Honeywell X-Superteam XPS-100, System Operation Manual

Page 1: ...I System Operation Guide ...

Page 2: ... c L 1 I L Operating Instructions for the system ORDER NUMBER A l8138959 001 SYSTBM OPBRATIONS GUIDE May 1986 ...

Page 3: ...his guide is to give a simple but exhaustive presentation of the system and to familiarize the reader with the necessary operations for its use More detailed information on the terminals and printers is given in their relative operating guides ...

Page 4: ...ning Shutdown fonn diskette Formatting Fonnatting a diskette Formatting a disk READ VTOC WRITE VTOC Save from disk to diskette Restoring a disk from diskette Procedure tor personalization of the ports Organization of disks and diskettes and the meaning of the names Port number line device name correspondance Page 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 8 9 13 15 20 23 25 33 34 ...

Page 5: ...sole workstation on Power the system on t r r System Powered on Power the console on Press POWER ON on the I operator panel r The system will display some messages Reply only to those messages which are listed below ignoring the others Messages Replies 1 Is the date _ correct y or n 2 Enter the correct date 1 Enter y if the date is correct or n if you wish to change the date Press RETURN and go to...

Page 6: ...h below lnitiallzaUcn From Diskette 1 Mount the initializing diskette DKT BOOTlt that has been supplied with the system and initialize the system by pressiI the LOAD button on the operator panel 2 Do not enter any more commands untU the n n message appears At the end of this operation the initialization is executed 2 ...

Page 7: ...stem in order to access it Messages Replies logim Reply with your identifier which has been defined by the system administrator password Press RETURN Reply with the password defined by the system administrator Press RETURN NOTE The system is supplied with a user identifier root 3 ...

Page 8: ...e following commaoos cd I shutdown 0 positions the workstation in the root directory starts the shutdown procedure If the shutdown command is entered when the console workstation was not positioned in the root directory the following message appears shUtdowDl you must be in the root directory J to use shutdown Messages 1 SHUTDOWN PROGRAM do you want to send your own message T y or n 2 Type your me...

Page 9: ...is complete Before powering the system oft it is recommended to wait for the initialization in single user mode message to appear I sync aync sync NOT By replying n in step 1 the user declines to send a message to the other terminal Users The system however sends the following messages to each of the tenninals Broadcast Message from root console Date _ o PLEASE LOG OFF NOW II Syitem Maintenance ab...

Page 10: ...disk or diskette are indicated The formatting operation erases any data present on the media therefore it must executed only be on new media or on disks and diskettes containing data that is no longer valid 1 Inltlalize the system using the disk 2 Reply root to the login prompt login root press RETURN 3 Enter the following commandz I dlsklnlt press RETURN The main mellLl is now displayedz a FORMAT...

Page 11: ...I I a FORMAT Enter a and press RETURN The following menu appears FORMAT a FLOPPY b WREN 2 g QUIT Type Disk Seleoted 1 ...

Page 12: ...e diskette has been placed and press RETURN If the diskette to be fonnatted can be a bootstrap diskette answer y otherwise answer De DRIVE X WILL BE OVERWRITTEN DURING FORMATTING PROCEEDt y esl or n n cylinder 79 traok 1 cyllDdar 79 traok Q DONE Hit retum to cOlltinue 8 where X corresponds to the physical drive If you wish to format the diskette enter y Press RETURN The main menu reappears The dis...

Page 13: ...ylinder 0 Number ot Cylinders 200 Slice 1 Start Cylinder 200 Number ot Cylinders 123 Slice 2 Start Cylincer 0 Number ot Cylinders 0 Slice 3 Start Cylinder 0 Number ot Cylinders 0 Slice 4 Start Cylinder 0 Number ot Cylinders 0 Slice 5 Start Cylinder 0 Number of Cylinders 0 Slice 6 Start Cylinder 0 Number of Cylinders 0 Slice 1 Start Cylinder 0 Number of Cylinders 923 Slice OK y or u t SUoe 0 Start ...

Page 14: ...Boot device y es or n 0 5 If the disk to be fonnatted can also be a bootstrap disk answer y otherwise answer n Is there a bad sectors map on disk y or n 0 If the disk is to be fonnatted for the first time the bad sectors map must stUI be created with the values listed on the disk label Answer n press RETURN and skip to point 6 If this is not the case the map will already have been created answer y...

