Cabletron Systems FRX6000, Netlink FRX6000 Maintenance Manual

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United States (FCC)

The equi pment provided by Cabletron Systems, I nc. and documented in t his
manual has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A
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designed to provide rea sonable prote ction aga inst harmful inte rfere nce
when the equipment is operated in a commer cial envi ronment.

This equipment generate s, uses , and can radiate radio frequency energy and,
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About This Man ua l

This manual is intended for use by field service personnel eit her dire ctly
employed by or c ontracted by Cable tron Systems, Inc. The ma nual provides
information that will a id i n troubleshooting and ma intaining an FRX6000.
You should also have a Netlink FRX4000 & FRX6000 User Guide for re f-
erence.

Some of the operations described in this manual c an lead to
d a ma g e to the hardware an d/ o r s o ftwa re if no t p erformed
c o rrectly. Thi s man ual s ho u ld be us ed on ly by qualif ied
serv i ce pers o nnel .

Revision History

Rev Date Re ason for Update
01 Decembe r 1996 Initi al releas e
02 March 1997 C D-ROM
03 March 1998 R elease 4.0

Terminology and Conventions

This typefa c e repr esents general text. This typefac e represents computer

input and output.

In on-scr een versions of the docume nt, cross references that are links to
other places in the docume nt are shown in bl ue.

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Thi s symbol points to an informational note relating to the te xt,
ta ble, or figure that immediately prece des or follows it.

This s y mb o l and text identi fi es a ca u tionary note, th e
conte nt of wh ic h is m ore crit ical to heed t han an in for ma­tion al note.

Thi s symbol and text identifie s a warnin g, intended to
prevent either injury to the user or major damage to
har dware, software, or system operation.

References to these ke yboard keys appear in the manual and/or on the
screen:

"[N]"

is a reference to a key on your keyboa rd (wher e “N” is the key).

—

"Enter"—me ans that you should type in the information, then press the

[Enter] key.

"Ty pe"—is similar to "Enter", except that the word “[Enter]” fo llow s

the information to be typed ( e.g., "type n [Enter ]").

"Press"—means press (hit , strike) the key once. Pre ssing the [Enter]

key af terwards is not necessa ry.

"[Ctrl]"

followed by one or two other key designations, must be struck

—

simultaneously with the other keys shown.

If a statement ends with a reference to a key—f or example, “ ....then pr ess

[Enter].”—t he period is not part of the data t o be enter ed. If a pe riod should

be entere d, it will be shown as "[.]." The same a pplies to all other punctu­ation.

W h en i n s t ru cted t o , fo r ex ample, “p res s [A], [B] from th e Main Menu,” thi s
means press [A], t h en [B], not [A] comma [B].

Scre en displays are provided to show the general appe arance of

ac t u al sc reen s . Th ey are only exa mples—they do not neces-

sarily re pr ese n t an oper a tion a l sys tem .

Related Documents

The Netli nk FRX4000 & FRX6000 User Guide is sh ipped with eac h
FRX6000. Additional copi es of t his and othe r Cabletron docume nts can be
ordered from Cabl etron Systems, Inc., or your local dis tributor of Cabletron
products.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1— Hardware Overview

Chassis ...........................................................................1-1

Cards ..............................................................................1-2

RLP ............................................................................1-2

LAN Adapters ............................................................1-3

O pera t or Inte rfac e s ... .... ............ ................... ..................1- 3

Chapter 2—Diagno stic Proced ures

Reviewing Boot Messages .............................................2-5

Boot Mes sag es ...................... ................... ..................2- 6

Running the BIOS Setup Program ...............................2-17

CO M Port Interface Contr ols ....................... ................2 -2 0

Chapter 3—Testing & Replacing Components

Removing the Chassis Cover .........................................3-4

T es ting Comp on en t Voltag es .... .... ............ ................... ..3- 4

Replacing the Power Supply ..........................................3-5

Replacing the Hard Disk Drive ......................................3-7

Replacing the 3.5” Diskette Drive ...............................3-11

Replacing the Fan Filter ...............................................3-13

Replacing a F an ...........................................................3-14

A dd ing or Replac in g Cards ... ............................... ........3-1 6

Appe ndix A—Configuration Drawings

Cards .............................................................................A-1

Cables ............................................................................A-4

I/O Cables .................................................................A-4

Au xiliary C on sole Cables .........................................A-8

Appe ndix B—Configuring LAN Car d Software

SM C Ether Car d Conf i gurat ion .................... .................B- 2

SM C Tok enCard C o nfig ura tion ........ ................... .........B- 3

IBM Token Ring Adapter Configuration ......................B-4

Startup Files .................................................................. B -5

CONFIG.SYS ........................................................... B -5

PROTOCOL.INI .......................................................B-5

Appendix C—Installing FRX6000 Software
Index

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List of Figures

1-1 FRX6000 Chassis............................................................1-1

1-2 RLP with I/O Box and Cables.........................................1-2

1-3 Lan Card s ........................................................................1-3

2-1 Port Status Display..........................................................2-2

2-2 Main Menu...................................................................... 2-3

2-3 Rackmount BIOS Setup Menu...................................... 2 - 17

3-1 Rackmount Chassis , Front View.....................................3-1

3-2 Rackmount Chassis , Rear View ......................................3-2

3-3 Rackmount Chassis , Interior View..................................3-3

3 -4 Remo v ing the Chas sis Cov er....... .................... ............... 3-4

3 -5 Disk Dri v e C ables ........................ .................... ...............3-6

3-6 Power Supply Cables.......................................................3-6

3-7 Power Supply Mounting Screws.....................................3-7

3-8 Remo ving the Ch assis Faceplate.....................................3-8

3 -9 Remo v ing the Hard Dri v e ........................ ................... ....3-8

3-10 Hard Disk Drive Cables .................................................. 3-9

3-11 BIOS Setup Menu .........................................................3 - 10

3 -13 R emo v ing the Disk ett e Dr i ve... .... .................... ............. 3-12

3-14 Diskette Drive Cables.................................................... 3-12

3-1 5 Remov ing the Chas sis Facep lat e.. .... ............................. 3-13

3-16 Remo ving the Fan Filter................................................ 3-14

3 -17 R emo v ing Fans..................... .................... ................... .. 3-1 5

3-18 Installin g a Card .. .......................................................... 3 -16

A-1 RLP and I/O Assembly................................................... A-1

A-2 SMC EtherCard Plus ...................................................... A-2

A-3 SMC To ken Car d Elite.................................................... A-2

A-4 CPU Module................................................................... A-3

A-5 RS-232 Cables................................................................ A-4

A-6 V.35 Cables .................................................................... A-5

A-7 RS-449 Cables................................................................ A-6

A-8 X.21 Cables .................................................................... A-7

A-9 Auxiliary Console Cable, FRX6000 to PC . ................... A-8

A-10 Console Cable Converter, FRX6000 to Termi nal.......... A-8

A-11 Auxiliary Conso le Cable, FRX6000 to Modem............. A-9

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List of Tables

2-1 BIOS Setup Parameters..................................................2-18

B-1 RLP Addresses................................................................B -1

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Chapter 1

Hardware Overview

The NetlinkTM FRX600 0 is used to provide concentration and access
to re mote device s . Ea ch FRX6000 supports up to sixty- four serial
interfaces, and can function as central-site devices for remote
FRX4000s, Smar tSw itch 1800s, a nd/ or 9W004s . The FRX 6000 pro­vides local and remote switching, and (on devices with video inter­faces ) feature an intuiti ve, menu-b ased management structure that
allo ws com plete local a nd remote contro l of oth er Cabletro n fram e
relay devices.

Detailed pro duct descriptions can b e found in the Netlin k FRX40 00
& FRX6000 User Guide.

Chassis

Figure 1-1 FRX6000 Chassis

Cards

RLP

The RLP, an i960 RISC-based line processor, provides serial inter­faces on the FRX6000.

RLP

LIC 1

LIC 2

RLP Cables

I/O Box

I/O Cables to Modems
and User Devices

6

4

5

2

0

3

1

7

Figure 1-2 RLP with I/O Box and Cables

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LAN Adapters

An FRX6000 ca n contai n one or two LA N c ards (T wo E the rne t, or
one Et hernet an d one To ken Ri ng).

Ethernet

RJ45

DB15

BNC

Token Ring

DB9

RJ45

F igure 1-3 La n Car ds

Operator Interfaces

The FRX6 000 does not requir e any operator in terv entio n for normal
oper ation . However, a keyboard an d VGA monitor are neces sary f or
local software installation , and a local monitor or local/remote asyn­chronous terminal (via the COM1 port) are necessary for configu­ration and monitoring.

The as ync term inal’ s keyboa rd must h ave
well as

[PgUp]

and

[PgDn]

keys.

[F1]–[F10]

function keys as

Ha r dwar e O ver v i ew 1- 3

St a n da r d P C keyboa r d functi on ke y s ar e r epresen t ed as fol lows o n a
VT100. (

^[

is

, and th e fol lowing ch aracte r is an u ppercase l etter

[Esc]

O. )

Standard VT100
Keyboard

[F1] [PF1] ^[0P
[F2] [PF2] ^[0Q
[F3] [PF3] ^[0R
[F4] [PF4] ^[0S
[F5] [5] ^[0u
[F6] [6] ^[0v
[F7] [7] ^[0w

[F9] [,]
[F10] [.]

[PgUp] [Up Arrow] ^[0A
[PgDn] [Down Arrow] ^ [0B

Keypad Map to:

(comma)
(period)

^[0l
^[0n

Each FRX6000 is shipped with cables to allow connection to the
device f rom an ASCI te rminal or from a PC with term inal emulation.
(See Figure A-9 thro ugh Figure A-11. )

A keyboa rd and video device c an also be c onnec t ed vi a one of t hese
me thods:

●

ASCII terminal/key bo ard (or PC with terminal emula tion)
connected to an async PAD port in t he local FRX6000.

