HP 743 PC User Manual

Model 743 Owner’s Guide

HP Part No. A2636-90606

Edition E1097

Printed in U.S.A.

 Hewlett-Packard Co. 1997

Printing History First Printing: February 1997

Latest Printing: October 1997

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Preface

Audience Preface-2

Safety and Regulatory Statements Preface-2

Safety Preface-2 Regulatory Statements Preface-2

Emissions Regulations Preface-2

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Preface-2

Australia EMC Standards Preface-3 VCCI Class A ITE Preface-3

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Precautions Preface-3

Release Document(s) Preface-4

Related Manuals Preface-4

Revision History Preface-6

Documentation Conventions Preface-7

Safety Symbols and Conventions Preface-8

Questions, Suggestions, or Problems Preface-8

Declaration of Conformity Preface-9

1 Model 743 Board Computer Overview

Product Description 1-3

Installation Overview 1-7

Installation Notes 1-7

Supported Products 1-8

Accessory Cards 1-9

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Contents

Typical External Devices 1-10 Cables 1-10 Keyboard and Mouse 1-11

Environmental Requirements 1-12

Operating System Overview 1-14

HP-UX 1-14 HP-RT 1-14

Manuals for System Information 1-15

HP-UX 1-15 HP CDE 1-15 HP VUE 1-15

Online Sources of Information (HP-UX and HP-RT) 1-16

Installing HP-UX and HP-RT 1-18

Audio 1-19

2 Accessories Installation

Tools Required and Preliminary Procedures 2-3

Tools Required for Installation 2-3 Preliminary Procedures 2-3

Safety Precautions 2-4

Memory 2-5

Preliminary Requirements 2-5 RAM Card Installation 2-5

GSC Expansion Kit 2-7

Preliminary Requirements 2-7 GSC Expansion Kit Installation 2-7

GSC Mezzanine Cards 2-10

Installing GSC Mezzanine Cards 2-10 Preliminary Requirements 2-10 GSC Mezzanine Card Installation 2-10 Installing an HCRX Graphics Board 2-11 Preliminary Requirements 2-11 HCRX Graphics Board Installation 2-12

PMC Bridge Adapter and Expansion Adapter 2-14

Preliminary Requirements 2-14 PMC Bridge Adapter and Expansion Adapter Installation 2-14

PCMCIA 2-26

3 Typical Installation in a VME Card Cage

Conﬁguring the VME Card Cage 3-3

Contents

Keyboard and Mouse 3-5

Board Computer Installation 3-6

Tools Required 3-6 Preliminary Requirements 3-6 Installing a Single VME Slot 743 into an HP Card Cage 3-6 Installing a Dual-Slot Model 743 3-7

Non-HP Installation 3-8

HP Installation (Other than Primary CPU) 3-9

Model 743 Removal 3-10

Tools Required 3-10 Preliminary Requirements 3-10 Removing a Model 743 3-10

Contents

4 Connecting Cables

Introduction 4-3

Connecting a Single Monitor, Multi-Display System, or Text-Only Terminal 4-4

Conﬁguration Requirements 4-4

Monitors 4-4

Multi-Display Systems 4-5 Connecting the Monitor 4-5 Power Cord 4-7 Connecting a Terminal 4-7

Audio Connection 4-9

Video Connection 4-12

Keyboard and Mouse Connections 4-13

Network Connection 4-14

Printer Connections 4-16

Preparing for HP-UX Installation 4-16 Conﬁguring HP-UX for a Printer 4-16

Printer Interface 4-16

Printer Cables 4-17 Installation Procedure 4-17 Testing the Printer Installation 4-19 HP Parallel 4-19 RS-232 Ports 4-21

SCSI Connection 4-22

5 Powering On and Off

Turning On the System 5-3

Turning Off the System 5-5

Using SAM to Stop the HP-UX System 5-6 Using the Command Line 5-6

6 Solving Problems

Interpreting the LEDs 6-3

Managing a Boot Failure 6-5

Printer Problems 6-6

Contents

A The Boot Console Interface

The Boot Console Handler A-3

Special Tasks A-3 Boot Console Information Display A-4

Using the Boot Console Handler Interface A-5

Specifying a Boot Device A-7

Conﬁguring the Console Path and Display Format A-8

Setting the Display Format A-8 Setting the Console Path A-9

Booting and Resetting the Model 743 A-12

Resetting the System A-12

Searching for Bootable Media A-14

Displaying and Setting Paths A-15

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Selecting the Primary Path A-15 Selecting the Alternate Path A-17 Reordering the Search Control List A-17

