Hp VISUALIZE B2000 Owner’s Guide

HP VISUALIZE B2000 Owner’s Guide

HP VISUALIZE Workstations

Manufacturing Part Number: HP Part No. A5983-90001

Edition E1199

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HEWLETT-PACKARD WARRANTY STATEMENT

HP PRODUCT HP VISUALIZE B2000 Workstations

REFERENCE Warranty and Services/Support Booklet,

Part Number A5014-90140 (E1199)

The warranty statement shipped with your product supersedes any and

all previous workstation Warranty Statements for the Hewlett-Packard

Workstations specified herein. Note: This Parts-Only Base Warranty is

offered only in the US; for country-specific warranties, please contact

your HP country sales representative.

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Year 2000 Compliance

This HP Year 2000 Warranty is in addition to the HP Standard

Commercial Warranties contained in Exhibit E16, HP Terms and

Conditions of Sale and Service. HP warrants that each HP hardware,

software, and firmware Product delivered under this HP Year 2000

Warranty will be able to accurately process date data (including, but not

limited to, calculating, comparing, and sequencing) from, into, and

between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the years 1999

and 2000, including leap year calculations, when used in accordance with

the Product documentation provided by HP (including any instructions

for installing patches or upgrades), provided that all other products (e.g.

hardware, software, firmware) used in combination with such HP

Product(s) properly exchange date data with it.

If the Specifications require that specific HP Products must perform as a

system in accordance with the foregoing warranty, then that warranty

will apply to those HP Products as a system, and Customer retains sole

responsibility to ensure the Year 2000 readiness of its information

technology and business environment. The duration of this warranty

extends through January 31, 2001. The remedies available under this

warranty will be defined in, and subject to, the terms and limitations of

the warranties contained in HP’s standard commercial warranties. To

the extent permitted by local law, this warranty applies only to branded

HP Products and not to products manufactured by others that may be

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HP Products shipped after the effective date, July 01, 1998, of this

warranty. Nothing in this warranty will be construed to limit any rights

or remedies provided elsewhere in the HP Terms and Conditions of Sale

and Service with respect to matters other than Year 2000 compliance.

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1. Overview

Product Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Key Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Front Panel Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Rear Panel Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Operating System Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Information You Need to Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Gathering Required Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Powering on the Workstation for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

2. Using Your CD Drive

CD Media Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Caring for CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Operating the CD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

CD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Loading and Unloading a CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Locating Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Mounting and Unmounting a CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Mounting a CD Using SAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Unmounting a CD Using SAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Verifying the CD Drive Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Configuring the CD Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Audio Control for the CD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Installing the xmcd Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Using the xmcd Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

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3. Using Your 3.5-Inch Floppy Disk Drive

Operating the Floppy Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Floppy Disk Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Using the Floppy Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Using Device Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Formatting a New Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Transferring Data To and From a Floppy Diskette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Listing the Files on a Floppy Diskette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Verifying the Floppy Drive Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Additional Floppy Drive Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Configuring the Floppy Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

For More Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

4. Changing Your Workstation’s Hardware Configuration

Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Opening the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Closing the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Left Side Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Opening the Left Side Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Closing the Left Side Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

I/O Cards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Removing I/O Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Installing I/O Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Fans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Removable Media Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Installing a CD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Removing a CD Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Installing a Floppy Disk Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

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Removing a Floppy Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Hard Disk Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Installing a Hard Disk Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Removing a Hard Disk Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Configuring a Hard Disk Drive as a File System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127

Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Installing Additional Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Removing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Monitor Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Setting the Monitor Type at Power On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141

Setting the Monitor Type from the Boot Console Interface. . . . . . . .142

Setting the Monitor Type Using SAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Troubleshooting Monitor Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

5. The Boot Console Interface

Accessing the Boot Console Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Boot Console Interface Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Booting Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Searching for Bootable Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Resetting Your System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Displaying and Setting Paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Displaying and Setting the Monitor Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

The Monitor Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Displaying the Current Monitor Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165

Setting the Monitor Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Setting the Monitor Type with SAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167

Setting the Monitor Type at Power On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170

Troubleshooting Monitor Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

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Changing the Console to an External Terminal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Displaying the Current Memory Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Memory Information Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Displaying the Status of the System I/O. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Setting the Auto Boot and Auto Search Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Displaying and Setting the Security Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Displaying and Setting the Fastboot Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Displaying the LAN Station Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Displaying System Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

6. Solving Problems

Common Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Dealing with a Boot Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Memory Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

LCD Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

LCD Fan Failures and Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Troubleshooting Monitor Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Running System Verification Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

A. Safety and Regulatory Statements

Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

Emissions Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

For FCC B Applications:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

EMI Class A RRL (Korea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

VCCI Class B ITE (Japan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

EMI Class A (Taiwan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

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Special Video Configuration Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Third Party Emissions Regulations Compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Special Regulatory and Safety Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Acoustics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Laser Safety Statement (U.S.A. Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Warnings and Cautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

WARNING:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

WARNUNG: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

AVERTISSEMENT: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

WARNING:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

WARNUNG: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

ADVERTISSEMENT:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Glossary

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Preface

This owner’s guide describes how to use your HP VISUALIZE B2000

workstation.