●

ASCII terminal/key bo ard (or PC with terminal emula tion)
connected to an async PAD port in a remote Cabletron frame
rel ay de vice (FRX6000, FRX4000, Smart Switch 1800, or
9W0 04 ) , through a network, into an X.25 p ort in th e local
FRX6000.

●

Ke yb oa r d a n d v i de o device o n a remote Ca b l et ron fr ame r el a y
device.

Remote monitoring and configuration of any FRX6000
with IP and SNMP co nfigur ed can be performed via
Cabletron’s Spectrum network management platform, or
via a Hewlett Pack ard® workstation with HP OpenView
an d Netlink OmniV iew.

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Chapter 2

Diagnostic Procedures

All of the procedures in this chapter require an attached

VGA monitor. You should a lso have a diagnost ic diskette

(such as Ch eckIt ®) and a bo otable 1.4 MB blank d iskette,

t o analyze the system config uration.

Once an FRX6000 is opera tiona l, much diagnostic in for matio n is
avai lable through menu- level operatio ns (des crib ed in the Netlink
FR X40 00 & F RX600 0 Us er Guid e). Howev er, some probl ems might
arise that do not readily id entify themselves thro ugh system error
m ess ages or ob vious ch anges in o perati on. Thi s chapt er des cribes the
procedures for veri fying correct config uration and operation of an
FRX6000. It also provides some gu idelines for pursuing a solution if
there is a problem.

When an FRX6000 is switched o n, the following should oc cur :

●

The fan(s) and the power light on the front panel will come on.

●

BIOS identifying informatio n will be displayed.

●

There will be a short beep as me mory is tested , and the sc reen
will display the memory being counted.

●

Each disk drive’s access light will come on as the disks are
searched for the necessary DOS boot files.

●

As the softwa re i s l oa ded, me ssa ge s will be displa ye d.

If there are problems during boot-up, e rror messages will be dis­played, and the process will c ontinue after the message has be en dis­played for a short time (so watch the screen carefully).

Once the software has correctly loaded, a screen similar to the fol­lowing will be displayed.

Port S tatus Display (Page 1)

L P Type PPS Conn# State L P Type P PS Conn# State
0 0 X 25 62 4 Operational 0 1 X25 127 12 Operational
0 2 X25 112 7 Operational 0 3 X25 60 6 Operational
0 4 SNA 110 3 Operational 0 5 X25 87 5 Operational
1 0 A SY 0 0 Link_disab le 1 1 X25 88 4 Oper ational

F1: C ontinue

Nod e Name =node 10

F igure 2-1 Port Status Dis play

From this screen, you shoul d be able to lo g in to the Main Menu
(Figure 2-2) , w hich is the starting point for configuratio n and oper­at i o n proc edures.

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Node Na m e = nod e 10

Softw are V ersion 4.0

M A I N M E N U

A Configuration

B O peration

C Status Displays

D Events

E Statistic s

F Reports

Se ke ct:

Figure 2-2 Main Menu

It can probably be asssumed that if you are reading this chapter, the
node did not boot corr ec tly as desc ri bed. The re mainder of t his
chapter describes steps for identifying and fixing some problems.

Certain problems may be easy to track down; for example:

●

If there seems to be no power at all, check to make sure the
power cor d is secure ly conn ected at b oth ends and th at ther e is
power (of the appropriate voltage) at the receptacle.

●

If there is power but the hardwar e does not see m to be func­tioning properly, verify the correct settin g of the AC vo ltage
selector swit ch. ( S ee Chapter 3.)

●

If t here is an ob vious problem with one or m ore ha rdw are
components, go to Chapter 3.

●

If the node appears to boot correctly but there is a communi­cation problem with an async terminal, go to

"

COM Por t

Interface Controls" on page 2-20.

Diagnostic Procedures 2-3

If the problem is less clear , follow thi s plan:

g

g

g

Power on and

monitor sc reen

messages

Is

FRX6000

software starting?

(should see boot

messages)

Reboot with diagnostic

No

diskette and

run diagnostics

Monitor boot

messages

(see

e 2-5

pa

Is

there still a

problem?

No

All

done

Fix, then

reboot

Yes

Was

problem

identified?

Run BIOS setup
(see

pa

then reboot

Is

Yes

)

Yes

Yes

FRX6000

software
starting?

Can you

identify the

problem?

Contact Cabletron Systems

Technical Support at:
Phone: [phone]

FAX: [phone]

E-mail: [e-mail]

Can

you fix the

problem?

No

e 2- 17

No

No

No

Yes

),

Yes Yes

Can

BIOS setup

(

e 2-17

pa

fix it?

Yes

Can you

identify the

solution?

No

No

)

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Review in g Boot Messages

As an FRX6000 boots, screen information tracks the loading of
cards, verifies configurati on file format, and displays any errors.
This data is displayed only until the FRX6000 software is running;
however, it is save d in a file named BOOTRP T.TXT , an d the op erator
can later display it in a report. Th is can b e used as a tool to verify that
startu p of the n ode proceed ed with out errors , or to remi nd the u ser of
the number and types of RLPs in the node. If th ere is an error
reported, the data may aid in fixing the problem.

I f a node is shut down, then re booted , t he exist ing BOOTRPT.TX T
file w ill be renam ed BOOTBAK.TXT, and a n ew BOOTRPT.TXT will
be creat ed. B OOTR PT.TXT and BOOTBAK.TXT can be u sed as
follows:

1. Display and re vi ew the data from the “c urre nt ” boot of the node .

2. Addr ess any report ed problems.

3. Re-boot the node. (This copies the previous boot data to a
backup file.)

4. Display the new boot data, and compare it to the previous dat a.
This will show whether the problem was fixed . Also, a problem
tha t occurred during the previou s boot-up will often be cleared
up by re-booting.

To display the data f rom the curren t b oot-u p, press
Menu (or

[F],

then

[C]

from the Main Menu). T o display the data from

[C]

at th e Re ports

the previous boot-up (s aved in a file calle d BOOTBAK.TXT), press

[D]

at the Reports Menu (or

Diagnostic Procedures 2-5

[F], [D]

from the Main Men u).

Boot Messag es

Ma ny boot messa ges are “normal ” messages, an d are desc ribed here
simply for information. Others are err or messages, and include rec­omm ended actio n. Af ter takin g the reco mmended actio n for an error
message, reboot the node. If the problem has not been corrected,
contact Cabletron Systems Technical Support at:

Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail].

Boot messages are listed below in alph abetical order.

Boot Time: nn/nn/19nn–nn:nn:nn

Meaning : This is the date and time of the current boot-up.
Action: None.

Buffers: Xmt count “n,” Xmt size “n,” Rcv coun t “n,” Rcv size “n”

Meanin g: These values denote the numbers and sizes of the

pre-fetch buffers u sed by the LAN in terface.

Action: None.

C a n’t I nit ia lize Me m ory , “NNN”.CMP

Meanin g: There is n ot enoug h me mory in the FRX6000 to

load the RLP software (if “
the VxWorks software (if “

NNN

NNN

” is "

” is "

BOOTUP

VXWORKS

") or

").
An FRX6000 has 1 MB of me mory, but onl y the
640 KB of base memory is needed to load and run
the software. If one of these messages is displa yed,
some of that base memory is faulty.

Actio n: Check all the installed memory for proper seatin g.

If it is all securely installed, replace each module
and r eboot, one at a time.

Can’t ope n CO FF f ile , “NNN”.CMP

Meani ng: Either th e co mpres sed boo t (if “

or VxWorks (if “

NNN

” is "

VXWORKS

NNN

BOOTUP

” is "

") file handle

")

could not be found during RLP software loading.

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Actio n: Re-in stall the FRX600 0 software (as describe d in

Appendix C).

Checking configuration files

Meani ng: Self- explanato ry. Th e sof tware ch eck s to m ake su re

all files are valid.

Action: No ne.

Community Table file Read Error, System may not Boot Correctly

Meani ng: There is a e rror in the datab ase file C OM PAR. D AT.
Actio n: Boot the n od e with a DOS diskette and delete the

file, then reboot without the DOS disk and co n­f igure new SNMP C ommuni ty T able records
(described in the User Guide).

Configured for Async Console: COM1 test failed/passed

Meanin g: During installation, the FRX6000 softwar e was

configured to use an async terminal for its video
interface. When the node boots , the software looks
for interrupts from the COM1 port.

Actio n: If the test fa ile d, r un a diagnostic utilit y to

dete rmine whether ther e is a n interrupt conflict, and
to test the COM port. (This requires a loopback con­nector on the COM port.) If the port fails, replace
the card that contain s it.

Conversion Error

Meanin g: T he datab a se file specified in the message dis-

played before this one (see

) was not successfully converted to the new

file ...

Converting (FILENAME)

rel e a se of F RX6 000 so f tw are.

Action: If the file is X25REC.DAT (node paramet ers), a n e w

default f ile will automatically be created. If an error
occurs in any other file, boot the node with a DOS
diskette and delete the file, th e n reboot without the
DOS disk and con figure a n ew file ( describ ed in the
User Guide).

Diagnostic Procedures 2-7

Conversion Successful

Meanin g: The database file specified in the message dis-

played before this one (see

) was succ essfull y converted t o the new

file .. .

Converting (FILENAME)

release of FRX6000 software.

Action: None.

Converting (FILENAME) file ...

Meanin g: The software is converting the specified file from

the earlier release of FRX6000 software to the new
release. (This happens during migration to a new
releas e.) The number of database files that exist
depends on the configuration in the earlier release.

Action: None.

Could not register with FRX6000 LAN driver

Meani ng: There is a LAN card co nfigurat ion error.
Action: Check the CONFIG.SYS and PROTOCOL. INI files

to make sure the information shown in Appendix B
is in the files. ( If not, edit the file(s) using a DOS
editor .)

Creating X25rec.dat file ...

Meanin g: This message will follow

Conversion Error

erro r occurs during conversion of the node param­eters file (X25REC.DAT).

