Alpha Microsystems AM-436-06, Installation Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...START RIGHT FROM THE START RIGHT FROM THE START RIGHT FROM THE START RIGHT FROM THE START RIGHT FROM THE START RIGHT FROM THE START RIGHT FROM THE START RIGHT FROM THE START RIGHT FROM THE START RIGHT FROM THE START SCSI Disk Drives Installation Instructions PDI 00436 20 Rev A15 ...

Page 2: ...ation is assumed by Alpha Microsystems This document may contain references to products covered under U S Patent Number 4 530 048 The following are registered trademarks of Alpha Microsystems Santa Ana CA 92799 AMIGOS AMOS Alpha Micro AlphaACCOUNTING AlphaBASIC AlphaCALC AlphaCOBOL AlphaFORTRAN 77 AlphaLAN AlphaLEDGER AlphaMAIL AlphaMATE AlphaNET AlphaPASCAL AlphaRJE AlphaWRITE CASELODE OmniBASIC ...

Page 3: ... 1 3 1 2 SCSI Drives in Series 90 Computers 10 10 0 ISOLATING SIGNAL AND CHASSIS GROUNDS 11 10 1 Testing for AC to DC Ground Shorts Using an Ohm Meter 11 10 2 Drive Isolation AM 1400 1600 Computers 13 10 3 Drive Isolation Pedestal and Rack Mount Computers 14 10 4 Drive isolation AM 990 Universal VME Enclosure 15 11 0 FORMATTING YOUR SCSI DISK DRIVE 15 APPENDIX A CONFIGURING AMOS SCSI DISK DRIVES A...

Page 4: ... APPENDIX G AM 436 20 00 40MB AND AM 436 21 11 80MB SCSI DRIVES APPENDIX H AM 436 29 19 234MB AND AM 436 26 14 203MB SCSI DRIVES APPENDIX I AM 436 30 18 324MB SCSI DRIVE APPENDIX J AM 436 44 1 2GB AND AM 436 45 540MB SCSI DRIVES APPENDIX K AM 436 06 330MB 5 1 4 SCSI DRIVE APPENDIX L AM 436 08 638MB 5 1 4 SCSI DRIVE APPENDIX M AM 436 08 638MB 5 1 4 SCSI DRIVE APPENDIX N AM 436 16 1 2GB 5 1 4 SCSI D...

Page 5: ...ubsystem PDI 01601 00 or the SCSI Universal Subsystem PGI 00001 00 This document contains information for each SCSI disk drive currently sold and supported by Alpha Micro This information includes drive addressing terminator locations and other items unique to the various drive manufacturers 2 0PRODUCT DESCRIPTION The SCSI disk drive package consists of a SCSI disk drive and mounting kit The follo...

Page 6: ...enever possible try to set the drive on a padded anti static surface 5 0CONFIGURING YOUR SCSI DISK DRIVE There is a separate appendix for each manufacturer model of SCSI drive sold and supported by Alpha Micro in the back of this document The drives are shown with their jumpers configured as shipped from the factory You should carefully go over the information applicable to the SCSI drive you are ...

Page 7: ...inator you need to insure none of your SCSI peripherals inside the computer are terminated You will also need to follow the guidelines in the section on providing termination power for the SCSI bus If you have a 10 or 21 slot rack mount VME computer and want to install an external terminator you will need to order a special adapter cable DWB 10200 01 The adapter cable is required because there is ...

Page 8: ...1 AM 14XX AM 16XX or pedestal computers with one SCSI hard disk drive can have that hard disk drive installed with its terminators removed 2 If an AM 14XX AM 16XX or pedestal computer has more than one SCSI device the last SCSI device the device attached to the connector farthest down the cable away from the CPU board must be terminated 3 If an AM 14XX AM 16XX or pedestal computer includes a SCSI ...

Page 9: ...sk drive but does have one or more SCSI magnetic tape or CD ROM drives then one of these devices will be configured to supply termination power 4 If a computer with one or more SCSI peripherals is cabled to a subsystem with additional SCSI devices one SCSI device in the host computer would normally be configured to supply termination power for the bus You should avoid having a SCSI device in both ...

Page 10: ...fter you have removed the screws lift off the top cover and place it in a safe spot The next step is to remove the drive mounting bracket from the chassis This bracket is held in place with four phillips head screws The screw locations are shown in Figure 2 called out as A B C and D A B C D DRIVE MOUNTING BRACKET MAC215 Figure 2 Once you have taken out the screws remove the drive mounting bracket ...

