Digital Equipment DECsystem 5500 Mode d’emploi
DECsystem 5500
Operation
Order Number EK–332AA–OP–001
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Contents
Preface ix
Chapter 1 System Overview
1.1 Front View and Physical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
1.1.1 The BA430 Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6
1.1.1.1 Mass Storage Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–8
1.1.1.2 CardCage ................................... 1–9
1.1.1.3 CPU Cover Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–11
1.1.1.4 DSSI and SCSI Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–14
1.1.1.5 Power Supply Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–14
1.1.1.6 Fans........................................ 1–17
1.2 Functional Description of Base System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–18
1.2.1 Base System Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–18
1.2.1.1 Central Processing Unit (CPU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–19
1.2.1.2 Console Serial Line Unit (SLU) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–19
1.2.1.3 MainMemory................................. 1–19
1.2.1.4 Network Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–19
1.2.1.5 Embedded DSSI Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–20
1.2.1.6 Embedded SCSI Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–20
1.2.2 Optional Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–20
1.2.2.1 Mass Storage Devices and Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–20
1.2.2.2 Mass Storage Subsystems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–21
1.2.2.3 Mass Storage and Q-bus Expanders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–22
1.2.2.4 Communications Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–22
1.2.2.5 Printer Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–24
1.2.2.6 Other Available Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–24
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Chapter 2 Operating the System
2.1 Before You Operate the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
2.2 SwitchSettings ................................... 2–1
2.2.1 Normal Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
2.2.2 Special Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–2
2.3 Turning On the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
2.4 Booting the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
2.4.1 Booting the System from Console Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
2.4.2 Autobooting the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
2.5 Using Console Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8
2.6 UsingtheSystem.................................. 2–10
2.7 Halting the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10
2.8 Restarting the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11
2.9 Turning Off the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11
2.10 Recovering from an Over Temperature Condition . . . . . . . . . 2–12
2.11 Console Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–12
2.11.1 The boot Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–15
2.11.2 The continue Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–17
2.11.3 The d (deposit) Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–17
2.11.4 The dump Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–18
2.11.5 The e (examine) Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–20
2.11.6 The exit Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–21
2.11.7 The fill Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–21
2.11.8 The go Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–22
2.11.9 The help Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–22
2.11.10 The?Command................................. 2–22
2.11.11 The init Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–22
2.11.12 The maint Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–22
2.11.13 The passwd Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–23
2.11.14 The printenv Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–24
2.11.15 The setenv Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–26
2.11.16 The show device Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–26
2.11.17 The show dssi Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–27
2.11.18 The show ethernet Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–27
2.11.19 The show scsi Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–28
2.11.20 The unpriv Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–29
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2.11.21 The unsetenv Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–29
2.12 Control Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–30
Chapter 3 Operating the System Options
3.1 Mass Storage Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–1
3.1.1 TK70TapeDrive ................................ 3–2
3.1.1.1 Design of the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–3
3.1.1.2 Labeling a Tape Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4
3.1.1.3 Write-Protecting a Tape Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5
3.1.1.4 Tape Cartridge Handling and Storage Guidelines . . . . . 3–7
3.1.1.5 Inserting a Tape Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–7
3.1.1.6 Removing a Tape Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–10
3.1.1.7 Summary of TK70 Tape Drive Controls and Indicator
Lights....................................... 3–12
3.1.2 TLZ04 Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–13
3.1.2.1 Proper Handling of Cassette Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–15
3.1.2.2 Setting the Write-Protect Tab on the Cassette Tape . . . . 3–15
3.1.2.3 Inserting a Cassette Tape into the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–16
3.1.2.4 System Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–17
3.1.2.5 Cleaning the Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–18
3.1.3 RF/RZ-Series Integrated Storage Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–19
3.1.4 RV20 Optical Disk Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–24
3.1.5 RRD40 Digital Disk Subsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–24