Action: None—a new X25 RE C.DAT will be created auto-

matically.

if that

Database Error: ERRMSG.TXT Invalid Size

Meani ng: The ev ent message file (ERR MSG .TXT) w as cor-

Actio n: Boot the node with a DOS dis kette, then copy

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rupted during migration to a new release.

ERRMSG.TXT from the FRX6000 System Disk
(part of the installation set) to the directory
omni4000 on the hard di sk.

Database Error: X.25REC.DAT Not Present, Expects (current release)

Meanin g: T he datab a se is missing the node parameters fil e

(X25REC.DAT). During bo ot-up, if this f ile is
missing, a new one is normally created automati­cally. Failure to cre ate this file indicates a serious
failure in the migration software.

Actio n: For an FRX6000, re-install the softwar e (as

described in Appendix C).

Database Initialization Error: ERRMSG.TXT not found

Meanin g: The file ERRMSG.TXT contains all the event mes-

sage s, and mu st be present in the s oftw are, but it is
missing.

Action: Boot the node with a DOS diskette and copy

ERRMSG.TXT fro m the FRX6000 System Disk
(part of the install ation set) to the d ir ectory
omni4000 on the hard disk.

Database Release “n” Matches Software Release, No Conversion
Necessary

Meanin g: Self -explan atory.
Action: No ne.

Database Validation Error: Version “n.nn”, Expected (current release)

Meanin g: T he versio n o f the database is incompatible with

that of the operatin g sy stem.

Action: Check all database records (accessible under

Database o per ation s from the FRX6000 Main
Menu, and described in the User Guide) for proper
configuration, and reconfigure where necessary.

Database Validation OK: Version “n.nn”

Meanin g: T he versio n of the database is co mpatible with that

of the operating system.

Action: Non e.

Diagnostic Procedures 2-9

Database Write Error: X.25REC.DAT

Meaning : The node parameters file (X 25 REC.DAT ) could not

be written to the d a ta base during mig ration. This is
a severe error in hard disk operation.

Actio n: Run a diagnostic utility, then verify that the BIOS

(page 2-17) is correc tly s et u p. If ne cessary, replac e
the ha rd di s k dri ve .

Data Error: SubID “n” Skipped

Meanin g: A subscriber ID in the SNA PU file

(SDLCPU.DAT) do es not e xist in the SVC Sub­scriber file (SVCSUB.DAT), and the remote sub­scriber record will not be cop ie d to the new
database.

Action: Create a new PU record (described in the User

Guide).

Disk Error cannot create new (FILENAME)

Meani ng: There was an error in conv ertin g the fil e to the new

release . This is a severe error in ha rd d isk operation.

Actio n: Run a diagnostic utility, then verify that the BIOS

(page 2-17) is correc tly s et u p. If ne cessary, replac e
the ha rd di s k dri ve .

Disk Error, must create new X25REC.DAT

Meanin g: There was an error in converting the node param-

eters file (X25REC.DAT) to the new release, and a
new default file will be cr ea te d. This is a severe
error in hard disk opera t ion.

Actio n: Run a diagnostic utility, then verify that the BIOS

(page 2-17) is correc tly s et u p. If ne cessary, replac e
the ha rd di s k dri ve .

Disk Write error

Meanin g: There was an error in updating the file b e ing con-

verted to the new release. This is a severe error i n
hard disk operation.

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Actio n: Run a diagnostic utility, then verify tha t the BIOS

(page 2-17) is correctly set up. I f necessar y, replace
the hard disk drive.

File Transfer Abort Error

Meanin g: Wh ile wa iting for a file transfer connecti on to

become established, an abort was attem pted from a
differe nt ID (the one in the message) tha n that used
to initiate the file trans fer request.

Action: The abort must be initiated from the same ID that

was used to initiate the file transfer .

Initialization Error: Can’t Attach RLP “n”

Meanin g: The RLP cannot be attached to the shared memory

buffer.

Action: Check th e IO address es of the RL Ps (see page B- 1)

for con flicts with other RLPs or other cards in the
node.

Initialization Error: Can’t Create Line Record/ Status Table

Meanin g: There i s a severe memory error.
Actio n: Check all the installed memory for proper seating.

If it is all securely installed, replace each module
and reboot, one at a time.

initLan: Could not allocate recv/xmit buffer “n”

Meanin g: There i s a severe memory error.
Actio n: Check all the installed memory for proper seating.

If it is all securely installed, replace each module
and reboot, one at a time.

IP Interface file Read Error, System may not Boot C orrectly

Meanin g: An er ror in the IP Interface file (IPIS UB.DAT)

occur red during IP initialization .

Action: Delete the file and c reate a new one by configuring

IP I nterface reco rds (described in the User Gu ide) .

Diagnostic Procedures 2-11

IP Routing file Read Error, System may not Boot Correctly

Meanin g: An error in the IP Routing file ( IPRSUB.DAT)

occurred during IP initia lizat ion .

Action: Delete the file and create a new one by configuring

IP Routing records (descri bed in the User Guide).

LAN Adapter “n” open failed

Meanin g: An error occurred durin g IP in itia liz ation .
Actio n: Check the file P ROTOCOL.IN I (describ ed in

Appendix B) to m ake sure it is properly c onfigu red

for the inst alled LAN card(s).

LAN Adapter “n” open opened successfully

Meanin g: LAN card initialization was succ essf ul.
Action: None.

LAN Adapter “n” was already open

Meanin g: LAN card initialization was succ essf ul.
Action: None.

LAN driver not installed. Check CONFIG.SYS if desired

Meanin g: Se lf-ex planator y.
Actio n: Check the file CONFIG.SYS (described in

Appendix B) to m ake sure it is properly c onfigu red

for the inst alled LAN card(s).

“n” “n” LAN Interface “n” is configured for (LAN type) but has
hardware (type)

Meaning: Self-explana tory.
Actio n: Change the configur ation (see Appendix B) o r the

LAN card.

L oa ding LP “n” - RLP

Meani ng: The operatin g softwa re has bee n loaded to the spec-

ified RLP.

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Actio n: None, unles s If an RLP that yo u k now is in stalle d

did not lo ad, in wh ich case rem ove it and check the
switch setting s to verify that it is configured cor­rec tly.

Memory Test (“n”):”n,” Requests “n,” Outstanding Size “n”

Meaning : This is par t of normal IPL testing.
Action: Non e.

No Database Present, Creating a Database for Release “n”

Meanin g: Se lf-explanatory. During migratio n the first time a

node is booted with a new software release, a new
defau lt database will be created .

Actio n: Reconfigur e all da tabase files as nece ssary (see the

User Guid e) or copy the old database to the hard
disk. (See Chapter 3.)

No remote subscribers for subID “n”

Meanin g: N o PU re cords exi sted in the database for the spec-

ified SNA subscr iber (

subID

).

Action: Delete the SNA S ubscriber record or create the

missing PU records (described in the User Guide).

FRX6000 LAN driver retur ns error “n”, (29 means netbind was not run,
(mi.status)

Meani ng: There was an IPL p roblem .
Action: Sh ut down the node and check to assure pro per

seating of the LAN card(s). If the err or repeats on
rebo oting, rein stall the FRX600 0 sof tw are. (See

Appendix C.)

FRX6000 LAN driver V”n”.”n” bound to “n” cards. (Mi.ProtMajor,
mi.Pr ot Minor, m i.num Bound)

Meanin g: The LAN driver was loaded to th e cards.
Action: No ne.

Output Device: VGA

Meanin g: Self -explan atory.
Action: No ne.

Diagnostic Procedures 2-13

Port Configuration file in Incorrect form, System may not Boot Cor­rectly

Meaning : There is an incompatibility in the database, most

likely due to inc orrect migration to a new release of
FRX6000 softwa re .

Action: Make the necessary changes to the old database to

assure that it does not contain parameters that are
invalid in the new release, then reinstall the new
FR X 6000 s oftw a re (s ee Appendix C) and rep eat the
m ig ra ti o n pr o ce d ure.

PVC Configuration file Read Error, System may not Boot Correctly

Meaning : There is an incompatibility in the database, most

likely due to inc orrect migration to a new release of
FRX6000 softwa re .

Action: Make the necessary changes to the old database to

assure that it does not contain parameters that are
invalid in the new release, then reinstall the new
FR X 6000 s oftw a re (s ee Appendix C) and rep eat the
m ig ra ti o n pr o ce d ure.

Remote Connection Clearing Error (Remote Control ID)

Meani ng: An abort was attem pted fr om a diff erent ID ( the o ne

in the m e ssag e ) than that used to take r e mote
control.

Actio n: The abort must be in itia te d from the same ID that

was used to initiate remote contro l.

Remote Control Abort Error (Remote Control ID)

Meanin g: While waiting for a remote control connection to

Actio n: The abort must be in itia te d from the same ID that

RLP Load Complete

Meani ng: The operatin g sof tware h as been loade d to all RLPs

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become established, an abo rt was attem pted from a
different ID (the one in the message) than that used
to initiate the remote control request.

was used to take remote control.

in the FRX6000.

Action: No ne.

SNMP System Defaults file Read Error, System May Not Boot Correctly

Meani ng: There is an err or in the databas e f ile X25REC. DAT .
Action: Boot the node with a DOS diskette and copy

X25REC.DAT fr om th e FR X60 00 Sys te m Di sk (p art
of the installation set) to the dir ector y omn i 40 00 on
the hard disk.

SNMP System Defaults file X25REC.DAT does not exist, System May
Not Boot Correctly

Meaning: Self-explanatory.
Action: Boot the node with a DOS diskette and copy

X25REC.DAT fr om th e FR X60 00 Sys te m Di sk (p art
of the installation set) to the dir ector y omn i 40 00 on
the hard disk.

Subscriber file Read Error, System may not Boot Correctly

Meanin g: There is an error in the database file SVCSUB.DAT.
Actio n: Boot the n od e with a DOS diskette and delete the

file, then reboot without the DOS disk and co n­figure new Subscriber parameters (described in the
User Guide).

