Sun Microsystems Interface Adapter, User Manual

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Page 3: ...e and Software Requirements 3 2 SunHSI U Adapter Installation 5 Installation Process 5 To Install the Adapter 5 External Cabling 6 RS 232 to RS 449 Connections 7 3 SunHSI PCI Software Installation 9 I...

Page 4: ...ons 18 Operating Modes Options 18 HDLC Mode 19 IBM SDLC Mode 19 hsip_loop Utility 20 hsip_stat Utility 21 A Cable Pin Assignments Signals 23 Pin Assignments 23 Interface Signals 27 B Null Modem Cable...

Page 5: ...iagnostic Testing 39 Using the SunVTS sunlink Test 39 E Viewing the Man Pages 41 Man Pages 41 To View Man Pages in the C Shell Environment 41 To View Man Pages in Bourne or Korn Shell Environments 42...

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Page 7: ...Directories and Files 10 FIGURE 3 2 SunHSI Devices Created by the Postinstallation Script 10 FIGURE B 1 Null Modem Cable Both Sun Systems Supplies Clocking 32 FIGURE B 2 Null Modem Cable Sun System Su...

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Page 9: ...d Software Requirements 3 TABLE 3 1 Required Disk Space 11 TABLE A 1 RS 449 Connector Pin Assignments 23 TABLE A 2 RS 449 Interface Signals 27 TABLE B 1 RS 449 Signals 31 TABLE B 2 X 21 Signals 31 TAB...

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Page 11: ...the FCC to operate this equipment FCC Class B Notice This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interf...

Page 12: ...e Avis NMB 003 Classe B This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe B est conforme la norme NMB 003 du Canada BSMI Class A Notice The following s...

Page 13: ...latory Compliance Statements xiii CCC Class A Notice The following statement is applicable to products shipped to China and marked with Class A on the product s compliance label GOST R Certification M...

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Page 15: ...0 960 MHz and 1400 2000 MHz IEC 61000 4 4 1 kV AC and DC Power Lines 0 5 kV Signal Lines IEC 61000 4 5 2 kV AC Line Gnd 1 kV AC Line Line and Outdoor Signal Lines 0 5 kV Indoor signal Lines 10m IEC 61...

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Page 17: ...te The Sun PCI High Speed Quad Port Serial Interface adapter is high speed serial interface HSI adapter for PCI applications The adapter is referred to as SunHSI U in this manual How This Book Is Orga...

Page 18: ...contain information about basic UNIX commands and procedures such as shutting down the system booting the system and configuring devices Refer to the following for this information Software documentat...

Page 19: ...ntrasted with on screen computer output su Password AaBbCc123 Book titles new words or terms words to be emphasized Replace command line variables with real names or values Read Chapter 6 in the User...

Page 20: ...leged damage or loss caused by or in connection with the use of or reliance on any such content goods or services that are available on or through such sites or resources Sun Welcomes Your Comments Su...

Page 21: ...ges available through Sun The SunHSI software is a transparent interface on the SunHSI U adapter providing a compliant environment for SunLink WAN packages operating on similar Sun communication modul...

Page 22: ...Point Protocol PPP The SunHSI U adapter conforms to the Sun Synchronous Serial Driver Interface Specification Features Four synchronous RS 449 serial ports Each port can be independently configured T...

Page 23: ...stations Sun Blade 100 150 1500 1000 2000 2500 Servers Sun Fire V210 V240 280R V440 V480 V490 V880 V890 V1280 E2900 E6900 E4900 15K 12K E25K E20K NEBS certified servers Netra 240 440 1280 Operating Sy...

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Page 25: ...on page 5 2 Install the SunHSI PCI software see SunHSI PCI Software Installation on page 9 3 Test the installation see To Test the Installation on page 14 To Install the Adapter Caution Electronic co...

Page 26: ...it Ensure that the front plate on the adapter mounts flush with the chassis panel opening 5 Install the front plate screw to secure the adapter into the chassis This also provides a chassis ground con...

Page 27: ...terface converter to each DB 37 connector on which you intend to connect an RS 232 device A converter is necessary because of incompatibilities between RS 232 and RS 449 signal levels To obtain an ext...

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Page 29: ...Center at http www sun com download You can use the pkgadd command to install software packages to spool software packages for installation at a later date or to remove software packages from your sy...

Page 30: ...P sparcv9 HSIP opt SUNWconn HSIP bin hsip_init hsip_loop hsip_stat root man hsip_init 1m hsip_loop 1m hsip_stat 1m hsip 7d man1m man7d man hsip_init 1m hsip_loop 1m hspi_stat 1m hsip 7d man1m man7d bi...

Page 31: ...ftware is to be installed and the system with download software if different Does your system have enough disk space Use both the following commands to check for disk space To Remove Older Versions of...

Page 32: ...I packages installed remove them by logging on as superuser root and typing the following command Installing the Software The SunHSI PCI driver utilities and man pages are distributed in the standard...

Page 33: ...gadd utility warns you that some scripts must be executed with superuser permissions type y 4 After successful completion of the package installation reboot the system using the reconfigure option a S...

Page 34: ...e for Point to Point Protocol on page 15 Also refer to the Solaris System Administration Guide Network Services documentation for the version of Solaris that you are running These documents are availa...

Page 35: ...x DEVICE echo DEVICE sed s dev opt SUNWconn bin hsip_init DEVICE speed 2048000 mode fdx loopback no nrzi no txc baud rxc rxc txd txd rxd rxd signal no 2 1 dev null if f var run ppp demand pid usr bin...