Displaying and Setting the Fastboot Mode A-19

Displaying and Setting the Secure Boot Mode A-22

Displaying the LAN Station Address A-25

System Conﬁguration Menu A-27

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Contents

Model 743 VMEbus Board Computer Temperatures 1-12 Installing RAM Cards 2-6 Installing the Expansion Kit 2-8 Adding the Front Panel Screws 2-9 Installing a GSC Graphics Card - Back View 2-11 Installing an HCRX Graphics Board 2-13 Board Computer Captive Screws 3-7 Model 743 Front Panel Connectors 4-3 Connecting a Monitor to HCRX or GSC Graphics Boards 4-6 Connecting a Terminal to the RS-232 Ports 4-8 PS/2 Connector 4-10 AUI LAN Connector 4-11 HP Parallel Connector 4-16 RS-232 Serial Connector 4-17 Model 743 LED Location 6-3

Contents

Tables

Environmental Requirements 1-11 Determining the VMEbus Card Cage Configuration 3-3 Power Requirements 3-4 Required Tools for Installation 3-6 RS-232C Specifications 4-16 LED Indicators 6-4 Main Menu Options A-6 Mode Configuration - Control Flags A-21

Preface

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Audience

This guide is intended for HP Model 743 Board Computer users.

Safety and Regulatory Statements

Safety

For safety information see the owner’s guide that came with the system in which you are installing your Model 743 board computer.

Regulatory Statements

Emissions Regulations Federal Communications Commission (FCC) This equipment has been

tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules and interference causing regulations of Industry Canada. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a non-residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception (determined by turning the equipment off and on), you can correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

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• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.

• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

Hewlett-Packard’s system certiﬁcation tests were conducted with HP-supported peripheral devices and HP shielded cables, such as those you receive with your computer. Changes or modiﬁcations not expressly approved by Hewlett-Packard could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Australia EMC Standards

This equipment has applied for and received approval to display the Australian C-Tick mark according to the standards of AS/NZS 2064.1/2:1992 and AS/NZS 3548:1995.

VCCI Class A ITE

Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Precautions

Electrostatic charges can damage the integrated circuits on printed circuit boards. To prevent such damage from occurring, observe the following precautions during board unpacking, installation, and conﬁguration:

• Stand on a static-free mat.

• Wear a static strap to ensure that any accumulated electrostatic charge is discharged from your body to ground.

• Connect all equipment together, including the static-free mat, static strap, routing nodes, and peripheral units.

• Keep uninstalled printed circuit boards in their protective antistatic bags.

• Handle printed circuit boards by their edges, once you have removed them from their protective antistatic bags.

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Release Document(s)

Please refer to the Release Document(s) you received with your system or system software for additional information that we may not have been able to include in this guide at the time of its publication.

Related Manuals

If you are using HP-UX, refer to the following manuals for more information:

• Model 748 Owner’s Guide (A4511-90604)

• VME Services for HP-UX 10 (A4412-90022)

• Using Your HP Workstation (A2615-90003)

• Using the Audio Developer’s Kit (B2355-90069)

• Installing and Updating HP-UX (B2355-90050)

• Configuring HP-UX for Peripherals (B2355-90053)

• HP Visual User Environment User’s Guide (B1171-90079)

• Managing Clusters of HP 9000 Computers: Sharing the HP-UX File System (B2355-90038)

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• HP-UX X User Environment User’s Guide

• HP-UX System Administration Tasks

• Precision Architecture RISC HP 9000 Series 700 Diagnostics Manual

If you are using HP-RT, refer to the following manuals for more information:

• Application Programming in the HP-RT Environment

• Driver Writing in the HP-RT Environment

• ELOG Library Programer’s Guide

• HP Z5117A PCMCIA Adapter Installation and User’s Guide

• HP-RT Reference

• HP-RT Quick Reference

• HP-RT System Administration Tasks

• VME Backplane Networking Administration Guide

• X11 SERVERrt Installation and Configuration Guide

• Using SNMP in the HP-RT Environment

• Using STREAMS in the HP-RT Environment

To order manuals, please contact your local sales ofﬁce.

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Revision History

The revision history for each edition of the manual is listed below:

HP Part No. Edition Revision History A2636-90014

A2636-90603 E0297 Second printing A2636-90606 E1097 Third printing

First printing

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Documentation Conventions

Unless otherwise noted in the text, this guide uses the following symbolic conventions.

user-supplied values Italic words or characters in for-

mats and command descriptions represent values that you must supply.

sample user input In examples, information that the

user enters appears in bold.

output

Information that the system displays appears in

face.

this type-

literal values Bold words or characters in for-

mats and command descriptions represent commands or keywords that you must use literally. Pathnames are also in bold.

KEY Text with a line above and a line

below denotes a key on your keyboard, or a key or button which is drawn on your workstation’s graphic display.

(In this manual we refer to the Enter key. On your keyboard the key may be labeled either Enter or Return.)