Trap Routing Table file Read Error, System may not Boot Correctly

Meanin g: There is an error in the database file TRPPAR.DAT.
Actio n: Boot the n od e with a DOS diskette and delete the

file, then reboot without the DOS disk and co n­figur e n ew SNMP Trap Routin g records ( describ ed
in the User Guide).

Unknown Host message received MID “n,” BID “n”

Meanin g: An unknown message was received at the host dis-

patc her’s exchange from th e sp ecified port (
and ca rd (

BID

).

MID

)

Action: Includ e the displayed values in an incident r epo rt to

Cabletron Systems Technical Support .

Diagnostic Procedures 2-15

Un k now n MAC t y pe “n”

Meani ng: There is a LAN card co nfigurat ion error.
Action: Check the CONFIG.SYS and PROTOCOL.INI files,

described in Appendix B, an d edit the file(s) if nec-
essary using a DOS editor .

Unknown Mbox ID in HOST message MID “n,” BI D “n”

Meanin g: A mess age was received at the h ost dispatch er’s

exchange from an unknown port (
(

).

BID

MID

Action: Include the dis play ed v alues in a n inc iden t report to

Cabletr on System s Technical Support .

VGA/EGA Display Card Installed

Meaning: Self-explana tory.
Action: None.

Waitfmsg Received Unknown MSG “n,” date “n”

Meani ng: An unknown message typ e was receive d at the host

dis patcher’s exchange.

Action: Include the dis play ed v alues in a n inc iden t report to

Cabletr on System s Technical Support .

) a n d card

Write Error: SubID “n” Skipped

Meanin g: A subscriber ID in the o ld d at abase’ s PU file

(SDLCPU.DAT) did no t exist in the SVC Sub­sc rib e r fil e (SVCSUB.DAT), and the PU recor d was
not be copied to the n e w database.

Action: Recreate the PU record (described in the User

Guide) if desired.

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R unni ng th e B IO S Set up Pr ogr am

To operate properly, an FRX6000’s BIOS (basic input/output
system) needs to know the basic hardware and software configu­r ation: types of d isk drives, pr oce s sing s pee d, e tc. A s etup program
recor ds this configuration and st ores it in battery-back ed memory.
The BIOS is con figur ed before a node is shipp ed to the custo mer. If
you change the config ura tion (e.g., replacing the hard disk with one
of a different type), run the setup program to record the change(s).

1. Switch the unit on. Wh en (after a few seconds)

+ S> to enter Setup after Memory Check

of the screen, press (simultaneously)

is displayed at the bottom

[Ctrl] [Alt] [S]

Press <Ctr l + Alt

. After the
system memory has been checked, a screen similar to th e fol­lowin g will be displayed.

Texas Mi crosystems, Inc. —Setup Utility—Copyright (c) 1993
Model L486-SX—33 MHz—BIOS Version 3.1.1.1

Basic Options Time 16:07:30
Time an d Date Date De c 12, 1996
Fl oppy Di sk s Wee kd ay Th ur sda y
Fi x ed Di sks
Video Adapter Drive A: 3 1/ 2 In ch, 1.44 MB
Keyboard Drive B: Not Installe d
Shadow R AM Ha rd Disk 1 Type 46 is 482 MB
Boot Options Har d Disk 2 N ot Installed
Password Options Video A dapter V GA/EGA
Pa ss wo r d E di t
Advanced Options Base Me mory 640K
Park Hard Drive Extended Memory 1020K

Floating Print Unit Not Present
Fa st Bo o t No
Boot Drive Seque nce Drive A: then C:
101-Ke yboard NumLock Off
Password Protection None
Boot Error s:Keyboard On

Flopp y On
Vide o On

Figure 2- 3 Rackmount BIO S Setup M enu

Diagnostic Procedures 2-17

2. Select items under

Basic Options

keys to highl ight the desi red entry , t hen pres s ing

by using the [  ] and/or [  ]

[Enter]

figure the various items as shown in Table 2-1. After a menu
selection is made, a parameter in tha t category will be displayed.
When that p aramet er is correctly configured, press

[Enter]

dis play the next one in that category or, if there are no more
parameters in the category, to redispla y th e Setup Menu.

Tabl e 2-1 B IO S Set up Parameter s

Basic Option Parameter Setting

Time a nd Date Time a nd Dat e correct tim e/date
Floppy Disks Onboa r d Fl oppy Controll er

Select Drive A: T ype
Select Drive B: T ype
Floppy Config Err or s

Fixed Disks Onboard IDE Interface

Set Hard Disk 1 Type

On

3.5", 1.44MB
N ot In st all ed
On

On
Type 46:

Siz e = 482,
Cylinde rs = 980,
Heads = 16, Write Pre­comp. = 0, Landing
Zone = 0, Sectors = 63 *

. Con-

to

Set Hard Disk 2 Type

Vi deo Adapter Sele ct Vi deo Adapter Type

Video Configurati on Errors

K ey board Ke yboard Config. Errors

Se t Ky bd . Ty p e m a t i c R at e sOnNo

Shadow RAM Shadow Select

CPU BIOS

Bo ot O ptions Set B oot Dri ve Sequence

Do you w ant Fast Booti ng?

101 Kybd NumLock a t Boot
Passwor d O pti ons P as sword Protect Options None
Password Edit

Do not configure

N ot In st all ed
VGA/ EGA

On

ROM
Shado w

Dri ve A: th en C:
No
Off

Advanced Options

Se rial Port s Se lec t Ser. Port 1 Ad dr es s

Select Ser. Port 2 Address

03F8h, IRQ4
02F8h, IRQ3

(continued on next page)

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Table 2-1 BIOS Setup Parameters

Basic Option Parameter Setting

Parallel Por ts Select Par .l Port Address Disabled
Cache I nternal 486 Cach e

C0000H t o FFFFFH Cache
Non-Cac heable Mem Bloc k

DRAM Sp eeds Select DRA M Write Wait

States
Select DRAM Read Wait
States
Sel ec t DRAM RAS p r echa r g e
Sel ec t DRAM RAS to CAS
time

Bus /DMA Speeds AT Bus Speed

DMA Speed
CT206 Read/Write Wait States
8 Bit DMA W ait States
16 Bi t DMA Wa it States

Me mor y O p tions Set Ba se Memory Size

15M-16M Me mor y
Top 128K of 32M

Park Hard Drive

Ignore

* These ar e the settings for hard drives shipped from Ca bletron

December 1, 1997 or later. T he settings for drives shipped before that
date are:

Size = 201, Cylinde rs = 723, Heads = 15, Write Precomp. = 0,

Landing Zone = 0, Sectors = 38.
The sizes of both drives are actual ly much larger than the settings;
however , an FRX6000 requires less sp ace, and configuring the BIOS
as shown reduces disk access time.

Enable
Non Cacheable
Disabled

1 Wait State
2 Wait States
3 SYSCLKS
1 SYSCLKS

8 MHz
1/2 Bus Speed
3 Wait States
3 Wait States
3 Wait States

640K Base Mem
Disable 15M-16M
Disabl e Top 128 K

(contd.)

3. When everything is correctly configured, press
screen in Figure 2-3 (on p age 2-17) to s ave the set up and boot
the no de .

Diagnostic Procedures 2-19

[Esc]

at the

COM Port Inter face Controls

DT R and RTS are disab led whe n the FRX6 000 is su es a bu s re set on
power -u p. When the nod e is ready to be gin u si ng th e serial inter face,
DTR and RT S will be r ai sed high.

While the system is running, DSR is used to indicate that the
equipment attached to the node is ready. While DSR is ON, the node
acc epts inp ut and p roduces out put o n the s erial inte rface . Whil e DSR
is OFF, the node stop s output and ignores input on the interface. The
response time of the node ( from DSR turning OFF until serial input/
output s topping) i s one se cond or less.

W i thi n one se cond of D SR turnin g O N, the no de r es u m es ou t put and
begins accepting input (b ased on 9600 bps-if serial I/O is slower, it
will take proportionately long e r). In operation, the node will finish
output of the screen in progress, then look at DSR; if it is OFF, n o
new output will o c cur. The effect is that when DSR changes from
ON to OFF, serial output might produce a full screen of characters
before stopping. This accounts fo r the time of one second or less at
9600 b ps. The sp eed of the serial out put, and any XOFF/XON, co uld
extend the time to finish the screen in p r og ress after DSR goe s OFF.

If DSR has mome ntary changes (i .e ., ON, OF F, ON), input and
output will be interrupted, and input characters will be discarded .
This case is seen in s ituatio ns where DSR is left unconnect ed or is
not driven. In such circumstances there is a possibility of noise
pickup on DSR. T o avo id thi s, connect DSR to a definite signal so a
level will ex ist on DSR in case s where it would oth erwis e be uncon­nected. If no signal is supplied by t he terminal equipment, connect
DSR directly to DTR on the COM1 in terface with an ind ustry­standa rd nul l modem.

The FRX6000 ignores RI and CTS signals on the COM port.

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Chapter 3

Testing & Replacing Components

Several hardwar e c omponents of an FRX6000 c an be te sted and/or
replaced in the field by a qual ified service person. This chapter
describe s replaceme nt and installation of power supplies, dis k
drives, and fans, cards, and memory modules.

I f you want to back up the databa se before rep la cing a
hard disk drive, you w ill need a 3.5" 1.44MB diskette, for­matted for MS-DOS version 5.0.

S tatic electricity can destroy the FRX6000 hardware.
Take the neces sary preca utions to discha rge any sta tic
b efore touchin g components or cards. If you have a
gr ounding wrist strap, wear it.

For reference , Figur e 3-1 through F i gure 3-3 show front, re ar , and
inte r ior views of the FRX 6 000 c has s i s.

