Agilent E1498A Users Guide

Models V743/64 and V743/100

Owner's Guide

HP 9000 Series 700

VXIbus Controllers

ABCDE

HP Part No. E1497-90016

Printed in USA November 1995

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Contents

1. Product Description

Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

The HP 9000 Model V743 Embedded VXI Controller . . . . . 1-2

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Memory Congurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

2. Finding Information About Your System

Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Manuals for System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Online Sources of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

3. Getting Started with HP-UX

Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Before Logging In the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3

Turning On the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Conguring the Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8

Conguring the RS-232 Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Logging In and Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Logging In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Logging Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11

Creating a New User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Setting or Changing a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Selecting a New Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Powering Down the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

Using the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Contents-1

4. Conguring for a VXI/MXI System

Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Description of HP SICL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Examining Your VXI/MXI Conguration . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Default Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

Changing Your VXI/MXI Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Changing the VXI Shared Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Conguring the VXI/MXI Trigger Lines . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Routing VXI TTL Trigger Lines in a VXI/MXI System . . . 4-7

Routing VXI TTL Trigger Lines in a Multiple Mainframe

System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7

Inverting the Polarity of the V743 External Trigger Lines . . 4-9

Examining the VXI/MXI Bo ot Pro cess . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Viewing the VXIbus System Conguration . . . . . . . . . 4-11

VXI/MXI Conguration les . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

The

iproc

Utility (Initialization and SYSRESET) . . . . . 4-13

Using HP SICL for VXIbus Backplane Communication . . . . 4-15

For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

5. Conguring Graphics

Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Identifying Graphics Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Displaying Graphics on a Remote X Host . . . . . . . . . 5-3

For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

6. Conguring HP-UX for Printers

Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Preparing for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Conguring HP-UX for a Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Testing the Printer Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Dealing With Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

Contents-2

7. Conguring HP-UX for a DDS Tape Drive

Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Finding the Status of Existing SCSI Bus Addresses . . . . . . 7-2

Conguring for a Backup DDS Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . 7-3

Conguring the Drive on HP-UX . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4

Testing Your Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

DDS Tape Drive LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7

Maximum Usage of DDS Cassettes . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

In Case of Diculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

8. Backing Up and Restoring Software

Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

Backing Up Your HP-UX System and Software . . . . . . . . 8-2

Creating a Recovery System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Backing Up Your File Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4

Restoring Individual Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7

Restoring HP-UX Using the Recovery Tape . . . . . . . . . 8-10

For More Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12

9. Dealing With Problems

Chapter Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1

Interpreting the LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Managing a Bo ot Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

Boot Program Initializes Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4

Selecting an Alternate Operating System . . . . . . . . . . 9-5

Recovering from a System Panic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7

Procedures for Recovering from a System Panic . . . . . . . 9-9

Dealing with Network Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13

A. Installing Additional Memory

Appendix Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1

RAM Upgrade Pro ducts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Planning for Installation of RAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Determining Existing Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-3

Installing the RAM Boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Contents-3

B. Using the Boot Console Handler

Appendix Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1

The Bo ot Console Handler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Special Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Boot Console Information Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Using the Bo ot Console Handler Interface . . . . . . . . . B-3

Conguring the Console Path and Display Format . . . . . B-4

Booting and Resetting the VXIbus Mainframe . . . . . . . B-9

Searching for Bootable Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-10

Displaying and Setting Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-11

Displaying and Setting the Secure Boot Mo de . . . . . . . B-15

Displaying the LAN Station Address . . . . . . . . . . . B-18

Interactive Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-19

Displaying Firmware Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-21

Glossary

Index

Contents-4

Product Description

Chapter Contents

Features.

Memory Congurations.

Interfaces.

Graphics.

Operating System.

1

1

Product Description 1-1

1

The HP 9000 Model V743 Embedded VXI Controller

The HP 9000 Model V743 VXI controller is an exceptionally exible and

responsive high-performance Precision Architecture VXI controller based on

the Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC 7100LC technology. Some of the features are

outlined in this chapter. See your

Instal lation Guide

for detailed hardware

information.