Page 11: ...HDA cover that points to the pin 1 location PIN 1 Plugging the 50 pin interface cable in backwards can damage the drive Plug the 4 pin power cable into the drive This connector is keyed so you can t go wrong Re install the top cover 9 0SCSI 3 1 2 DRIVES IN 5 1 4 MOUNTING CONFIGURATIONS Most of Alpha Micro s computers including Series 90 are designed for 5 1 4 SCSI disk drives Alpha Micro has sever...

Page 12: ... most applications the 5 1 4 front bezel is not required If your application does not require a front bezel all you need to do is attach the rails to the drive as shown in Figure 4 PRF 00113 10 3 1 2 SCSI DRIVE MOUNTING BRACKET PRF 00113 20 3 1 2 SCSI DRIVE MOUNTING BRACKET INCLUDES FRONT BEZEL MAC434 Figure 3 5 1 4 Mounting Brackets PDI 00436 20 Rev A15 ...

Page 13: ...ve being mounted in the DWB 00113 10 bracket but the procedure is virtually the same for all mounting brackets MAC432 3 1 2 SCSI DISK DRIVE MOUNTING POSITION PRF 00113 10 3 1 2 SCSI DRIVE MOUNTING BRACKET Figure 4 5 1 4 Mounting Brackets Once the drive is installed in the bracket it is compatible with all VME AM 2000M AM 3000M and AM 960 Series 90 5 1 4 disk drive mounting configurations PDI 00436...

Page 14: ...nce the drive is installed in the 5 1 4 mounting frame it attaches to the AM 960 peripheral mounting area with four screws two on each side MAC433 3 1 2 SCSI DISK DRIVE MOUNTING POSITION HDM 00106 00 MOUNTING RAIL RIGHT HDM 00106 01 MOUNTING RAIL LEFT Figure 5 Once the rails are installed the drive slides into place inside your computer chassis After the drive is installed in the chassis install t...

Page 15: ...ed if your drive installation kit does not contain any of the drive isolation accessories described in the next few sections Some disk drives due to the nature of their design do not require any special isolation hardware You can be certain your drive is properly isolated by using an ohm meter as described in the next section In Series 90 installations the isolation of signal ground and chassis gr...

Page 16: ...g the peripheral to its mounting brackets may be too long If the screws extend too far into the peripheral they can come in contact with the peripheral s signal ground creating a direct path to chassis ground b In AM 1400 and AM 1600 computers if the disk drive mounting brackets do not have adhesive lexan insulating strips DWF 20526 00 it is possible for the drive s signal ground to be shorted to ...

Page 17: ...not have the adhesive insulating strips Therefore two of the insulating strips are included in drive installations kits designed for AM 1400 1600 use NYLON SCREW METAL WASHER METAL INSERT HDS 11806 04 MAC783 Figure 6 Drive Installation Screw If you are installing a 3 1 2 drive that is 1 3 4 thick it is possible for the drive to come in contact with the chassis bottom In some cases by lifting the d...

Page 18: ... and metal washers as shown in Figure 6 10 3Drive Isolation Pedestal and Rack Mount Computers In pedestal and rack mount enclosures the drive or drives sit on a plastic mounting base and attach to a plastic front bezel because of the way the drive is mounted it would appear to be fully isolated from chassis ground However because the front bezel has a conductive coating the drive can still be shor...

Page 19: ...olation steps need to be taken 11 0FORMATTING YOUR SCSI DISK DRIVE All SCSI drives shipped by Alpha Micro are formatted and ready for use providing you are using an Alpha Micro computer running AMOS If you are installing a SCSI disk drive into a Series 90 computer you will need to format the drive before it can be used For information on how to format SCSI drives for Series 90 computers see the in...

Page 20: ... While this is perfectly acceptable you may get a memory allocation error when running programs that load a copy of the bitmap into your memory partition e g DSKANA and MONTST To use these types of programs you will need at least one job on your computer with enough memory allocated to allow you to load the large bitmap Depending on the size of the logical device you may need a memory partition be...

Page 21: ...so a good way to transfer software onto your new drive Bootable VCR Tape In the illustrations showing the SCSI disk drive jumper configurations there is a table showing the number of logicals and the bitmap size for each drive Although the bitmap size is not used when configuring the system initialization command file the bitmap size is needed when making a bootable WRMGEN file You can use this in...