Reset Switch

F igure 3-1 Rac kmount Chassis, Front Vi ew

Hard Disk Drive

3.5" Dis kette Driv e

Power Switch

VGA Port

COM1

RLPs

Power
Cable
Connector

Voltage
Selection
Switch

COM2

Keyboard
Connector

LAN Adapter

LPT1

F igure 3-2 Rackm ount Chassis, R ear View

The combination of LP s and LAN Adapters might vary.
The VGA and COM1 ports are on a daughter card

mounted on the CPU (which also contains COM1 and
LPT1), with a cable to the connector in the adjacent slot.

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Motherboard

Power
Supply

DC Power
Connector

Fans

Disk Drives

Fi gure 3- 3 Rackm ount Chassi s, I nte ri or V i ew

Testing & Replacing Components 3-3

Removing the Chassis Cover

1. Make sure the power cable is dis connected fro m the rear of the
device.

2. Remove th e two screw s shown in the follo wing figure, then lift
the cover off.

Cover Screws

Figure 3-4 Removing the Chassis Cover

Testing Compone nt Vol tages

Be careful! These procedures are performed with
ex posed liv e AC and DC powe r.

To make sure certain components are transmittin g/re ceiving the
proper voltage s, follow this procedure:

1. Make sure the powe r switch is off, then disconnec t the p ower
cable from the rear of the unit.

2 . Re mo ve the un i t’ s cover.

3. Being caref ul to avoid con tact with live compo nen ts, reconnect
the power cable and switch the unit on.

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4. Check the follo wing:

●

Power Supply :

◆

Me asure the AC v o lta ge.

◆

M ea sure the D C out put vol ta ges (+12V, -12V, +5V).

●

Motherboard:

◆

Measure the DC input voltages.

●

Disk Drives:

◆

Unp lug t he disk drive power connector and measur e the
DC input voltages.

◆

Test th e cont rol cable by substituting an oth er connecto r
or, if necessary, another cable.

◆

If a spare is available, test the disk controller card by sub­stituting another one.

5. I f replacement of a component is necessary, follow the appro­priate pro cedure lat er in this chapter.

Replacing the Power Supply

Location – see Figure 3-3 (on pa ge 3-3).
Cabletron part number = 84805006.

1. If neces sary, remove the cover. (See page 3-4.)

2. Disconnect the cables from the dis kette and hard drives .

Testing & Replacing Components 3-5

Power Cables

Diskette Drive Hard Disk Drive

Figure 3-5 Disk Drive Cables

3. Disconnect the power supply cables from the DC power con­nector on the moth erboard. (See Fi gu r e 3-3.)

Power Connector

Orange Wire

Red Wire

Figure 3-6 Power Supply Cables

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4 . R e move the fou r po we r supp l y moun t ing screw s fro m the bac k

of the node.

Power Supply Screws

F igure 3-7 Powe r Supply Mounti ng Screws

5 . Lift ou t the po w er su pp l y.

6. Install the re placement power supply by rev e rs ing the remova l
procedure.

Replacing the Hard Disk Drive

Location – see Figure 3-3 (on pa ge 3-3).
Cabletron part number = 85202001.

1. If you want to back up the database from the existing hard disk,
insert a DOS-formatted (5.0) dis kette into drive A and type (at
the DOS prompt):

copy c:\omni4000\*.dat a: [Enter]

.

2. If neces sary, remove the cover. (See page 3-4.)

3. R emove the th ree scr ews shown in the following figure, then
grasp the faceplate along the top edge and pull it forward and
down to pop it out.

Testing & Replacing Components 3-7

Screws

Faceplate

Mounting
Bracket

Fi gure 3- 8 Remov i ng the Chassis F ac e plate

4. R emove the tw o screws (and the metal tabs under them) that
secure the drive (as shown in the fo llowin g figu re).

Hard Drive
Mounting Screws

See caution below

Faceplate (top view)

F igure 3-9 Re moving the Har d Dri ve

Be careful when disconnecting the faceplate that the
wires do not come unplugged.

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5. Disconnec t the power and con trol le r cables fr om the har d dr ive.
(See the following figure.) If the mounting assembly that con­tains the drive has a ground wire attached, disconnect it.

Controller
Cable

Power
Cable

F igure 3-10 Hard Disk Dr i ve C ables

6. Slide th e drive out toward th e front.

7. Remove the drive from its m ountin g assembly by removing all
n ece ssa ry screw s.

8. Verify that the jump ers on the repl aceme nt drive are conf igured
to match the remov ed on e, if the same type, or per the accompa­nying documentation, if a diffe rent ty pe.

9. Install the d r ive by reversing the removal procedure.

1 0. Whe n t he new d ri ve has b e en i n s t a ll e d, re pl ace t he node’ s cover,

the n plug the power cord back into the u nit and the AC outlet.

11. Switch the unit on. When (after a few s econds)

+ S> to enter Setup after Memory Check

of the screen, press (simultaneously)

is displayed at the bottom

[Ctrl] [Alt] [S]

Press <Ctr l + Alt

. After the
system memory has been checked, a screen similar to th e fol­lowin g will be displayed.

Testing & Replacing Components 3-9

Texas Mi crosystems, Inc. —Setup Utility—Copyright (c) 1993
Model L486-SX—33 MHz—BIOS Version 3.1.1.1

Basic Options Time 16:07:30
Time an d Date Date De c 12, 1996
Fl oppy Di sk s Wee kd ay T h ur sda y
Fi x ed Di sks
Video Adapter Drive A: 3 1/2 Inch, 1.44 MB
Keyboard Drive B: N ot I nstalled
Shadow R AM Ha rd Disk 1 Type 46 is 482 MB
Boot Options Har d Disk 2 Not Installed
Password Options Video A dapter V GA/EGA
Pa ss wo r d E di t
Advanced Options Base Me mory 640K
Park Hard Drive Extended Memor y 1020K

Floating Print Unit Not Present
Fa st Bo o t No
Boot Drive Seque nce Dr ive A: then C:
101-Ke yboard NumLock Off
Password Protection None
Boot Error s: Keyboard On

Flopp y On
Vide o On

F igure 3-11 BIOS Setup M enu

T he si ze displ aye d for H ard Disk 1 is 201MB for ha rd
drives shipped from Cabletron previou s to December 1,

997. The siz e of the drive is actually much larger than dis­played; however, an FRX6000 requires less s pace, and
configur ing the BIOS as shown reduces disk access time.

12. Select

Fixed Disks

p rompted , s pecify
screen configure the hard disk as

from the Basic Options list at the left. When

Onboard IDE Controller

Type 46

as On, then at th e nex t

, and enter the asso-

ciated values from Table 2-1 (on p age 2-18).

13. When ev erything i s co rrectly config ured (see t he com plete setup
in Chap t er 2), p re ss

at th e screen in F i gu re 3- 11 to save the

[Esc]

setup and boot the node.

Installation is now complete. Go to Appendix C f or ins truction s on
installing FRX6000 software.

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Replacing the 3. 5” Diskette Drive

Location – see Figure 3-3 (on pa ge 3-3).
Cabletron part number = 85208002.

1. If neces sary, remove the cover. (See page 3-4.)

2. R emove the th ree scr ews shown in the following figure, then
grasp the faceplate along the top edge and pull it forward and
down to pop it out.

Screws Faceplate

Mounting
Bracket

Figure 3-12 Removing the Chassis Faceplate

3. Remove the two screws (and the metal tabs under the m) that
secure the drive. (See th e following figure.)

Testing & Replacing Components 3-11

Diskette Drive
Mounting Screws

See caution below

Faceplate (top view)

F igure 3-13 Re moving the D i s ke tte Drive

Be careful when disconnecting the faceplate that the
wires do not come unplugged.

4. Disconne ct the power an d control ler cabl es fr om the dr ive. (See
the follo wing figur e.) I f the mounting assembly that contains the
drive has a ground wire attached, disconnect it.

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Controller
Cable

Power
Cable

Figure 3-14 Diskette Drive Cables

5. Slide th e drive out toward th e front.

6. Remove the drive from its m ountin g assembly by removing all
n ece ssa ry screw s.

7. Install the re placement drive by reversing the removal pro­cedure.

Replacing the Fan Filter

Location – see Figure 3-3 (on pa ge 3-3).
Cabletron part number = 81005002.

1. If neces sary, remove the cover. (See page 3-4.)

2. R emove the th ree scr ews shown in the following figure, then
grasp the faceplate along the top edge and pull it forward and
down to pop it out.

Screws Faceplate

Mounting
Bracket

Figure 3-15 Removing the Chassis Faceplate

3. Remove the filter. (Se e the follo wing figure .)

Testing & Replacing Components 3-13

See caution below

Faceplate (top view)

Figure 3-16 Remo ving the Fan Filter

Be careful when disconnecting the faceplate that the
wires do not come unplugged.

4. I nstall the replacement filt er by reversing the removal pro­cedure.

Replacing a Fan

Location – see Fi gure 3-3 (on p a ge 3-3).
Ca bletron pa rt number = 81002005.

1. I f necessary, remove the cover. (See page 3-4.)

2. You must remo ve any cards that blo ck acce ss to the four screws
that secure the fan. (See the following figure.) Remove any
external cable(s) from each card.

Be sure to take the neces sary pr ecaut ions to discharg e
static electricity before touchin g a card, and place t he
card into an anti-static bag after removing it fro m the
FRX6000.

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3. Remove the screw that secures each card ’s re ar bra cket into th e
node, then unplug and remove each card.

Air Flow

Clip

Card Guides

Screws

F igure 3-17 Re moving Fa ns

4. Before removing the screws that secure the fan, it may be nec­essa ry to remove a card guide. If so , pr y the top out with a small
slotted screw driver, then pop the bottom out.

5. Remove the fou r scre ws that secure the f an.

6. The like-colored wires from both fans are joi ned in connectors
on the mother board . T race the wires f rom the remov ed fan, pull
the top off of each connector, and discon nect the wires.

7. Remove the clips fr om the four corners o f the fan, in case they
are needed for the replacement.

8. Install the new fan by reversing the removal procedure. If nec­ess ary, attach the four clips removed from the old fan.