Features

The Mo del V743 VXI controller has the following general features:

Single-slot VXI C-size conguration.

64-MHz PA-RISC pro cessor (Model V743/64).

100-MHz PA-RISC pro cessor (Model V743/100).

HP-UX 9.05 (minimum) Operating System.

Congurable with 16 MB to 128 MB main memory (see \Memory

Congurations").

For the Mo del V743/64: factory-installable RAM is 16 MB to 64 MB.

For the Mo del V743/100: factory-installable RAM is 32 MB to 128 MB.

Error-Checking and Correcting (ECC) SIMM RAM.

External Cache: 256 KB merged (64-MHz or 100-MHz CPU):

Congurable for 1 MB of shared memory.

Total external disk capacity: 14 GB.

Input/Output:

On-Board Graphics.

RS-232C (2 p orts).

HP-IB.

Trigger Input-Output.

Clock Input-Output.

AUI (LAN).

Audio interface: 16-bit voice quality; composite mono; audio connector

(one output jack for speaker or headphone).

SCSI-II single ended.

PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse; Mini-DIN Connector.

1-2 Product Description

Memory Configurations

Figure 1-1. Four RAM Cards Installed

1

The standard Mo del V743 VXI controller comes with either 16 MB or 32 MB

factory-installed RAM, with other options possible. It can be upgraded b

user with internal RAM cards as follows (two cards p er upgrade):

HP A2578A; 16 MB total.

HP A2829A; 32 MB total.

HP A2827A; 64 MB total.

Upgrades or factory-integrated RAM provide the Mo del V743 VXI controller

with up to 128 MB maximum memory. See Appendix A for installation

instructions.

Product Description 1-3

y the

1

Interfaces

For graphics, printing, and LAN communications, the Model V743 VXI

controller provides the following I/O interfaces:

Graphics (on-board GSC; integrated color).

640 x 480 (15-in. monitor).

800 x 600 (15-in. monitor).

1024 x 768 (15- or 17-in. monitor).

1280 x 1024 (17- or 20-in. monitor).

1024 x 768 (11.8-in. at panel).

LAN AUI (high-density, 15-pin D-subminiature; requires a custom cable and

MAU for connection to LAN).

Two asynchronous RS-232C Interfaces: high-density, 9-pin male DTE (PC

standard). Requires a custom cable.

SCSI-IIInterface: high-density, 50-pin; single-ended 8-bit, up to 5 MB/sec.

synchronous.

Custom Cables

(Not currently supported)

The high-density I/O connectors for this board computer require adaptation to

standard cabling, using one or more of the following items (these are provided

with your controller):

HP A4301A RS-232C: High-density 9-pin to standard 9-pin \M". (2)

HP A4303A LAN: High-density 15-pin to 15-pin AUI.

HP A4304A Video: High-density 15-pin to standard 15-pin \F".

HP K2996 SCSI: High-density 50-pin to standard bail lock.

HP 11130A HPIB: High-density 15-pin to standard 24-pin, IEEE-488.

In addition, standard cables are also available and may be required.

1-4 Product Description

Physical Dimensions and Power Requirements

The Mo del V743 VXI controller o ccupies one standard VXI slot.

Height: 30.48 mm (1.2 in.)

Width: 259.84 mm (10.23 in.)

Depth: 368.30 mm (14.5 in.)

Power Requirements:

DC Voltage DC Current Dynamic Current

+5V 10 A 100 mA

+12 V 250 mA 3mA

-12V 80 mA 2mA

+24 V 40 mA 1mA

-24V 0mA 0mA

- 5.2 V 560 mA 4mA

-2V 480 mA 2mA

+5V

0mA 0mA

STDBY

1

Note that +24V is required only for a at-panel display (not currently

supported).

System power requirements depend to some degree on the RAM conguration as

well as on the softwarebeing run. Each additional RAM card adds .2 amps to

the +5 Vdc. requirement at 64 or 100 MHz. See the hardwarespecications in

your service manual for further information.