Page 36: ...llows 6 Start the PPP connection by typing the following commands boot r Server site etc hosts local 192 10 10 10 qa8a hihp0 193 10 10 10 qa8a hihp1 194 10 10 10 qa8a hihp2 195 10 10 10 qa8a hihp3 rem...

Page 37: ...page 21 Note You need to be superuser root in order to run the hsip_init hsip_loop or hsip_stat utilities hsip_init Utility The hsip_init utility enables you to modify some of the hardware operating m...

Page 38: ...paramname for example txc txc As an example suppose you want to invert the transmit and receive data signals on the first SunHSI U port port 0 on the second SunHSI U adapter in your system To do so en...

Page 39: ...ut error statistic is incremented which allows for a proper recovery by higher level protocols The received data is buffered until a complete frame has been received If any error occurs during the rec...

Page 40: ...hare a link This configuration is accomplished by designating one station as a primary station and the rest as secondary stations In this mode the port acts as a secondary station The primary station...

Page 41: ...maintained by the SunHSI device driver The report might be a single snapshot of the accumulated totals or a series of samples showing incremental changes At the beginning of the report the device name...

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Page 43: ...ions use the shield ground pin 1 of the DB 37 connector for this signal The pin assignments for the cabling and connectors are shown in TABLE A 1 TABLE A 1 RS 449 Connector Pin Assignments 80 Pin Amp...

Page 44: ...d 21 RxD2 A 6 Port 2 Receive Data 22 RxD2 B 24 Port 2 Receive Data 23 DTR2 A 12 Port 2 Data Terminal Ready 24 DTR2 B 30 Port 2 Data Terminal Ready 25 TxD2 A 4 Port 2 Transmit Data 26 TxD2 B 22 Port 2...

Page 45: ...50 TxC3 B 35 Port 3 Transmit Clock 51 TxCI3 A 5 Port 3 Transmit Clock In 52 TxCI3 B 23 Port 3 Transmit Clock In 53 DCD3 A 13 Port 3 Data Carrier Detect 54 DCD3 B 31 Port 3 Data Carrier Detect 55 DSR3...

Page 46: ...smit Clock In 72 TxCI4 B 23 Port 4 Transmit Clock In 73 DCD4 A 13 Port 4 Data Carrier Detect 74 DCD4 B 31 Port 4 Data Carrier Detect 75 DSR4 A 11 Port 4 Data Set Ready 76 DSR4 B 29 Port 4 Data Set Rea...

Page 47: ...circuit TxD to be in synchronization with On Off transitions on this lead 8 26 Receive Clock RxC Transitions on this lead enables the DTE to time data received over circuit RxD 17 35 Transmit Clock Tx...

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Page 49: ...determined by the specification for your serial port interface There are two steps you must perform to use a null modem cable for machine supplied clocking Run hsip_init see Configuring Internal or E...

Page 50: ...a link if both sides are supplying clocking If a Sun system is at each end of a link and one system supplies clocking for both sides enter the following command on the system that is not supplying th...

Page 51: ...CE TxC Transmit Clock To DCE TxCI Transmit Clock In From DCE RxC Receive Clock From DCE RTS Request to Send To DCE CTS Clear to Send From DCE DCD Data Carrier Detect From DCE DTR Data Terminal Ready T...

Page 52: ...te side to provide receive clocking Because the RS 449 interface is balanced there are two pins for each signal For example Transmit Data TxD pins 4 and 22 is connected to Received Data RxD pins 6 and...

Page 53: ...transmit and receive clocks for the other system Note that this null modem cable is not symmetrical FIGURE B 2 Null Modem Cable Sun System Supplies Clocking for Both Sides TxD 4 22 RxD 6 24 RTS 7 25...

Page 54: ...r When using an X 21 conversion you must perform the following hsip_init operation Note Both receive and transmit clock inputs RxC and TxCI need a clock signal if txc is set to txc and rxc is set to r...

Page 55: ...Data Service Units DSU Channel Service Units CSU repeaters and various telephone central office equipment must be able to keep a phase locked loop PLL circuit locked on to this reference clock This PL...

Page 56: ...n A CSU can be designed so that it will automatically replace any string of eight consecutive zeros with a special code pattern that contains two of Bipolar Violations A compatible receiving CSU recog...

Page 57: ...minal vendors adhere to an industry standard specification known as RS 334 This specification defines the relationship between a data bit and a reference clock on a synchronous serial link The specifi...

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Page 59: ...e at the following URL http www sun com documentation Select the document for the Solaris release on your system Using the SunVTS sunlink Test The sunlink diagnostic test which is shipped with the Sun...

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Page 61: ...t be defined in one of a number of startup files Man Pages To View Man Pages in the C Shell Environment 1 Examine your HOME login and HOME cshrc files to locate the MANPATH variable 2 Using a text edi...

Page 62: ...ew Man Pages in Bourne or Korn Shell Environments 1 Using a text editor add these two lines to the end of the HOME profile file If this file did not already contain this variable add the following two...

Page 63: ...U central processing unit DSU Data Service Unit E1 European equivalent of T1 HDLC High Level Data Link Control MHz MegaHertz PLL Phase locked loop PPP Point to Point Protocol SDLC Synchronous Data Lin...

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Page 65: ...inversion 18 37 D data signal inversion 18 density bit 36 device driver see software diagnostics hsip_loop 20 hsip_stat 21 SunVTS 39 testing software install 14 directory structure software 10 disk sp...

Page 66: ...equirements hardware 3 software 3 RS 232 to RS 449 converter 7 RS 334 EIA specification 37 RS 449 pin assignments 23 RS 232 converter 7 S SDLC mode 18 servers 3 Software downloadiing 11 software devic...