Sun Microsystems Sun-3/60, Hardware Installation Manual

Page 1: ...A sun microsystems Hardware Installation Manual for the Sun 3 60 Workstation...

Page 2: ...C Hardware Installation Manual for the Sun 3 60 Workstation ____________...

Page 3: ...is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference WARNING There is a Lithium Battery BBCV...

Page 4: ...Unpacking the 19 inch Color Monitor 7 1 6 Unpacking the Base Box 8 Chapter 2 Basic Component Set up 11 2 1 Connecting the Keyboard Mouse Ethernet and Video 11 Keyboard and Mouse Connections 13 Ethern...

Page 5: ...ing 34 External Degaussing 35 Chapter 3 Hardware Configuration and Options 39 3 1 Basic Sun 3 260 40 3 2 Standard Configuration 41 Sun 3 260 CPU Board 41 3 3 Options for the Sun 3 260t 41 ALM Interfac...

Page 6: ...e 3 1 1 0 Connectors on the CPU Card 41 Table 3 2 System Memory Basic and Optional Configurations 42 Table 4 1 Pinout of Keyboard Mouse DB 15 Connector 47 Table 4 2 Pinout ofSerial Ports A and B 48 Ta...

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Page 8: ...Jumper Connection 17 Figure 2 5 Color and Sync Connection Example 20 Figure 2 6 Color Output and Grayscale Connection Example 21 Figure 2 7 Color Output and Grayscale Connection Example 22 Figure 2 8...

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Page 10: ...e and Ethernet Information on connecting a modem printer or terminal to the serial ports is included Basic procedures for connecting the unit to an existing Ether net or setting up a new one are offer...

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Page 12: ...king and Setting up the Sun 3 260 3 1 1 Safety Precautions 3 1 2 Unpacking Instructions for the Sun 3 260 3 1 3 Tools Needed 3 1 4 Unpacking the Pedestal 4 1 5 Unpacking the Keyboard and Grayscale or...

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Page 14: ...fied service personnel The basic components ofthe Sun 3 260 are shipped in 3 separate cartons o the largest contains the pedestal stabilizing wings and external cables o the smallest or base box conta...

Page 15: ...oth the triangular box containing the pedestal s stabilizing wings J and the square box containing the pedestal s external cables 6 Lift up and away on the left side of the pedestal s shipping carton...

Page 16: ...pedestal upside down to attach the stabilization wings 1 Get the triangular box containing the stabilization wings and place it beside the pedestal Inside the box you should find the wings and four Ph...

Page 17: ...aching the Pedestal Stabilization Wings Save the shipping carton and packing material for future use in case the product must be reshipped any products shipped back to Sun must be repacked in their or...

Page 18: ...ay 2 Remove the top tray completely 3 Pull the top ofthe container off ofthe monitor 4 Remove the right and left foam pads attached to the monitor 5 Pull the protective bag down to the base of the uni...

Page 19: ...ping the flaps open 5 Lift the carton up and off ofthe color monitor 6 Remove the side foam pieces and the protective plastic bag 7 Remove the foam piece between the monitor and its base The monitor i...

Page 20: ...Connecting a Video Monitor to the Sun 3 260 18 2 3 Connecting Grayscale Monitors to the Sun 3 260 20 2 4 Powering Up the Sun 3 260 23 2 5 Power On SelfTest Procedures 24 2 6 EEPROM Options 28 2 7 Asy...

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Page 22: ...F ON switch on the front of the pedestal is OFF side with the 0 is pushed in and o The AC power cord is unplugged from the rear of the pedestal The Sun 3 260 comes with its boards already installed in...

Page 23: ...s and the small bank of 8 diagnostic LEDs among these connectors Sun 31260 Connectors on the rear edge ofthe CPU Board fSERiALl SERIAL PORTB IETHERNErl RESET DIAGNOSTIC SWITCH NORM DIAG KEYBOARD MOUSE...