Graphics

The Model V743 VXI controller comes with on-board graphics.

For information on currently supported monitors, see Chapter 5 in this

manual, or the current Release Notes le in

HP-UX 9. For Release Notes on HP-UX 10, see the

/etc/newconfig/905RelNotes

/usr/share/doc

directory.

on

Product Description 1-5

1

Operating System

Table 1-1 lists the HP-UX operating system features and languages for the

Model V743 VXI controller.

Table 1-1.

Operating System and Languages

for the Model V743 VXI Controller

Operating system: HP-UX 9.05 or later

Languages: HP-PA Assembler 1.1

C and ANSI C

C

++

Pascal

ANSI FORTRAN

SICL for C Programming, Revision 3.9

User Interface: HP-UX 9.05 includes the X Window System and can b e

congured with HP VUE 3.0.

Network Features: IEEE 802.3/Ethernet Local Area Network

ARPA/Berkeley networking services

VXI Backplane Networking (Optional)

TCP/IP

HP Diskless

1-6 Product Description

Finding Information About Your System

Chapter Contents

Manuals for System Information:

HP-UX

HP VUE

Online Sources of Information.

2

2

Finding Information About Your System 2-1

2

Overview

The Model V743 VXI controller uses the standard HP-UX operating

system, a highly versatile system for multitasking, running your application

programs, and p erforming a variety of development tasks. For information

on installing HP-UX 9, see the manual

(and the 9.05 Release Notes for updates). For HP-UX 10, see

HP-UX 10

(and the Release Notes in the

Instal ling and Updating HP-UX 9.03

Instal ling

/usr/share/doc

directory for

updates).

To get started with using HP-UX, rst read your

Installation Guide

, then

go to Chapter 3 in this manual for information on b ooting and running the

system.

Manuals for System Information

If you have not installed your hardware or started your controller, refer to the

Instal lation Guide

for the Mo del V743 VXI controller b efore going on.

HP-UX

After you have done the pro cedures in the

Installation Guide

for the Mo del

V743 VXI controller, you maywant to see the following sources for further

information:

For HP-UX administration information, see

System Administration Tasks

For a quick reference to commonly used HP-UX commands, see the

Appendix in

Using HP-UX

.

HP VUE is the default interface for HP-UX. At some point, you maywantto

interact with the Mo del V743 VXI controller using HP VUE via the LAN,

with an X Window System display. As a simpler window alternative, you

can also use the X Window System by itself. Both are included in HP-UX.

For further information, see the manual

HP-UX

,or

HP VUE User's Guide

Using the X Window System,Using

.

The following manuals will also b e useful:

If you have not yet installed your HP-UX system, see

Updating HP-UX 9.03

(and the 9.05 Release Notes in

Instal ling and

etc/newconfig

2-2 Finding Information About Your System

.

for

updates) for HP-UX 9, or see

in the

For troublesho oting HP-UX, see Chapter 9 in this manual, and the manual

Solving HP-UX Problems

VXI

usr/share/doc

directory) for HP-UX 10.

Instal ling HP-UX 10

.

(and the Release Notes

2

For VXI conguration information, see the

Conguration Guide

User's Guide for HP-UX

HP VUE

For information on using and conguring the HP VUE in

see the

HP VUE Instal lation Guide

HP VUE User's Guide

.For VXI programming information, see the

.

.For information on installing HP VUE, see the

.

C-Size VXIbus Systems

HP SICL

terface with HP-UX,

Finding Information About Your System 2-3

2

Online Sources of Information

HP-UX is designed so that you can access many sources of information without

leaving your system. Most of these information sources are accessible via the

shell command line on a character terminal.

Man Pages: The information on HP-UX which is found in

is also available online. You can access this information by clicking on the up

arrow(8)over the

the command line

NNNNN

?

help icon on the HP VUE FrontPanel, or byentering

man

command

, where

command

is the name of the HP-UX

HP-UX Reference

command or routine you want to get information on. If you're not sure of

the command name, you can enter

man -k

keyword

, where

keyword

is a

likely topic word to search on. This will result in a display listing commands

having the keyword in their description.