3.1.6 TS05 Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–24
3.1.7 TU81–Plus Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–24
3.2 Communications Controller Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–24
3.2.1 Asynchronous Serial Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–24
3.2.1.1 Without Modem Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–25
3.2.1.2 With Modem Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–26
3.2.2 Synchronous Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–27
3.2.3 Network Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–27
3.3 PrinterOptions ................................... 3–28
3.4 AddingOptions ................................... 3–29
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Appendix A Related Documentation
Glossary
Index
Figures
1–1 DECsystem 5500 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
1–2 KeyPositions..................................... 1–3
1–3 UpperDoorOpened................................ 1–4
1–4 Entire Door Opened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
1–5 Front View of the BA430 Enclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–7
1–6 Mass Storage Shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–8
1–7 CardCage ....................................... 1–10
1–8 CPUCoverPanel.................................. 1–12
1–9 Connectors for DSSI and SCSI Busses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–14
1–10 Power Supply Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–15
1–11 Sample Power Bus Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–17
1–12 System Air Circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–18
2–1 Language Selection Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
2–2 Sample Error Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
2–3 Successful Power-Up to Console Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
2–4 Successful Power-Up and Automatic Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
3–1 TK70TapeDrive .................................. 3–3
3–2 Labeling a Tape Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–4
3–3 Tape Cartridge Write-Protect Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6
3–4 Inserting a Tape Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9
3–5 Removing a Tape Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–11
3–6 TLZ04TapeDrive ................................. 3–14
3–7 Setting the Write-Protect Tab on the Cassette Tape . . . . . . . . 3–16
3–8 Inserting a Cassette Tape into the Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–17
3–9 Inserting the Head Cleaning Cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–19
3–10 RF-Series ISE Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–20
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3–11 RZ-Series ISE Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–22
3–12 Inserting Bus Node ID Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–23
Tables
2–1 Normal Power-Up Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
2–2 Console Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–14
2–3 DeviceNames .................................... 2–15
2–4 Default Environment Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–25
2–5 Normal-Mode Control Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–30
3–1 TK70 Tape Drive Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12
3–2 TK70 Tape Drive Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–12
3–3 TLZ04 Drive Indicators (Normal Conditions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–14
3–4 TLZ04 Drive Indicators (Abnormal Conditions) . . . . . . . . . . . 3–15
3–5 RF-Series Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–21
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Preface
This manual describes how to use the DECsystem 5500 system. The
system uses the RISC-based KN220 CPU module set and ULTRIX operating
system. The DECsystem 5500 system is housed in the BA430 pedestal
enclosure.
The manual is structured as follows:
• Chapter 1 provides an overview of the system.
• Chapter 2 describes how to use the system.
• Chapter 3 describes how to use options installed in the system.
• Appendix A lists related documentation.
• A glossary explains key terms.
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Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
Convention Meaning
Return A key name is shown enclosed to indicate that you press a named
key on the keyboard.
Ctrl/x A sequence such as Ctrl/x indicates that you must hold down the
key labeled Ctrl while you press another key.
[ ] Arguments enclosed in square brackets are optional.
Italic type Italic type indicates an argument for which you must supply a
value, environment variables, and references to other documents.
bold This bold lowercase type indicates a command name. For
example: The setenv command is described in the next section.
bold user input This bold upper or lowercase type indicates user input. For
example:
Type maint at the console prompt.
or
>>> show device
NOTE Notes provide general information about the current topic.
CAUTION Cautions provide information to prevent damage to equipment
or software. Read these carefully.
WARNING Warnings provide information to prevent personal injury. Read
these carefully.
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Chapter 1
System Overview
DECsystem 5500 systems house all components in a BA430 enclosure. This
enclosure is a free-standing pedestal that houses the following:
• Card cage
• System controls
• Central processing unit (CPU) module set
• Memory modules
• Communications controller modules
• Tape drive controller module
• Console module
• RF-series or RZ-series Integrated Storage Elements, or both
• TK70 tape drive or TLZ04 tape drive
• Power supply
• Fans
Up to four storage devices in the following combinations can be mounted
inside the BA430 enclosure:
• Four RF-series or RZ-series Integrated Storage Elements (ISEs), or a
combination of both
• One tape device, the TK70 or TLZ04 tape drive, and up to three RF-
series or RZ-series ISEs, or a combination of both
This chapter describes the system components and their functions.
Chapters 2 and 3 describe how to use the system and options.
System Overview 1–1
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