Page 24: ...rd Find your keyboard cable and plug it in now to the KEYBOARD con nector on the rear edge then tighten the screwlocks 2 Find the mouse and its cable The mouse is a little rectangular box with three l...

Page 25: ...no level adjustment is necessary lfyou are using a Level 1 Ethernet transceiver you will need to add a jumper across the pin 5 0 position and leave the other jumpers in place Perform the following pro...

Page 26: ...at is grounded to a common earth ground such as the metal screws on an AC receptacle cover to discharge any static electricity present in your body 1 Make sure that the workstation is not connected to...

Page 27: ...D 0 a D D D 0 I DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDODDDDDDDDDDDDD UOV1e 5 Now gently slide the board out until you can see the 8 pin level select jumper that is located approximately 1 inch 2 5 cm behind the Ethernet...

Page 28: ...have a Level 1 capacitive coupled type tran sceiver add a jumper across position 5 6 but do not remove either of the otherjumpers 7 Replace the board by pushing it back into the slot Make sure the bo...

Page 29: ...a 3 260HM 1600x1280 pixel display workstation you have a monochrome black and white monitor You will connect the monochrome monitor to the video connector on the CPU board Find the monochrome monitor...

Page 30: ...rd connect the other end of this cable into the similar connector marked BLUE on the rear ofthe color monitor 4 Plug the remaining cable into the female BNC connector marked sync composite sync signal...

Page 31: ...ale cable connection for either type of monitor is made from the rear edge ofthe Sun 3 color board to the back ofthe grayscale monitor reference the following two figures The grayscale video cable fit...

Page 32: ...yscale monitor Color board when viewed from rear rear edge Attach the second type of grayscale video cable by doing the following 1 Plug one of the BNC connectors labeled SYNC to the BNC connector mar...

Page 33: ...le end into the AC source wall receptacle 3 Tum the monitor s power switch to the ON position The monitor will slowly come on You should also notice a crackling sound of static if the screen does not...

Page 34: ...o drop into the Boot PROM monitor program The monitor program is indicated by a prompt on the screen During this time the memory board s will continue to preserve their con tents by refreshing themsel...

Page 35: ...lf test is successfully completed a message similar to the following will come onto your screen t Self Test Passed Sun Workstation Model Sun 3 200 Series Sun 3 Keyboard ROM Rev MB Memory installed Ser...

Page 36: ...ent to reading the LEDs from top to bottom when the CPU board is in its slot If at some point in the above sequence the LEDs freeze keep the same pattern for more than 2 minutes or the sequence restar...

Page 37: ...OA performs TOD clock interrupt test Test OxOB checking MMU protection and status Test OxOC performs ECC error test Test OxOD checks cache data wr rd capabilities Test OxOE performs cache data 3 patte...

Page 38: ...dicate the exact test being undertaken during self test IfLED 7 is not lit then the tests are proceeding without error if LED 7 lights up then LEDs 0 4 will freeze indicating which test failed Refer t...

Page 39: ...mentioned the Sun 3 260 computer has an electrically erasable programmable read only memory EEPROM chip that can be accessed through the boot PROM monitor program in order to change system configurati...

Page 40: ...interface Signals carried on the SERIAL PORT A and SERIAL PORT B connectors are listed in the appendix NOTE Thefollowing sections which describe connecting modems terminals and printers to the serial...

Page 41: ...Refer also to System Administrationfor the Sun Workstation part number 800 1323 XX and Installing UNIX on the Sun Workstation part number 800 1521 XX which detail connecting to a terminal The serial...

Page 42: ...e Ethernet malfunction 1 Screw the 50 ohm coaxial cable into one ofthe transceiver N connectors an N connector is a round screw on connector Ifyou are using a coaxial active known as a vampire tap con...

Page 43: ...re tap cable channel 3 Male N connector to transceiver or vampire tap cable channel entrance 4 Ethernet transceiver D connector 5 Sun Workstation to Eth ernet D connector Linking Up to a Level 2 Type...