There are also a variety of les on your HP-UX system which contain

version-specic information. These will b e useful in administering and

conguring cards and devices for your version of HP-UX. Among these les are

the following:

Release Notes: This is the online version of the Release Notes which came

with your system. It contains all the latest information, undocumented

changes and bug xes for your release of HP-UX. It also contains information

on the currentversion of HP VUE. The Release Notes documen

in the

directory for HP-UX 10. Look for the le named b

example,

/etc/newconfig

905RelNotes

directory for HP-UX 9, or the

, for HP-UX 9.05.

/usr/share/doc

y its release number, for

t is found

HP-UX and HP VUE Help: For graphics displays, extensive help information

on the op erating system and the visual interface is included with HP VUE.

Access it via the

NNNNN

?

button on the control panel.

2-4 Finding Information About Your System

Newcong: The directory

for HP-UX 10, contains information and new versions of HP-UX pro duct

conguration les, as well as shell scripts whichmayhave been customized

on your system. The contents of this directory will vary depending on which

products you have loaded on your system. In most cases, old versions of

these les, in their regular lo cations in the le system, are not overwritten by

the update process. See the README le in

or

/usr/share/doc

directory.

/etc/newconfig

on HP-UX 10, for information on the contents of this

for HP-UX 9, or

/etc/newconfig

usr/share/doc

on HP-UX 9,

2

Finding Information About Your System 2-5

3

Getting Started with HP-UX

Chapter Contents

Before Logging In the First Time.

Turning On the System.

Conguring the Controller.

Conguring the RS-232 Ports.

Logging In and Out.

Creating a New User Account.

Setting or Changing a Password.

Selecting a New Password.

Powering Down the System.

Using the Command Line.

3

Getting Started with HP-UX 3-1

Before Logging In the First Time

If your Model V743 VXI controller does not have a hard disk connected, or if

it has a le system disk, and you want it to be a cluster client node (cnode),

refer to the manual

3

on setting up HP-UX clusters and cno des.

This chapter reviews some initial procedures and provides information on using

both HP VUE sessions and HP-UX. For more detailed information ab out using

HP VUE after login, see the

Managing Clusters of HP 9000 Computers

HP VUE User's Guide

.

for instructions

You should rst read the

and follow the initial hardware setup and booting pro cedures applicable to y

conguration. When you rst turn on the VXIbus mainframe to complete the

installation process, your display will ask for information on the time zone,

system host name, and network IP address. If you do not have this information

readily available, simply press

information later.

Instal lation Guide

4

5

after the questions and you can supply the

Enter

for the Mo del V743 VXI controller,

our

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Figure 3-1. Model V743 VXI Controller in Mainframe

System Requirements

You should check to see that you have connected the following components

before pro ceeding further with b ooting your system:

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Host System: HP Model E1401A or equivalent VXIbus mainframe.

HP-UX, installed on a disk accessible to the Mo del V743 VXI con

A direct connection to ACpower for the mainframe. Avoid using extension

power cables or power strips.

LAN connection to the Model V743 VXI controller via an appropriate MAU

interface and custom cable for the AUI.

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troller.

Custom cables (provided with the Model V743 VXI controller) with

high-density connectors for LAN, monitor, and RS-232C. (See \Custom

Cables" in Chapter 1 for a listing of custom cables.)

Monitor connected to video output, or a terminal or terminal-emulator

system connected to an RS-232C output.

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Keyboard connected to the Model V743 VXI controller.

DDS-Format tape drive congured to the SCSI bus of the Model V743 VXI

controller (for backup of local disk, if installed).

Disk congured to the SCSI bus on the Model V743 VXI controller

(optional).

Some of the more common VXIbus congurations with the Model V743 VXI

controller are shown in Figure 3-2.

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