Testing & Replacing Components 3-15

Adding or Replacing Cards

Whe n a new or replaceme nt RLP or L ine Interface Ca rd is shipp ed
from Cab letron, it should include installation instructions. The infor­mation in this section is for reference.

1. Ma ke certain the d evice is powere d off, then remove the cover.
(See pa ge 3-4.)

2. Disconnect any cables from the rear of the card .

3. Remove th e retaini ng screw that secures the card’s mounting
bracket.

Retaining Screw Slot Cover

Card Guides

Gold-plated
Edge Connectors

Fig ure 3 -18 Ins talling a Card

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4. Carefully p ull th e card up and out of the chas sis. Ha ndl e the card
only by its edges; never touch a gol d-pl ated e dge co nnector. (If
you do, clean it with a lint-fre e c loth dipped in isopropyl
alcohol.) Avoid tou ching any components except jumpers and
switches.

5. Place the card into an a nti-s tatic bag . If one is n ot handy, set the
car d aside until after step 6, then use th e bag that contained the
replacement card.

6. Remove the replacem ent car d fro m its anti-st atic bag. (Save th e
bag for any future need.)

7. If installing an RLP, set th e sw itc hes to match the configuration
of the removed card. If installing a Line Interface Card (LIC)
onto an RLP, mount it as sho wn in the drawing that accom­panied the LIC. Each LIC has two connectors that mate to con­nector s on the R LP; make sure these are fully seated before
secur ing the board s tog ether with screws .

8. Insert the card into the card guide and lower it into the con­nector . Push gently , but firmly, on the card u ntil it is securely
seated.

9. Lock the card in place by re-installing the re ta ining scre w.

10. Replace the chassis cover.

11. Plug any cable(s) into the card an d tighten the retaining screws.

Testing & Replacing Components 3-17

Cards

On

8

1

Off

RLP

LIC 1

LIC 2

Appendix A

Configuration Drawings

LP Switch

8 76 54 3 2 1
0 OnOff*OffOnOffOnOnOn
1 OnOnOff
2OnOffOn
3 On Off Off
4 Off On On
5 Off On Off
6 Off Off On
7 Off Off Off

* Sw itch 7 is Off for 8 MB RLP,

On for 4 MB RLP.

RLP Cable
(60 conductors, one-to-one)

Cabletron part numbers
(each LIC part number includes

an RLP cable and four-port
I/O box):

RLP FRX6000-RLP
RS-232 LIC FRX6000-232-CRD
RS-422 LIC FRX6000-422-CRD
V.35 LIC FRX6000-V35-C RD

Each RLP in a node must have
a different number (0–7). That
number is det ermined solely by
the settings of the dipswitch.

Figure A-1 RLP and I/O Assembly

I/O Box

W1 W2

No ROM Address

Software-configurable
I/O Base Address, IRQ,
RAM Base Address

Cabletron number = F RX6000-E-CRD

RJ45

DB15

BNC

Figure A-2 SMC EtherCard Plus

Software configuratio n of the SMC EtherCard is
des c ri b e d in Appendix B.

W1 W2

No ROM Address

Software-configurable
I/O Base Address, IRQ,
RAM Base Address

Left LED is green during loopback test
Right LED is amber when adapter is connected

to Token Ring network

UTP
10 Base T

UI
Thicknet
10 Base 5

Thinnet

10 Base 2

LEDs

DB9
STP

RJ45
UTP

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Cabletron number = F RX6000-T-CRD

Figure A-3 SMC Token Card Elite

Software configuratio n of the SMC TokenCard is
des c ri b e d in Appendix B.

On

Off

4 1

Hard Drive
Connector

Hard Drive
Connector

JP1 JP2 JP3 JP4

JP10

CPU

Keyboard
Connector

JP15
JP12

JP14

VGA
Module

Figure A-4 CPU Module

Ju mper Functions ( a s shown)
JP1,2, 3 N/A
JP4 E nable on-board battery
JP5 IDE LED
JP6,7,8 N/A
J P10 48 6S X pr o c es s or (st andard )
JP12 Disable watchdog timer
JP14 N/A
JP15 (leave in factory default positi on s hown)

COM1

LPT1

Configuration Drawings A-3

Cables

I/O Cables

Note “IO” label at this
end of DCE version

To FRX4000

IO

13 1 1 13

25 14 14 25

Physical DCE Physical DTE

(Female Connector) (Male Connector)

Cabletron part numbers:

DCE FRX-232DCE-CAB
DTE FRX-232DTE-CAB

(Note that DTE cable is

straight-through)

Pin
1 FGnd 1 FGnd
2TD 2TD
3RD 3RD
4RTS 4RTS
5CTS 5CTS
6 DSR 6 DSR
7 SGnd 7 SGnd
8DCD 8 DCD
15 TC 15 TC
17 RC 17 RC
20 DTR 18 LL
22 RI 20 DTR

Signal Pin Signal

21 RL
22 RI
25 TM

Figure A-5 RS-232 C ables

A - 4 FR X6000 Maintenance Gu i de, Rev 03

To FRX4000

Cabletron part numbers:

DCE FRX-V35DCE-CAB
DTE FRX-V35DTE-CAB

AA C A A C

Physical DCE Physical DTE

(Female Connector) (Male Conn ector)

Pin
A FGnd A FGnd
B SGnd B SGnd
CRTS C RTS
DCTS D CTS
E DSR E DSR
FDCD F DCD
HDTR H DTR
PSDa K LT
R RDa P SDa
S S Db R RDa
T RDb S SDb
UTTa T RDb
VRCa U TTa
WTTb V RCa
XRCb WTTb
YTCa X RCb
AA TCb Y TCa

D B B D

Signal Pin Signal

AA TCb

AA

Configuration Drawings A-5

Figure A -6 V. 35 C ables

To I/O Box

19 1 1 19

37 20 20 37

Physical DCE Phy sical DTE

(Female Connector) (Male Connector)

Cabletron Part Numbers:

DCE FRX-449DCE-CAB
DTE FRX-449DTE-CAB

Pin
1 FGnd 1 F Gnd
4SDa 4SDa
5SCa 5SCa
6RDa 6 RDa
7RTSa 7 RTSa
8RCa 8 RCa
9CTSa 10 LL
11 DMa 12 TRa
12 TRa 13 RRa
13 RRa 14 RL
17 TTa 17 TTa
19 SGnd 18 TM
20 SGnd 19 SGnd
22 SDb 20 SGnd
23 SCb 22 SDb
24 RDb 23 SCb
25 RTSb 24 RDb
26 RCb 25 RTSb
27 CTSb 26 RCb
29 DMb 30 TRb
30 TRb 31 RRb
31 RRb 35 TTb
35 TTb 37 SGnd
37 SGnd

Signal Pin Signal

Figure A-7 RS-449 C ables

A - 6 FR X6000 Maintenance Gu i de, Rev 03

These cables p rovid e RS -44 9 interfaces f or an RS­422 Line Interface Card.

To FRX4000

Cabletron Part Numbers:

DCE FRX-X21DCE-CAB
DTE FRX-X21DTE-CAB

81 18

15 9 9 15

Physical DCE Physical DTE

(Female Connector) (Male Connector)

Pin
1 FGnd 1 FGnd
2 TDa 2 TDa
3Ca 3 Ca
4 RDa 4 RDa
5Ia 5 Ia
6 CLKa 6 CLKa
8 SGnd 8 SGnd

9 TDb 9 TDb
10 Cb 10 Cb
11 RDb 11 RDb
12 Ib 12 Ib
13 CLKb 13 CLKb

Signal Pin Signal

Figure A -8 X. 21 C ables

These cables provide X.21 interfaces for an RS-422
Line Interface C ard.

Configuration Drawings A-7

Auxiliary Console Cables

To FRX6000 COM1

Pin
1DCD
2RD
3TD
4DTR
5 SGnd
6DSR
7RTS
8CTS
9RI

Signal

Female Connector

Cabletron Part Number:
FRX-PC-CAB

51

96

Figure A -9 Auxiliar y Consol e Cable, FRX6000 to PC

Pin
2 TD
3 RD
4 RTS
5 CTS
6 DSR
7 SGnd
8 DCD
20 D TR
22 R I

Signal

13 1

25 14

Female Connector

Cabletron Part Number:
FRX-9/25-ADAP

9-pin end plugs
into FRX-PC-CAB

Figure A-10 Console Cable Converter, FRX6000 to Terminal

A - 8 FR X6000 Maintenance Gu i de, Rev 03

To FRX6000 COM1

Cabletron Part Number:
FRX-MOD-CAB

Pin
2TD
3RD
6DSR
7 SGnd
20 DT R

Signal

113

14 25

Male Connector

Figure A -11 Auxiliary Co nsole Cable, FRX 6000 t o Modem

Configuration Drawings A-9

Appendix B

Configuring LAN Card Software

The LAN cards currently available are the SMC® E therCard Pl us
Ethern et adap ter and the SM C Token Card E lite T oken Ring adapter.
An IBM Auto 16/4 Token Ring ISA adapter is also supported. Each
card requires running a program to configure the operatin g param­eters.

If a LAN card i s in sta lle d after the FRX600 0 softwar e
has bee n inst alled, a pa rtial r e-installation of the
software must be run to specify the LAN card(s). (See

Ap pendix C.)

If tw o o f the same typ e o f L AN car d a re to b e i nst al led ,
m ake sure only one is insta lled when the program is
run the firs t time. T hen in stall t he se cond ca rd and run
the program again.

Some config ured addresseses must be different for each card in a
node. F or re fer enc e, Tabl e B-1 li sts addres ses us ed by the RLPs
(when a VGA car d is installed, which is s tandard).

Table B-1 RLP Addresses

Shar ed Memo ry
RLP
No.