Page 22: ... RETURN Program to load VCRRES LIT RETURN Program to load VCRDIR LIT RETURN Program to load VCRSAV LIT RETURN Program to load SCNWLD SYS RETURN Program to load SYSMSG USA RETURN Program to load CMDLIN SYS RETURN Program to load LOG LIT RETURN Program to load DIR LIT RETURN Program to load RETURN Enter name of program s to be loaded into USER PARTITION one per line Enter a return to terminate loadi...

Page 23: ...es using FIXLOG There is a generic SCSI driver in account 1 6 that is used for creating SCSI bootable AMOS Monitors SCZDVR DVR A 1 3MONGEN the Monitor Use the MONGEN program to embed the appropriate SCSI driver in the AMOS monitor located in account 1 4 on your SCSI drive Example Enter MONGEN RETURN Input monitor name LSYS MON RETURN New disk driver SCZDVR DVR RETURN New language definition table ...

Page 24: ...e The sample initialization file has a SCSI drive defined with three logicals make sure you configure your initialization file with the number of logicals that corresponds to the SCSI drive you are installing A 1 5Ready to Boot If you have completed all the steps above it s time to press the reset button This is the part where you may feel a little nervous wondering if you made any errors in confi...

Page 25: ...56622 Blocks free DSK2 56622 Blocks free Make sure that each of the logical devices on your new disk drive is correctly displayed on the screen The number of blocks on the DSK0 device will be less than the other logical devices because that s where the AMOS operating system is located To ensure that the system has no problem reading all the disk blocks on the newly installed SCSI drive use the RED...

Page 26: ...uring AMOS SCSI Disk Drives A 3OTHER DOCUMENTATION Information on how to use FIXLOG FMTSCZ BADBLK and other SCSI related programs can be found in the Systems Command Reference Manual DSM 00043 00 PDI 00436 20 Rev A15 ...

Page 27: ... 20 2 2560 1 MAC826 JUMPER INSTALLED A0 A1 A2 PDB 00436 21 80S 80MB 3 3413 1 QUANTUM 3 1 2 SCSI DRIVE Parity must be enabled install a jumper at this position SERIES 90 ONLY SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Quantum 40 and 80MB drives have a circuit that will automatically supply termination power if no power is detected on the SCSI bus There is no jumper on the drive that will allow you to disable termination...

Page 28: ...ER 7120SR 120MB 4 3833 1 MAC827 JUMPER INSTALLED PDB 00436 25 01 MAXTOR SCSI 3 1 2 SCSI DISK DRIVE Parity must be enabled remove the jumper at this position SERIES 90 ONLY SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FACTORY COFIGURED DO NOT REMOVE THESE TWO JUMPERS J601 J602 TERMINATOR POWER JUMPER IN Drive supplies termination power for the SCSI bus OUT Drive does not supply termination power for the SCSI bus Figure 1 ...

Page 29: ...ed to match the mounting holes on the Maxtor drive The brackets are held in place with two phillips head screws inserted through the chassis bottom SCSI disk drives used in AMOS 680X0 based computers must be installed with the drive s signal ground isolated from the computer s chassis ground Before installing your new disk drive see Section 10 in this document dealing with drive isolation in AMOS ...

Page 30: ...LXT 213SY 203MB 7 3703 1 MAC828 JUMPER INSTALLED PDB 00436 13 24 MAXTOR SCSI 3 1 2 SCSI DISK DRIVE Parity must be enabled install a jumper at this position SERIES 90 ONLY SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS J8 IN Drive supplies termination power for the SCSI bus OUT Drive does not supply termination power for the SCSI bus TERMINATION POWER JUMPER Figure 1 Maxtor 203MB 3 1 2 SCSI Drive Maxtor LXT 213SY drives wit...

Page 31: ...plastic panel located on the front of the drive The panel pops off the front of the drive and there is small connector attached to the drive access L E D that must be un plugged from the drive s main electronics board With the front panel removed the drive will sit correctly in its mounting position flush on the chassis bottom SCSI disk drives used in AMOS 680X0 based computers must be installed w...

Page 32: ...XT 340SY 324MB PDB 00436 15 23 11 3778 1 MAC829 J9 J6 J8 JUMPER INSTALLED MAXTOR 3 1 2 SCSI DISK DRIVE Parity must be enabled install a jumper at this position SERIES 90 ONLY SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS IN Drive supplies termination power for the SCSI bus OUT Drive does not supply termination power for the SCSI bus TERMINATION POWER JUMPER Figure 1 Maxtor 324MB 3 1 2 SCSI Drive Maxtor LXT 340SY drives wi...