Page 15: ...ctors are completed then enter q Do you want to verify correct the bad sector Llst y esl or nCo To check the bad sectors list enter y Otherwise answer n and skip to point 8 Press RETURN The list reappears with the cylinder track and b c a i values specified followed by the same question NOTE The b c a i displayed is not the same as the one entered In fact the b c a i entered is the bad byte while ...

Page 16: ...answer y the main formatting procedure will commence At the end the list of alternative sectors and bad sectors is displayed 9 ALTERNATIVB BAD DONE Hit return to continue 10 CANCELLBD DONB Press RBTURN and skip to point 11 Bit returD to continue 11 a bo c I The operation is aborted and any alterations made to the bad sector list are not saved Press RETURN FORMAT READ VTOC WRITE VTOC QUIT Option Se...

Page 17: ...er fb cf number of cylinders removable surfaces sectors per track bytes per sector _ special flags motor on delay steppiw rate head settllng time head load time lnterleaye factor command options _ seek type Enter the number corresponding to the drive in which the diskette was placed and press RETURN low write curren t cylinder precompensation cylinder SHces start cylinder number of cylinders block...

Page 18: ...seeton p track x byt per aeotor xxx alternative cy1lnCil8l l x interleave factor x CODllDand optlo xx seek type x Enter the number corresponding to the disk and press RETURN low write curren t cyUnder x preaompensaUon cyUnder x Slices start cylinder number of cylindera blocks z DONB Hit return to continue Press RBTURN The main menu reappears I 1 r f _I II _ J l 14 ...

Page 19: ...f cylinders removable surfaces seeton per track bytes per seator _ special flap motor on delay stepping rate had settling time head load time interleaye factor command options seek type low write curren t cylinder precompensatlon cylinder Enter the number corresponding to the drive in which the diskette was placed and press RETURN SUoes start cyUnder number of cyUnders blocks 0 80 1440 Floppy Numb...

Page 20: ...iskette to be fonnatted can also be a bootstrap diskette answer y otherwise answer n To change the values enter c and press RETURN At the end the modified VTOC of the diskette is displayed If all the parameters are correct enter y and press RETURN Enter n to cancel all previous alterations Press RETURN The main menu reappears ...

Page 21: ... 3 Slice 0 Start CyllDden 0 1 1 Enter the number corresponding to the disk and press RBTURN Number ot Cylinders 200 Number ot Cylinders 123 Number of Cylinders 0 Number ot Cylinders 0 Number of Cylinders 0 Number ot Cylinders 0 Number of Cylinders 0 Number ot Cylinders 923 It you wish to alter the number ot cyUnders relative to a partition answer n otherwise answer y and skip to point 4 Press RETU...

Page 22: ...CE I At the end the table of partitions with the relative oylinders appears containing the alterations made followed by the questlona If you still wish to alter partitions answer y otherwise answer n and go back to point 3 If the disk to be formatted can be an initializing disk answer y otherwise answer n SUoes start oyl1nder number of oyllDders blocka 1 1 _1 _ Ready y es or nfn or oOwageD DONE Bi...

Page 23: ... c j To exit from procedure enter q and press RETURN The prompt It reappears 19 ...

Page 24: ...disk is changed or at the end of the day The save copy may also be executed weekly or monthly For any decision ask the System Administrator It is recommended to execute the save operations using two sets of diskettes in order to have a recent version of any updated data NOTE In this paragraph x Indicates the number corresponding to the disk to be saved N indicates the number of the diskettes reque...

Page 25: ...layed The total number of diskettes required perform either a partial or total save of the disk is obtained by slUDming the numbers of diskettes required for each partition i Format the required number of diskettes see Formatting 6 Enter the following command save press RETURN When the following messages are displayed save YO OI Honeywell Information System ltalla 1986 which disk do you want to sa...

Page 26: ...N Continue untU the whole partition 0 has been saved Do you want to save partition Idey dslal YIn 8 Perform step 7 for every partition of the disk 9 At the end the following message is displayed End of save NOTEI If during the execution of the procedure the diskette which has just been written is not replaced the following message is dfsplayedz Bad dlskettel Please change diskette done YIn Replace...

