–18

9–11 AddingtheNewCPU............................... 9–19

9–12 ReplacetheMedallion .............................. 9–20

9–13 AddtheLabels.................................... 9–21

9–14 ReplacetheCover ................................. 9–22

9–15 ReturntheOldCPU ............................... 9–23

10–1 Connecting a VT320 terminal to the system unit . . . . . . . . . . 10–5

11–1 Indicator light and LED display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–3

C–1 System Module J-Connector Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C–4

Tables

1Conventions Used in This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv

1–1 Connectors, Controls, LED Display, and Lights on the

SystemUnit...................................... 1–5

5–1 SCSICableLengths................................ 5–16

5–2 Usual SCSI ID Assignments for External Drives . . . . . . . . . . 5–17

5–3 SCSI ID Switch Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18

5–4 Device Codes for Different Types of SCSI Drives . . . . . . . . . . 5–20

10–1 ConsoleCommands ................................ 10–10

10–2 ModuleCodes..................................... 10–14

10–3 SCSI Device Codes and Descriptors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–17

10–4 Console Commands for Environmental Variables . . . . . . . . . . 10–23

10–5 Environmental Variables Set by User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10–24

11–1 Interpreting the LED Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–4

11–2 Solutions to Common Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–6

11–3 Self-Test Error Messages for the Base System Slot . . . . . . . . 11–16

A–1 System Unit Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–1

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