Page 33: ...plastic panel located on the front of the drive The panel pops off the front of the drive and there is small connector attached to the drive access L E D that must be un plugged from the drive s main electronics board With the front panel removed the drive will sit correctly in its mounting position flush on the chassis bottom SCSI disk drives used in AMOS 680X0 based computers must be installed w...

Page 34: ...0SR 80MB 3 3413 1 MAXTOR 3 1 2 SCSI DRIVE Parity must be enabled remove jumper at this position SERIES 90 ONLY SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS J604 J602 RP601 RP602 J1 FACTORY PRESET Drive spins up when power is applied SCSI I D 0 SCSI I D 2 SCSI I D 1 SCSI I D 3 J602 J602 J602 J602 SCSI DRIVE I D IN Drive supplies termination power for the SCSI bus OUT Drive does not supply termination power for the SCSI bu...

Page 35: ... 00 are drilled to match the mounting holes on the Maxtor drive The brackets are held in place with two phillips head screws inserted through the chassis bottom SCSI disk drives used in AMOS 680X0 based computers must be installed with the drive s signal ground isolated from the computer s chassis ground Before installing your new disk drive see Section 10 in this document dealing with drive isola...

Page 36: ...SCSI DRIVE Parity must be enabled remove jumper at this position SERIES 90 ONLY SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS J605 RP601 RP602 J1 FACTORY PRESET Drive spins up when power is applied SCSI I D 0 SCSI I D 2 SCSI I D 1 SCSI I D 3 SCSI DRIVE I D J606 J607 J608 J609 J602 J606 J607 J608 J606 J607 J608 J606 J607 J608 J606 J607 J608 IN Drive supplies termination power for the SCSI bus OUT Drive does not supply term...

Page 37: ... 00 are drilled to match the mounting holes on the Maxtor drive The brackets are held in place with two phillips head screws inserted through the chassis bottom SCSI disk drives used in AMOS 680X0 based computers must be installed with the drive s signal ground isolated from the computer s chassis ground Before installing your new disk drive see Section 10 in this document dealing with drive isola...

Page 38: ... INSTRUCTIONS FACTORY COFIGURED DO NOT REMOVE THESE TWO JUMPERS IN Drive supplies termination power for the SCSI bus OUT Drive does not supply termination power for the SCSI bus TERMINATION POWER JUMPER 7245S 234MB 8 3743 1 PDB 00436 19 29 7213SR 203MB 7 3703 1 PDB 00436 14 26 Figure 1 Maxtor 203MB and 234MB 3 1 2 SCSI Drives SCSI disk drives used in AMOS 680X0 based computers must be installed wi...

Page 39: ...lowing versions of FMTSCZ LIT and FMTSCZ OVR which are available on AMTEC FMTSCZ LIT 3 0 149 1 or later FMTSCZ OVR 1 0 102 or later The version of FMTSCZ LIT included in AMOS 1 4C or later and AMOS 2 2C or later is compatible with the Maxtor 7245S 3 1 2 SCSI drive but you need the following version of FMTSCZ OVR which is available on AMTEC FMTSCZ OVR 1 0 102 or later PDI 00436 20 Rev A15 ...

Page 40: ...ONLY SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FACTORY COFIGURED DO NOT REMOVE THESE TWO JUMPERS IN Drive supplies termination power for the SCSI bus OUT Drive does not supply termination power for the SCSI bus TERMINATION POWER JUMPER 7345S 324MB 11 3778 1 PDB 00436 18 30 Figure 1 Maxtor 324MB 3 1 2 SCSI Drive SCSI disk drives used in AMOS 680X0 based computers must be installed with the drive s signal ground isolate...

Page 41: ...ersions of FMTSCZ LIT and FMTSCZ OVR which are available on AMTEC FMTSCZ LIT 3 0 149 1 or later FMTSCZ OVR 1 0 102 or later The version of FMTSCZ LIT included in AMOS 1 4C or later and AMOS 2 2C or later is compatible with the Maxtor 7345S 3 1 2 SCSI drive but you need the following version of FMTSCZ OVR which is available on AMTEC FMTSCZ OVR 1 0 102 or later PDI 00436 20 Rev A15 ...

Page 42: ...AXTOR SCSI 3 1 2 SCSI DISK DRIVE Parity must be enabled install a jumper at this position SERIES 90 ONLY SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS J6 1 MXT 540S 540MB 17 3921 1 MOTOR START ON POWER UP DO NOT REMOVE JP8 12 11 2 1 J7 J4 JP5 JP2 J4 FACTORY CONFIGURED JUMPERS DO NOT REMOVE NOT USED PDB 00436 44 PDB 00436 45 IN Drive supplies termination power for the SCSI bus OUT Drive does not supply termination power fo...