0 CC00: 0— C DFF:F 4 308
1 CE00:0—CFFF:F 470 8
2 D000:0—D1FF:F 4B08
3 D200 :0—D3FF: F 4F08
4 D400:0— D5FF :F 5 308
5 D600:0— D7FF :F 5 708
6 D800:0—D9FF:F 5B08
7 DA0 0:0—D BFF:F 5F08

Ba se Address (hex)

Starting—Ending

I/O Base
Ad dr es s (h ex )

If the node contains two LAN cards, t here can be no
RLP 6 or 7. This should not be a problem, however,
since when there are two LAN cards, the no de sup­po rt s a ma xi m um of si x R LP S , a n d t h e s e c a n b e num­bered 0–5.

If an RLP is not installed, its allotted shared memory addresses will
be used by the RLP with the next higher RLP number, and each suc­cessive RLP will use the sha red memory address es left av a ilable by
the on e bef ore it.

The I/O base address always matches the RLP n umber as shown in
the table; it does n ot ch ange if an RLP is not installed. (RLPs use four
I/O addr e sses; e.g.,

4308–430b

).

SMC Ether Card Configuration

1. Make sur e th e car d’s jumper s are config ur ed as shown in Figure

A-2.

2. Bo ot th e unit with a DOS (5 . 0) system disk.

3. At the
type

4. At the License screen, select

5. At the next scr een, sel ect

6. At the next scr een, sel ect

7. In the Addres s Mode box, select

pr ompt, i nsert the SMC SuperDisk Ve r s io n 2.4, the n

A:>

ezstart

and press

[Enter]

.

Yes

Custom

.

Setup

.

.

Memory Mapped

. This will

display a Memory Address option.
If this is the first or on ly LAN card installed, se lect

is the second LAD car d (of any type), select

D800

C800

.

. If this

8. Co nfigure th e remaining para meters as shown in the f ollowing
li s t. S ome va lues dif fer depe nding on whether the c ar d being
configured is the first/only or second LAN card in the node.

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Parameter Settin g

Zero Wait State Enabled No
Plug and Play Adapter Disabled

I/O Base Address

IRQ

Bo ot RO M Dis a ble d
Network Interface Auto Media Detect

The card requires 32 contiguous I /O addresses (e.g. ,

1

If card 0 is IBM Token Ring and card 1 is SMC Ethernet, the IRQ

2

for the SMC card will automatically b e set to 10.

1

1st/only card:
2n d ca rd:
1st/only card:

2n d ca rd:

240
280
10

2

5

hex
hex

240-260

).

9. Save the configurat ion, then back out of the setup by selecting

Previous

, then

Exit

.

SMC TokenCard Configur at ion

1. Make sure the card’s ju mpers are configured as shown in

Figure A-3 .

2. Bo ot th e unit with a DOS (5.0) system disk.

3. At t he
type

ezstart

prompt, ins ert the SMC

A:>

and press

[Enter]

SuperDisk

. The EZStart main menu will be

Ve r si o n 5.0, the n

displaye d, showing the curr ent configura tion of any installed
SM C Tok en Ring adapt er(s).

4. I f there are two Token Ring cards installed, select the adapter
nu mb e r (

5. Select

Conf ig uring LA N Card So ftware B-3

Select Adapter

Custom

I/O Base Address 240
IRQ 10 5

RAM Base Address C800
ROM Enabled None None

Network Interface 4/16 UTP/STP
Early Token Release Yes Yes

IIf the node contains only one LAN card, it must be card 0.

1

The card requires 32 contiguous I /O addresses (e.g. ,

2

The selection of UTP or STP can be changed later by rerunning

3

the setup program.

, then configure the card as follows:

).

Card 0

hex

hex

1

2

Card 1

280

D800

3

4/16 UTP/STP

2

hex

hex

240-260

3

).

I BM Toke n Ri ng Ad a pt er Conf igu ration

1. Make sure the car d is installed, then insert A uto 16/4 Token Rin g
I SA Adapter Diagnostic & Configuration P r ogr am disk into

dr ive A a nd press (si multaneous l y)

[Ctrl] [Alt [Del]

.

2. When the screen displays

3. At the

A:>

pr ompt, ty pe

autocfg /v

Starting PC-DOS

an d pres s

, press

to display a scr ee n listing all p ossible options, type

[Enter]

.)

[Enter].

[F5]

.

(If you w ant

autocfg

4. The current (o r default) configuration of each installed IBM
card will be displayed. Make the necessary change(s) by
select in g a card, then ty pin g

autocfg

f ol l o w ed b y a s m a ny of the

following s witches as necessary.

Op tion
Card
Sta te
Autosense
Data Rate
RPL
I /O B ase 1st card:

RA M Base 1st ca rd:
RAM Range

RO M Base 1st ca rd:
Mem Ctl

Interru pt 1st c ard :

* Autosense will auto matically read and set the ring speed for each

card except the first card in the ring. For t he first card in the ring,
set Autose nse to
IBM Token Ring cards (that are software-configurable), set
Autosense t o ON and leave the Data Rate at the default setting.

Neces sary Value Switch

0

1/c1

or

Active /a /f 1
ON

*

4

16

or

MB/sec *

Disabled /p 1
0A20

hex

2nd card:
2nd card:

2nd card:

2nd card:

OFF

0A24

hex

C800

hex

D800

hex

16 K /s 16
DC00

hex

DE00

hex

16-bit / b 16
IRQ-09 /n 9
IRQ-10 /n 10

, an d configure a Data Rate. For all other

/t 1
/d 4

/i a20
/i a24
/r c8
/r d8

/o dc
/o de

or

or

/c 2

/d 16

For exam ple, if ch anges m ust be made to make the st ate Active ,
disable RPL, and set the Interrupt to 10, typ e

/a /f 1 /p 1 /n 10 [Enter]

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autocfg /c 1

(or 2)

.

5. Type

autocfg /c 1

(or 2)

/v [Enter]

again to view the up dated set­tings. When everything is the way you wan t it, type
(o r 2)

/x [Enter].

autocfg c 1

6. Remove the diskette and press

[Ctrl] [Alt [Del]

to re boot the node .

Star t up Fil es

CONFI G.SYS

Whether the node contains one or two SMC Ethernet cards,
CONFIG.SYS will contain the following line :

DEVICE=\OMNI40 00\SMCMAC8000.DOS

The presence of Tok en Ring cards does not affect CONFIG.SYS.

PROTOCOL.INI

PROTOCOL.INI will always contain the following lines:

[PROTOCOL_MANAGER]

DriverName = PROT M AN$

Card-specific part,
shown later

Conf ig uring LA N Card So ftware B-5

RECVBUFSIZE= 1514

RECVBUFS=20
XMITBUFSIZE=1514
XMITBUFS=20
I P LIMIT = 1 0
SNALIMIT = 10
IPXLIMIT = 10
I P P RIO RITY = 1
IPXPRIORITY = 3
SNAPRIORITY = 2

;**** END OF FILE ****

When one or two LAN cards are installed, PROTOCOL.INI al s o
contains the card-specific lines shown below.

L AN ca rd 0 = S MC Etherne t , card 1 not inst alled:

; SM C Ethernet Adapter
[SMCMAC8001]

DriverName = SMCMAC8000$
IOBase = 0x240
IRQ = 10
RamAddress = 0xc800

; NETLINK NDIS Protocol Driver
[OMNI4000]

DR IV E RNAME = AMNET$
BINDINGS = SMCMAC8001

LAN ca rds 0 and 1 = SMC Et hernet:

; SM C Ethernet Adapter
[SMCMAC8001]

DriverName = SMCMAC8000$
IOBase = 0x240
IRQ = 10
RamAddress = 0xc800

; SM C Ethernet Adapter
[SMCMAC8002]

DriverName = SMCMAC8000$
IOBase = 0x280
IRQ = 5
RamAddress = 0xd800

; NETLINK NDIS Protocol Driver
[OMNI4000]

DR IV E RNAME = AMNET$
BINDINGS = SMCMAC8001,SMCMAC8002

L AN ca rd 0 = S MC Toke n R i ng, card 1 not inst alled:

; SMC TokenCard Elite
[SMC8100_NIF]

DriverName = SMC8100$
IOBase = 0x240

; NETLINK NDIS Protocol Driver
[OMNI4000]

DR IV E RNAME = AMNET$
BINDINGS = SMC8100_NIF

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L AN ca rds 0 and 1 = S MC Toke n R ing:

; SM C TokenCard Elite
[SMC8100_NIF]

DriverName = SMC8100$
IOBase = 0x240

; SM C TokenCard Elite
[SMC8102_NIF]

DriverName = SMC8100$
IOBase = 0x280

; NETLINK NDIS P rot oc ol Driv e r
[OMNI4000]

DRIVERNAME = AMNET$
BINDINGS = SMC8100_NIF,SMC81002_NIF

L AN ca rd 0 = S MC Etherne t , card 1 = S MC Toke n R ing:

; SM C Ethernet Adapter
[SMCMAC8001]

DriverName = SMCMAC8000$
IOBase = 0x240
IRQ = 10
RamAddress = 0xc800

; SM C TokenCard Elite
[SMC8100_NIF]

DriverName = SMC8100$
IOBase = 0x280

; NETLINK NDIS P rot oc ol Driv e r
[OMNI4000]

DRIVERNAME = AMNET$
BINDINGS = SMCMAC8001,SMC8100_NIF

LAN card 0 = SMC Token Ring, card 1 = SMC Ethernet:

Conf ig uring LA N Card So ftware B-7

; SM C TokenCard Elite
[SMC8100_NIF]

DriverName = SMC8100$
IOBase = 0x240

; SM C Ethernet Adapter
[SMCMAC8001]

DriverName = SMCMAC8000$
IOBase = 0x280
IRQ = 5
RamAddress = 0xc800

; NETLINK NDIS Protocol Driver
[OMNI4000]

DR IV E RNAME = AMNET$
BINDINGS = SMC8100_NIF,SMCMAC8001

L AN ca rd 0 = IBM Token R i ng, card 1 not inst all ed:

; IBM Token Ring Adapter
[NLK_TOK]

DriverName = NLK_TOK$
shared_ram = 0xC800
bridge_bufsize = 1072
bridge_use64k = “N”

; NETLINK NDIS Protocol Driver
[OMNI4000]