Page 27: ...mber of the diskettes requested to save the specific partition 1 2 3 4 Initialize the system from diskettes see Initialization paragraph Format the disk see Format paragraph Enter the command f restore press RETURN The following messages are displayed Remove the bootstrap diskette and iDsert backup disketteponet Y n 23 Remove the boots1rap diskette DKT1BOOT11 from the drive Insert the first disket...

Page 28: ...f the restore procedure of each partition the messages indicating the disk and the selected partition is displayed 5 Wben the last diskette has been completely read the follow messages are displayed IDlert next backup diskette doneT yIn O end Enter 0 and press RETURN IDlert bootatrap dilkette doneT YIn Remove the last diskette saved with the save procedure from the diskette unit Insert the DKT BOO...

Page 29: ...identities the number of the disk to be saved N is the number of diskette needed to save the current partition I I Messages Replies cd lete and press RETURN termoon and press RETURN The following message will be displayed at the workstation Terminal Configurator COMMANDS 0 Exit program 1 Dlsable a terminal 2 Enable a station processor terminal 3 Enable a line processor terminal 4 Change characteri...

Page 30: ... Name Lines Correspondence ttyNX is ON It wm be turned OPP where X is the number of the tty specified The main selection menu will be redisplayed NOTEs It is not possible to disable the console If you enter console in response to the question in point 1 the following message lsdisplayed you can t dllable lIOD1ole It you want to cbaDge type of the cODlole run changing pbase 1 26 t I ...

Page 31: ... RETURN 2 These are the possible terminal typesl a VIP 12xx b VIP 13xx c VIP laxx d TEKTRONIX e VTUOOIO f VTU0020 g VTU0040 I choose one default is type la YIP l2u T Enter the letter corresponding to the type of tenninal you wish to enable and press RETURN If the terminal type is VIP 12xx simply press RETURN 3 Now enter the terminal baud rate default is 9600 2 1 Enter the baud rate you require pen...

Page 32: ...played ttyX is not pr ent walt tor creation _ TermiDal NO Terminal HI TermiDal H2 Terminal H3 Termbual H4 T8I IIliDal HS Termbual HI Terminal NT ttyNX is OPF It wm be turned ON Otherwise only the following message is displayed ttyNX is OFF It wm be turned ON At the end of the operation the initial selection menu wID be redisplayed NOTE The values entered for baud rate and character siZe must be th...

Page 33: ... can change Type Speed Character size All of these Type only the first capital letter or RET for default Which chaz acteristic do you want to change default is type Enter the first capital letter of the 4 possible options 29 T to change the terminal type Go to point 2 S to change the baud rate Go to point 3 C to change the character size Go to point 4 A to change all three characteristics Go to po...

Page 34: ... the termlDal baud rate default Is 9600 Enter the new baud rate permissible values 300 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 38400 e press RETURN If the baud rate required is 9600 simply press RETURN The initial selection menu is redisplayed 4 EDter character size default I 5 Enter the new character size permissible values I or 8 and press RETURN If the character size required is I simply press RETURN The ini...

Page 35: ...ETURN Enter the new character size pennissible values 1 or 8 and press RETURN It the character size required is 1 simply press RETURN NOTES o The values entered for baud rate and character size must be the same as those entered in the SET UP of the tenninal in question o Only the type characteristic of the console can be changed It console is typed in response to the questin in point 1 the followi...

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Page 37: ...0 Exit To exit from the termconf procedure type 0 and press RETURN c The prompt is redisplayed J i i l I 1 32 1 ...

Page 38: ...vices The names of the special files corresponding to disks have the following structures DP where D indicates the physical number of the unit and may have values between 0 aI i 5 P indicates the logical partition and may have values between 0 and 7 The system disk is delivered with the following structure Partition o 1 7 Contents root usr entire disk 33 ...

Page 39: ... 0 6 tty06 0 7 tty07 1 0 tty10 1 1 tty11 1 2 tty12 1 3 tty13 1 4 tty14 1 5 tty15 1 6 tty16 1 7 tty17 2 0 tty20 2 1 tty21 2 2 tty22 2 3 tty23 2 4 tty24 2 5 tty25 2 6 tty26 2 7 tty27 3 0 tty30 3 1 tty31 3 2 tty32 3 3 tty33 3 4 tty34 3 5 tty35 3 6 tty36 3 7 tty37 4 0 tty40 4 1 tty41 4 2 tty42 4 3 tty43 4 4 tty44 4 5 tty45 4 6 tty46 4 7 tty47 34 ...

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