This manual assumes that you have installed your workstation as

described in the HP VISUALIZE B2000 Installation Card.

Audience

This guide is intended for HP VISUALIZE B2000 workstation users.

Regulatory and Safety Statements

See Appendix A for the regulatory and safety statements that apply to

the HP VISUALIZE B2000 workstation.

Installation Notice

Products designated in the applicable Hewlett-Packard price list as

customer-installable can be installed by workstation-knowledgeable

customers who carefully read and follow the instructions provided.

Customers who elect to have the product installed by HP field personnel

are charged the applicable field installation charge, as covered under the

standard terms and conditions. For more information, please contact

your local HP sales representative.

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Related Documentation

For more information, refer to the following documents:

• Configuring HP-UX for Peripherals

• HP-UX System Administration Tasks

• HP CDE Getting Started Guide

• Managing Systems and Workgroups

• Using Your HP Workstation

Note that the documents listed above can be viewed with a web browser

using this URL:

http://www.docs.hp.com

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Revision History

The revision history for each edition of this manual is listed below.

Printing Date Edition

November 1999 First

Problems, Questions, and Suggestions

If you have any problems or questions with your hardware, software, or

documentation, please contact either your HP Response Center or your

local HP representative. If you have access to a web browser, you can get

the latest software and hardware patches at the following URL:

http://us-support.external.hp.com/

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Documentation Conventions

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

conventions.

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 and installation:

• Stand on a static-free mat.

• Wear a static strap to ensure that any accumulated electrostatic

charge is discharged from your body to ground.

• Create a common ground for the equipment you are working on by

connecting the static-free mat, static strap, routing nodes, and

peripheral units to that piece of equipment.

• Keep uninstalled printed circuit boards in their protective antistatic

bags.

• Handle printed circuit boards by their edges only once you have

removed them from their protective antistatic bags.

user-supplied values

(or) emphasis

Italic words or characters in syntax and command

descriptions represent values that you must supply.

Italics are also used in text for emphasis.

screen display Information that the system displays, commands that

you must use literally, and path names appear in this

typeface.

Enter

Keycaps are presented with a special keycap font as

shown in the left column. (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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1 Overview

This chapter provides an overview of the key features and components of

the HP VISUALIZE B2000 workstation. It then explains how to get started

using your B2000 workstation.

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This chapter contains the following topics:

• Product Information

— “Key Features” on page 17

— “Front Panel Components” on page 19

— “Rear Panel Components” on page 22

— “Memory” on page 31

— “Monitors” on page 31

• Getting Started

— Operating System Overview

— Information You Need to Record

— Gathering Required Information

— Powering on the Workstation for the First Time

— Documentation

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Product Information

Product Information

This section describes the key features and the components of the B2000

workstation. The purpose of this section is to familiarize you with your

new workstation.

Key Features

Table 1-1 lists the key features of the HP VISUALIZE B2000 workstation.

Table 1-1 Key Features of the B2000 Workstation

Feature Description

Processor 400 MHz PA-Risc processor with 1.5 MB

cache

Operating System HP-UX 10.20 with the 9912 Additional Core

Enhancements (ACE) software bundle

(December 1999)

User Interface HP Common Desktop Environment (CDE)

graphical user interface

Compatibility Source and binary code compatible with the

B- and C-Class product families

Main Memory Four memory slots supporting 128MB,

256MB and 512 MB memory DIMMs.

Minimum memory configuration is 256 MB,

and maximum is 2 GB.

Internal Storage Devices • One standard 9 GB 7200 RPM Ultra2

Wide Low-Voltage Differential (LVD)

SCSI hard disk drive; a second 9 GB

7200 RPM Ultra2 Wide LVD SCSI hard

disk drive is optional

• One standard ATAPI CD drive, 32×

ATAPI

• One optional 3.5-inch floppy disk drive

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Standard Networking Ethernet IEEE 802.3, RJ45 Twisted Pair

10/100 BaseT

Standard I/O • Two Serial (RS-232) ports

• Two USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports

• One Parallel (IEEE 1284) port

• Four Audio ports (Line In, Line Out,

Microphone In, and Headphones Out)

I/O Expansion Capabilities Four PCI (Peripheral Connect Interface) slots:

• Two 64-bit PCI-2X slots at 5V, 33 MHz

• Two 32-bit PCI-1X slots at 5V, 33MHz

Monitors Currently Supported • 21-inch, 1280×1024 (stereo capable)

color, 75 Hz

• 21-inch, 1600×1200 color, 75 Hz

• 19-inch, 1280×1024 color, 75 Hz

Graphics • Integrated HP VISUALIZE fxe graphics chip

on system board

• HP VISUALIZE fxe graphics card (optional)

Keyboard USB (Universal Serial Bus) HP keyboard

Mouse USB (Universal Serial Bus) HP 3 button

mouse

Table 1-1 Key Features of the B2000 Workstation

Feature Description

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Product Information

Front Panel Components

Figure 1-1 shows the components that are located on the front panel of

the B2000 workstation. The following subsections describe the system

LCD, power switch, and the internal storage devices (including the

standard CD drive and optional floppy disk drive) that are located on the

front panel.

Figure 1-1 Front Panel Components

System LCD

Power

Switch

CD Drive

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Product Information

System LCD

The Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) is located on the left side of the front

panel. The LCD has a 2-line display, with up to 16 characters per line.

The LCD displays progress messages and error messages. Error

messages, known as chassis codes, are used in troubleshooting. The

symbols in Figure 1-2 appear in the LCD, representing different system

activities.

Figure 1-2 LCD Symbols

For more information, see the “LCD Information” section in Chapter 6.

Power Switch

The power switch is also located on the left side of the front panel. Use

the power switch to power your workstation on and off.

When you press the power switch to power off your workstation, the

operating system executes an automatic shutdown -q command. This

prevents any damage to programs and data on your system disk.

Pressing the power switch on again automatically boots up the HP-UX

operating system, if your system has been configured to auto boot. For

information on setting auto boot, see “Setting the Auto Boot and Auto

Search Flags” in Chapter 5.

Operating system running

Disk access in progress

Network receive in progress

Network transmit in progress

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Product Information

Internal Storage Devices

The B2000 workstation has one 9 GB 7200 RPM Ultra2 Wide

Low-Voltage Differential (LVD) SCSI hard disk drive as a standard

component. Optionally, the workstation also supports a second 9 GB

7200 RPM Ultra2 Wide LVD SCSI hard disk drive.

In addition, the B2000 workstation has one ATAPI CD drive as a

standard component. Optionally, the workstation also supports one

3.5-inch floppy disk drive.

NOTE You cannot have two CD drives nor two floppy disk drives, since the

B2000 workstation only supports one each of these devices.

Figure 1-1 on page 19 shows the workstation with one CD drive

installed. See Chapter 2 for detailed descriptions of the CD drive controls

and Chapter 3 for detailed descriptions of the floppy disk drive controls.

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Rear Panel Components

This section describes the following components on the rear panel of the

B2000 workstation:

• Monitor connector

• Serial (RS-232) connectors

• USB (Universal Serial Bus) connectors

• LAN (Ethernet IEEE 802.3, RJ45 Twisted Pair 10/100 BaseT)

connector

• Parallel (IEEE 1284) connector

• Audio connectors (Line In, Line Out, Microphone In, and Headphones

Out)

• TOC (Transfer Of Control) button

• I/O slots

• Power cord connector

• Security loop

NOTE To maintain FCC/EMI compliance, verify that all cables are fully seated

and properly fastened.

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Product Information

Figure 1-3 shows the locations of the components on the rear panel of the

B2000 workstation.

Figure 1-3 Rear Panel Components

Monitor Connector

The B2000 workstation has an integrated HP VISUALIZE fxe graphics

chip on the system board. Thus, the monitor connector on the rear panel

of the workstation connects your monitor to this graphics chip on the

system board.

Monitor Connector

Two Serial Connectors

Two USB Connectors

LAN Connector

Parallel Connector

Four Audio Connectors:

Line In

Line Out

Microphone In

Headphones Out

TOC Button

USB

Cable Clip

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Serial Connectors

You can attach a variety of pointing devices (such as a mouse or

trackball) or peripheral devices (including printers, plotters, modems,

and scanners) to the two Serial Input/Output (SIO) RS-232 ports on the

rear panel of this workstation. Consult the documentation that

accompanies each pointing device or peripheral device for specific

information concerning its use.

The SIO ports are programmable, allowing functions such as bit rate,

character length, parity, and stop bits to be set. You can set these by

using the HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) utility, or by

selecting a system special device file with the functions already

programmed. The SIO ports are used as an interface for serial

asynchronous devices to the CPU.

Table 1-2 shows the SIO connector pin listings. The serial connectors are

9-pin D-sub connectors. Signal names are those specified in the EIA

RS-232 standard.