DR IV E RNAME = AMNET$
BINDINGS = NLK_TOK

L AN ca rds 0 and 1 = IBM Token R ing:

; IBM Token Ring Adapter
[NLK_TOK]

DriverName = NLK_TOK$
shared_ram = 0xC800
bridge_bufsize = 1072
bridge_use64k = “N”

; IBM Token Ring Adapter
[NLK_TOK2]

DriverName = NLK_TOK2$
shared_ram = 0xD800
bridge_bufsize = 1072
bridge_use64k = “N”

; NETLINK NDIS Protocol Driver
[OMNI4000]

DR IV E RNAME = AMNET$
BINDINGS = NLK_TOK,NLK_TOK2

L AN ca rd 0 = IBM Token R i ng, card 1 = S MC Etherne t :

; IBM Token Ring Adapter
[NLK_TOK]

DriverName = NLK_TOK$
shared_ram = 0xC800
bridge_bufsize = 1072
bridge_use64k = “N”

; SM C Ethernet Adapter

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[SMCMAC8001]

DriverName = SMC M AC8000$
IOBase = 0x280
IRQ = 10
RamAddress = 0xc800

; NETLINK NDIS Protocol Driver
[OMNI4000]

DR IV E RNAME = A MNET$
BINDINGS = NL K_TOK ,SMCMAC8001

L AN ca rd 0 = IBM To ken Ri ng, card 1 = SMC Toke n R i ng:

; IBM Token Ring Adapter
[NLK_TOK]

DriverName = NL K_TOK $
shared_ram = 0xC800
bridge_bufsize = 1072
bridge_use64k = “N ”

; SMC TokenCard Elite
[SMC8100_NIF]

DriverName = SMC 8100$
IOBase = 0x280

; NETLINK NDIS Protocol Driver
[OMNI4000]

DR IV E RNAME = A MNET$
BINDINGS = NL K_TOK ,SMC8100_NIF

L AN ca rd 0 = SMC Ethernet, ca rd 1 = IBM Token R i ng:

; SM C Ethernet Adapter
[SMCMAC8001]

DriverName = SMC M AC8000$
IOBase = 0x240
IRQ = 10
RamAddress = 0xc800

; IBM Token Ring Adapter
[NLK_TOK]

DriverName = NL K_TOK $
shared_ram = 0xD800
bridge_bufsize = 1072
bridge_use64k = “N ”

; NETLINK NDIS Protocol Driver
[OMNI4000]

DR IV E RNAME = A MNET$
BINDINGS = SMC MAC 8000,NLK_TOK

Conf ig uring LA N Card So ftware B-9

LAN card 0 = SMC Token Ring, card 1 = IBM Token Ring:

; SMC TokenCard Elite
[SMC8100_NIF]

DriverName = SMC8100$
IOBase = 0x240

; IBM Token Ring Adapter
[NLK_TOK]

DriverName = NLK_TOK$
shared_ram = 0xD800
bridge_bufsize = 1072
bridge_use64k = “N”

; NETLINK NDIS Protocol Driver
[OMNI4000]

DR IV E RNAME = AMNET$
BINDINGS = SMC8100,NLK_TOK

B-10 FRX6000 Maintenance Guide, Rev 03

Appendix C

Installing FRX6000 Software

This procedure requires a locally attached k eyboard and
VGA monitor.

If the FRX6000 contains any LAN adapters, the configu­ration programs that came with the cards must be run
be f ore installin g FRX6000 software .

M ake sure you have any pa tch diskettes as well as the
st andard installat ion set.

If a s oftw are error oc curs that can be tr aced to a spe cific file ( po ssib ly
identified in a message at bo ot-up), copyin g that file from the appro­priate FRX6 000 insta lla tion disk will often fix the problem. Some­times, however, it is n ec e ssary to reinsta ll all of the so f tw are to
ensure proper operation.

Naturally, if a problem requires replacing the hard disk drive, the
s of t w are mu st be i ns t al l ed onto the n e w di s k. I f the probl em did not
corru pt the datab ase and if th e ha rd disk is accessible, the d atab ase
can be backed up to diskette, then copied to the new hard disk after
the FRX6000 so ftware has been i nstalled. The softw a re, ho wever,
should be r einstalled from the installation diskettes, to guarantee that
uncorrupted file s will be installed.

1. Disconnect all LP and LAN card cables from either the rear of
the node or the local d evi ces at the oth er ends.

2 . In sert the FRX600 0 Syst em D is k in to d iskette dr ive A and switch

the node on, or press

3. A mess a ge concern ing LAN card configurati on will be dis­played. When prompted:

[Enter]

Backing up the database and replacing the hard drive are
described on page 3-7.

[Ctrl] [Alt] [Del]

Strike any key when ready

.

if already on.

, press

4. You will be asked

figure your FRX6000? [N]

: W ill you be using an A sync termi nal to con-

. An F RX6000 can be configured and
controlled from a local key board and VGA monitor, or an
ASCII terminal (with keyboard) connected to the node:

◆

vi a direct cable or modem to the node’s COM1 serial po rt.

◆

via an async PAD port in the local node.

◆

via an async PAD port in a remote FRX6000, through a
network, into an X.25 port in th e local node.

Press

and go to step 5 or pre s s

[Y]

and go to step 6.

[N]

Make sure your selection matches th e hardware
co nfiguration of th e node and its video device. An
async te r minal ca nnot be used if no t s pecified
h ere.

5. When prompt ed for a ter min al sp eed, ty pe th e line spee d (in bits
per second) of the attached terminal (
and press

6. You will be asked:

LAN adapter configuration?

to accept t he de fault o f N. If you are simply changing the

[Enter]

[Enter]

.

Are you changing only the Async console or

If this is a new installation, press

console or LAN card setup, press

1200, 2400, 4800

and go to step 9 .

[Y]

, or

9600

Even if you want to change only the console setup,
you will have to redo the LAN card setup (if cards are
installe d), since chan gin g the terminal setup writes
over a file th a t contains the specifications for the ter ­minal and the L AN cards.

7. Files will be copie d in to the directory OMNI4000 and the root
directory (which will b e created if neces sary) . When pr ompted ,
insert FR X60 00 P r oto col Disk 1 and press

[Enter]

.

)

8. More files will be copied in to OMNI4000. When prompted,
insert FRX6000 Protocol Disk 2 and press

9. If th is is a full in stalla tion, more files will be copied from Pro-
tocol Disk 2. Eve ntua lly you w ill be asked:

have you installed (0-2)?

I f none, press

11. Oth erwise, en ter the n umber of LA N card s and go to step 10.

C-2 FRX 6000 M aintenanc e Guide, Rev 03

[Enter]

.

[Enter]

How many LAN cards

to accept the default o f 0, then go to st ep

10. You will be a sked to specify the ty pe o f LAN card 0. (LAN
cards are numbere d

and 1.) En te r th e app ro priate n um be r from

0

the choices:

3 – SMC EtherCard Plus Elite16
4 – IBM Token Ring Adapter
5 – SMC TokenCard Elite

If only one LAN ca r d is installed, go to step 11. If tw o are
installed, repeat s tep 10 for the second card, then go to step 1 1.

11. T he bas ic installatio n is no w com plete. If y ou are insta lling
patch software, go to step 12; otherwise go to step 13.

12. I f you are installing one or more patches, rep eat this procedure
for each patch (in order): Insert the pa tch dis kette into th e driv e
and re-boot the node. The software will be installed automati­cally.

1 3. If r e s t ori n g a backe d up da ta b a s e, go t o s t ep 1 4; ot h e rw is e , go to

step 15.

14. I ns ert the backed up databas e diskett e into dr ive A and at the
DOS prompt type :

copy a:\*.dat c:\omni4000 [Enter]

.

15. Remove the diskette, then press

[Ctrl] [Alt] [Del]

to r ebo ot t he
node. Watch the power-up and boot messages for any sign of
problems.

16. When boot-up is complete, the Port Status Displ ay (Figure 2-1
on p a ge 2-2) will appear . Log in by pressin g

and entering

[F1]

your FRX6000 password.

17. At the Main Men u, press

[F]

, t h en

to di s p lay the boot re p ort.

[C]

(See "Re vi e w i ng Bo ot Me s sa ge s " on pa ge 2-5 . Review the
report for error messages.

18. Press

[F]

, t hen

at the Main Menu to create a config uration

[A]

report. Review this report for any problems. If problems are dis­cover ed in either this or the b oo t report that you cannot solve,
contact Cabletron Sys tems Technical Support.

19. Once everything seems to be operational, create a new database
if necessary (by configuring new records as described in the
FRX4000 & FR X6000 U s er G ui d e ), then r eco nnect the RLP and
LAN card cables and make sure connections can be es tablished
betw een users.

Installing FRX6000 Soft ware C-3

B

BIOS setup
BOOTBAK.TXT
BOOTRPT.TXT
Boot-up inform ation, displaying
Bootup message s

2-17

2-5

2-5

2-6

C

Car d s, insta lling
Chassis options
COM port , seria l interface controls on
Components, replacing
CONFIG.SYS
Configuration draw ings

3-16

1- 1

3-1

B-5

A- 1

D

Dat abase

backing up
re storing

Diskette drive

C-1

C-3

3- 11

E

E t h erne t c ard , S M C

B-2

Index

2-5

2-20

F

Fa n filter
Fa n s
Function keys

3-13

3-14

1- 4

H

Hard disk drive

3-7

I

IBM Token Ring a dapter, softwar e configurat ion
Installing cards

3-16

L

LAN card configuration
LAN interfaces

1-3

B-1

B-4

M

Main Menu

2-3

P

Power supply
Product overview

3- 5

1-1

R

1-2

RLP

configuration

A-1

S

Screen displays
Sel f-t es t , hard ware
Serial int erface cont rols
SMC EtherCard software configuration
SMC TokenC ard software configur ation
Software, installing

v

2-1

2- 20

C-1

T

Token Ring card, SMC

B-3

B-2

B-3

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