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Safety Symbols and Conventions

The following conventions are used throughout this manual:

NOTE: Notes contain important information set off from the text.

CAUTION: Caution messages indicate procedures which, if not observed, could result in damage

to equipment. Do not proceed beyond a CA UTION sign until the indicated conditions are fully understood and met.

WARNING: Warning messages indicate procedures or practices which, if not observed,

could result in personal injury. Do not proceed beyond a WARNING sign until the indicated conditions are fully understood and met.

Questions, Suggestions, or Problems

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If you have any questions, suggestions, or problems with our hardware, software, or documentation, please call 1-800-633-3600 (U.S. and Canada) or contact the HP Response Center for your country.

Declaration of Conformity

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Model 743 Board Computer Overview

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Model 743 Board Computer Overview

This chapter introduces the Model 743 board computer. Its purpose is to familiarize you with the board computer and its installation procedure.

The instructions in this chapter assume you are using either the HP-UX or HP-RT operating system.

The major sections within this chapter are:

• Product description

• Installation overview

• Supported products

• Environmental requirements

• Operating system overview

• Manuals for system information

• Online sources of information

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• Installing HP-UX and HP-RT

• Audio

Model 743 Board Computer Overview

Product Description

The HP 9000 Model 743 is a high-performance Precision Architecture board computer based on the HP PA-RISC 7100LC technology. It contains the following key features:

• Model types: Model 743i/64

Model 743rt/64 Model 743i/100 Model 743rt/100

• VME slot configuration Single slot

Dual slot (requires PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) bridge board, General System Connect (GSC) expansion kit or HCRX graphics card Three slot (requires PMC bridge and expansion boards or GSC expansion kit with ATM card)

• CPU PA-RISC PA7100-LC, processor performance 64 or 100 MHz

Cache - 256 KB

• Clocks Battery-backed real-time clock

Interval timers (One 32 bit, Two 16 bit) Watchdog timer

• Operating systems HP-UX 9.05 (or later; some options require later releases). The

Model 743 typically boots from a hard disk drive. HP-UX may also be installed from an external DDS or CD-ROM drive.

If a client on a LAN, HP-UX can be booted over the LAN.

HP-RT 2.0 and later.

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Model 743 Board Computer Overview

Product Description

• User interface CDE or HP VUE graphical user interface (HP-UX only)

• Compatibility Source and binary code compatible with Series 700 product family.

• Monitors Single or multiple display depending on number of installed

graphics options (onboard and/or external).

Color monitors:

HP A4490D, 17-inch, resolution 1280 x 1024 HP A4331D, 20-inch, resolution 1280 x 1024

Terminal (text only) connected to RS-232 port.

• Optional Graphics Capability Graphics chip set providing onboard (including accelerated I/O)

graphics.

GSC expansion kit provides two slots for GSC HP A4267A 8-plane graphic cards.

HCRX8 or HCRX24 graphics boards allow the choice of one HP A4267A graphics card in addition to the graphics board itself.

NOTE: Either a GSC expansion kit or the HCRX expansion graphics boards extend

graphics capability beyond the onboard graphics chip set of a Model 743 board computer. However, the HP-RT operating system supports only one graphics display, and HP-UX 10.x supports up to three graphics displays.

• Main Memory Single VME slot 743i: 16 to 128 MB RAM

Single VME slot 743rt: 8 to 128 MB RAM Dual VME slot 743i: 16 to 256 MB RAM Dual VME slot 743rt: 8 to 256 MB RAM (Dual slot means an expansion kit or HCRX board must be installed.)

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Model 743 Board Computer Overview

Product Description

NOTE: A Model 743 configured for more than one RAM card in each RAM stack

requires installation of an expansion kit or an HCRX graphics board and occupies two VME slots.

Up to four RAM cards may be installed - three cards in RAM stack 1 and one card in RAM stack 2. RAM cards may be placed in any order. A higher capacity memory card can be added on top of a lower capacity card or you can reverse the order, with a lower capacity card on top of a higher capacity card.

• Standard Features Internal SCSI-2 single-ended bus

2 asynchronous RS-232-C ports (requires a conversion cable) 1 HP parallel port (requires a conversion cable) 1 LAN AUI port (requires a conversion cable) 2 mini-DIN PS/2 ports 1 slot for RAM memory (memory cards can be stacked) CD-quality audio, supported only by HP-UX and requires a

conversion cable

PCMCIA adapter, supported only by HP-RT

• Dual Slot Upgrades PMC bridge board (with two PMC sites, cannot be used w/HCRX,

and supported only on HP-UX) GSC expansion kit (with two GSC sites) HCRX8 graphics board (with one additional GSC site) HCRX24 graphics board (with one additional GSC site) GSC HP A4267A graphics card FWD SCSI card

• 3-slot Upgrade PMC expansion board (with two PMC sites, requires PMC bridge)

ATM Network Card (up to 2, GSC expansion kit required, cannot be used with HCRX graphics)

• Other Supported Configurations Hewlett-Packard supports only products with HP approved parts,

accessories, peripherals, operating systems, and programs.