Table 1-2 Serial I/O Pins

Pin No. Signal Description

1 DCD Data Carrier Detect

2 RXD Receive Data

3 TXD Transmit Data

4 DTR Data Terminal Ready

5 GND Ground

6 DSR Data Set Ready

7 RTS Request To Send

8 CTS Clear To Send

9 RI Ring Indicator

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USB Connectors

The USB connectors located on the rear panel of the workstation provide

and interface for the keyboard ad mouse to the system. These USB

connectors support only the HP keyboard, HP mouse and USB hub. The

keyboard and mouse may be plugged into either USB connector on the

rear of the workstation or plugged into the USB hub. No other USB

configuration is currently supported. Consult the documentation that

accompanies each input device for specific information concerning its

use.

For more information on USB, see the Universal Serial Bus website at

the following URL:

http://www.usb.org

The following subsections briefly describe each of the three USB devices

you can connect to the B2000 workstation’s USB connectors. The mouse

and keyboard were shipped with your workstation, and the USB hub can

be ordered separately.

CAUTION Usage of devices other than USB specification may result in

unpredictable functionality and inferior performance of the B2000

workstation.

NOTE The USB cable clipon the rear of the chassis provides strain relief for the

USB cables. Open the cable clip, loop the cables through the clip and

snap it closed to secure the USB cables. See Figure 1-3 on page 23.

HP USB Keyboard

The HP USB keyboard provides the standard keycaps found on most PC

keyboards.

NOTE The USB keyboard and mouse may be plugged into either USB connector

on the rear of the B2000 workstation.

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HP USB Three Button Mouse

For general information on the various cursor shapes associated with

different areas of HP CDE while using a mouse, see the Using Your HP

Workstation manual.

LAN Connector

Your workstation has one built-in, Ethernet IEEE 802.3, RJ45 Twisted

Pair (TP) connector for 802.3 (Ethernet) or 10/100 BaseT networking.

Your workstation will automatically select the correct network setting.

Parallel Connector

The 25-pin HP Parallel I/O interface uses IEEE 1284 I/O interface

protocols to support peripheral devices such as printers and plotters.

consult the documentation that accompanies each parallel peripheral

device for specific information concerning its use.

Audio Connectors

Your workstation has audio-input and -output capability through

external input and output connectors on the rear panel and through an

internal speaker. As shown in Figure 1-4 on the next page, the

workstation’s rear panel contains four audio connectors: Line In, Line

Out, Microphone In, and Headphones Out.

Figure 1-4 Audio Connectors

Line In

Line Out

Microphone In

Headphones Out

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The audio connectors are standard stereo audio mini-jacks.

Hewlett-Packard recommends using gold-plated plugs available through

audio retailers for best quality recording and playback through the

external connectors. The audio electrical specifications are summarized

in Table 1-3.

Table 1-3 Audio Electrical Specifications

Frequency Response 25 Hz to 20 kHz

Input Sensitivity/Impedance:

Line in

Microphone in

2.8Vp-p/10Kohm

40mVp-p/47Kohm

Maximum Output Level/Impedance:

Line out

Headphone out

2.8Vp-p/920ohm

5.6Vp-p/110ohm

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TOC Button

You can press the TOC (Transfer Of Control) button on the rear panel to

interrupt the system.

I/O Slots

The four I/O slots located on the rear panel are PCI (Peripheral Connect

Interface) slots, which you can use for add-on I/O interface cards. There

are two PCI-2X slots and two PCI-1X slots, which are defined as follows:

Slot 1: 64-bit PCI-2X at 5V, 33 MHz

Slot 2: 64-bit PCI-2X at 5V, 33 MHz

Slot 3: 32-bit PCI-1X at 5V, 33 MHz

Slot 4: 32-bit PCI-1X at 5V, 33 MHz

For more information, see the “I/O Cards” on page 81 in Chapter 4.

Power Cord Connector

Plug the workstation’s power cord into the power cord connector to

provide AC power to the workstation.

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Security Loop

There is also a security loop on the rear panel of the B2000 workstation.

The security loop allows you to lock the workstation’s left side panel,

thus securing the internal components of your workstation. Figure 1-5

provides a view of the security loop.

Figure 1-5 Security Loop Components

Security

Loop Pin

Hole

Security Loop Pin

and Spring

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To lock your workstation’s left side panel, follow these steps:

1. Make sure the workstation’s left side panel is closed. See Figure 1-6.

Figure 1-6 Closed Left Side Panel

2. Push the security loop’s pin into the security loop pin hole, and insert

the padlock’s latch through the holes at the top and bottom of the

security loop. This locks the left side panel.

3. Lock the padlock. Your workstation’s left side panel is now secure.

Workstation’s

Front Panel

Left Side Panel

(using the front

panel as

reference)