Page 43: ...evision Maxtor MXT drives with 1 5 or later firmware can be used on all Alpha Micro Series 90 and AMOS applications that support SCSI disk drives Maxtor s 1 5 or later version of the firmware supersedes all previous versions of the firmware including 1 2 and 6F SCSI disk drives used in AMOS 680X0 based computers must be installed with the drive s signal ground isolated from the computer s chassis ...

Page 44: ...35 JP36 JP37 JP35 JP36 JP37 DS0 DS1 DS2 DS3 DRIVE SELECT JUMPERS JP32 JP33 JP14 E19 TXD RXD JP8 JP9 TERMINATOR PACKS JP40 JP39 JP38 MAC834 JP34 External termination power jumper IN Drive supplies Termination power to the SCSI bus OUT Drive does not supply termination power to the bus JP41 Internal termination power jumper always installed do not remove Figure 1 Maxtor 330MB 5 1 4 SCSI Drive The on...

Page 45: ...in AMOS 680X0 based computers must be installed with the drive s signal ground isolated from the computer s chassis ground Before installing your new disk drive see Section 10 in this document dealing with drive isolation in AMOS based products PDI 00436 20 Rev A15 ...

Page 46: ...NSTRUCTIONS DC POWER 50 PIN CONNECTOR PIN 1 JP35 JP36 JP37 JP35 JP36 JP37 JP35 JP36 JP37 JP35 JP36 JP37 JP35 JP36 JP37 DS0 DS1 DS2 DS3 DRIVE SELECT JUMPERS JP32 JP33 JP14 E19 TXD RXD JP8 JP9 TERMINATOR PACKS JP40 JP39 JP38 MAC835 JP34 External termination power jumper IN Drive supplies Termination power to the SCSI bus OUT Drive does not supply termination power to the bus JP41 Internal terminatio...

Page 47: ...37 All other jumpers are factory installed and should never be moved SCSI disk drives used in AMOS 680X0 based computers must be installed with the drive s signal ground isolated from the computer s chassis ground Before installing your new disk drive see Section 10 in this document dealing with drive isolation in AMOS based products PDI 00436 20 Rev A15 ...

Page 48: ...PECIAL INSTRUCTIONS DC POWER 50 PIN CONNECTOR PIN 1 DS0 DRIVE SELECT JUMPERS TERMINATOR PACKS JP40 JP14 JP38 MAC836 DS1 DS2 DS3 DS4 DS5 DS6 DS7 JP3 JP7 These jumpers are factory configured and should NEVER be reconfigured JP34 External termination power jumper IN Drive supplies Termination power to the SCSI bus OUT Drive does not supply termination power to the bus JP41 Internal termination power ...

Page 49: ...in AMOS 680X0 based computers must be installed with the drive s signal ground isolated from the computer s chassis ground Before installing your new disk drive see Section 10 in this document dealing with drive isolation in AMOS based products PDI 00436 20 Rev A15 ...

Page 50: ... 3 SCSI ID 4 SCSI ID 5 SCSI ID 6 SCSI ID 7 Note This drive is only for use in Series 90 Computers running PICK Operating Systems PCBA 1027614 JP11 External termination power jumper IN Drive supplies Termination power to the SCSI bus OUT Drive does not supply termination power to the bus JP10 Internal termination power jumper always installed do not remove Figure 1 Maxtor 1 2GB 5 1 4 SCSI Drive The...

Page 51: ...in AMOS 680X0 based computers must be installed with the drive s signal ground isolated from the computer s chassis ground Before installing your new disk drive see Section 10 in this document dealing with drive isolation in AMOS based products PDI 00436 20 Rev A15 ...

Page 52: ... ID 5 SCSI ID 6 SCSI ID 7 Note This drive is only for use in Series 90 Computers running PICK Operating Systems JP5 JP13 JP3 JP12 JP1 JP7 PCBA 1027341 JP11 External termination power jumper IN Drive supplies Termination power to the SCSI bus OUT Drive does not supply termination power to the bus JP10 Internal termination power jumper always installed do not remove Figure 1 Maxtor 1 2GB 5 1 4 SCSI ...

Page 53: ...in AMOS 680X0 based computers must be installed with the drive s signal ground isolated from the computer s chassis ground Before installing your new disk drive see Section 10 in this document dealing with drive isolation in AMOS based products PDI 00436 20 Rev A15 ...