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Model 743 Board Computer Overview

Installation Overview

Chapter 2 provides step-by-step instructions for attaching and installing accessories in a typical VME chassis, and connecting external devices.

Accessories are products that attach to the computer’s system board and must be attached before installing the board computer in a VME card cage. Devices are products used externally to the board computer. Examples are keyboards, monitors and mass storage devices. Other devices are connected through cables. Depending on your speciﬁc application, you may need one or more accessory and device products. Installation instructions for most products used directly with your Model 743 Board Computer are explained in this manual.

Chapter 3 presents the installation tasks required to install the board computer. It provides information to help you conﬁgure and install your VME board computer.

Installation Notes

Your Model 743 Board Computer uses micro-miniature connectors for several interface ports. Cable connectors for these ports are very small, but may be positioned so that a slight angle exists between them. This situation has been tested by HP and full functionality is maintained.

CAUTION: The Model 743 Board Computer’s P2 connector has a local bus on the user-

deﬁned pins. Verify that your VME card cage’s backplane makes no connections to J2/P2, rows A and C. Refer to IEEE STD 1014-1987, Chapter 7, for more information on user-deﬁned pins used in VME backplane connectors.

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Model 743 Board Computer Overview

Supported Products

Only products with Hewlett-Packard approved parts, accessories, peripherals, operating systems, and application programs are supported by HewlettPackard. Any product with other than HP approved hardware or software connected or installed must have the non-HP approved hardware and software removed by the customer before on-site repair is conducted. The following lists describe the products supported by HP.

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Model 743 Board Computer Overview

Supported Products

Accessory Cards

The Model 743 supports the following accessory cards:

• Memory; one or more of these RAM cards supported on both HP-UX and HP-RT operating systems:

HP A4263A 8 Mbyte RAM Card HP A4264A 16 Mbyte RAM Card HP A4265A 32 Mbyte RAM Card HP A4266A 64 Mbyte RAM Card

• HP A4504A PMC Bridge Adapter - provides two sites for third party PMC cards (HP-UX only)

• HP A4509A PMC Expansion Adapter - provides two additional sites for third party PMC cards (requires PMC Bridge Adapter - HP-UX only)

• HP A4262A GSC expansion kit

• Mezzanine (GSC expansion kit) cards:

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HP A4267A 8-plane color graphics card HP A4268A FWD SCSI HP J3420A ATM (supported only by HP-UX)

• PCMCIA (supported only by HP-RT)

10-MB Flash disk card 20-MB Flash disk card 40-MB Flash disk card (HP-RT 3.0, later - not available from HP)

• Sub-Mezzanine Cards:

HCXR8 graphics card HCRX24 graphics card

Model 743 Board Computer Overview

Supported Products

Typical External Devices

The Model 743 supports the following external devices:

• LAN Transceiver: HP A2670A ThinLAN Ethernet Transceiver

HP A2671A EtherTwist Transceiver.

• Speaker; 8 ohm impedance with1/8-inch sub-miniature stereo connec-

tor (HP-UX only).

Cables

Model 743 board computers use micro-miniature connectors for several interface ports and standard connectors for others. You need conversion cables to connect from the micro-miniature connectors to standard size interfaces. The Model 743 supports the following cables:

• Conversion cables: HP A4300A HP Parallel; High-Density 25-Pin to

standard 25-Pin F HP A4301A RS-232; High-Density 9-Pin to Standard 9-Pin M HP A4302A Audio; High-Density 9-Pin to Stereo Line-In HP A4303A LAN; High-Density 15-Pin to 15-Pin AUI HP A4304A Video; High-Density 15-Pin to Standard 15-Pin F HP A4305A Video; High-Density 15-pin to EVC connector HP A4167A Video; Standard 15-pin to EVC connector (for use with optional GSC 8-plane graphics card and EVC monitor)

• Standard cables: HP K2296 SCSI; High-Density 50-Pin to Standard Bail Lock

HP 92284A HP Parallel; 25-Pin M to 25-Pin M HP 24542G RS-232 Terminal Cable; 9-Pin F to 25-Pin M HP 24542H RS-232 Modem Cable; 9-Pin F to 25-Pin F

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Model 743 Board Computer Overview

Supported Products

Keyboard and Mouse

The Model 743 supports the following:

• HP A2840A Keyboard with mini-DIN connector

• HP A2839A Mouse with mini-DIN connector

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