Page 44: ...bserved for proper Ethernet implementation Ethernet Cabling Limitations MAXIMUM contiguous length of coaxial cable segments 500 0 meters Distance between transceivers 2 5 meter multiples MAXIMUM lengt...

Page 45: ...A symp tom ofthis interference is lack of color purity Whenever this lack of purity can not be corrected by changing the position of the system you should try degauss ing These magnetic fields can be...

Page 46: ...he monitor need to be degaussed 4 Hold the coil perpendicular to the monitor at least six feet away and plug the coil in 5 Press the coil switch and turn the coil parallel to the monitor screen bring...

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Page 48: ...3 Hardware Configuration and Options Hardware Configuration and Options 39 3 1 Basic Sun 3 260 40 3 2 Standard Configuration 41 3 3 Options for the Sun 3 260t 41...

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Page 50: ...fingers protrude from either side of the strip Ifa board WITH springfingers is installed next to a board WITHOUT spring fingers the insulator shield on the outside of the fingers MUST be present to pr...

Page 51: ...ed Call 800 USA 4SUN with any questions or for information on how to obtain additional insulator strips or shields Some of the devices on Sun boards are very sensitive to electro static discharge that...

Page 52: ...nectors two switches and a bank of eight small LEDs are at the opposite rear edge end ofthe board In sequence top to bottom as the 1 0 connectors are aligned on the board they are Table 3 1 110 Connec...

Page 53: ...ry Add extra boards using the infor mation in Cardcage Slot Assignments and Backplane Configuration Procedures PartNo 813 2004 XX We have discussed only a few ofthe large number of options available f...

Page 54: ...iguration and Options 43 The VME to Multibus Adapter Board makes it possible to use Multibus and non standard VMEbus boards mechanically and electrically in Sun 3 VMEbus systems Multibus is a trademar...

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Page 56: ...PU Board Connector Pinouts and Serial Port Signals 4 CPU Board Connector Pinouts and Serial Port Signals 47 4 1 Pinout of Connectors at Rear of Workstation 47 4 2 Description of Serial Port Signals 48...

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Page 58: ...or o Serial Port s o Ethernet Connector o Video Connector Pins that are not connected to anything are not listed 4 1 Pinout of Connectors The following tables represent pin locations on DB 9 DB 15 and...

Page 59: ...D 6 GND 13 12V Table 4 4 Pinout ofVideo Connector 4 2 Description of Serial Port Signals Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VIDEO 6 VIDEO 3 HSYNC 7 GND 4 VSYNC 8 GND 9 GND This subsection briefly describes the s...

Page 60: ...Receive Data input The actual data received from the data communications equipment 4 RTS Request to Send output Signal sent to the data communica tions equipment asking if it is ready to start accepti...

Page 61: ...nters modems etc 17 DD Receive Clock from DCE input Receive clock from the modem This signal is usually not used for asynchronous devices most termi nals printers modems etc 20 DTR Data Terminal Ready...

Page 62: ...43 hardware configuration options Expansion board memory 41 hardware options 39 thru 43 51 I I 0 connectors 41 J Jumper Level 1 Operation 16 Level 2 Operation 16 K keyboard and monitor unpacking and...

Page 63: ...ptions 39 thru 43 serial port signals 48 thru 50 setup 3 thru 8 unpacking 3 thru 8 unpacking keyboard and monitor 7 unpacking pedestal 4 Sun 3 260 Expansion board memory 41 T transceiver types 14 u un...

Page 64: ...ision History Revision Date Comments 01 16 June 1986 ex Review ofthis Installation Manual 50 02 15 July 1986 13 Review of this Installation Manual A 05 10 October 1986 Release of this Installation Man...

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Page 66: ...this end we solicit your comments on the 3 260 Hardware Installation Manual We would appreciate your telling us about errors in the content ofthe manual and about any material that you feel should be...

Page 67: ...present but is not Is there material found in other manuals that would be more convenient if it were in this manual Did you find the organization of this guide useful Ifnot how would you rear range t...

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