Sun Microsystems Sun-3/50M, Hardware Installation Manual

Page 1: ...sun microsystems Hardware Installation Manual for the Sun 3 50M Number 800 Revision A of 31 January 1986 Class 3...

Page 2: ...Hardware Installation Manual for the Sun 3 50M...

Page 3: ...t to Subpart J ofPart 15 ofFCC Rules which are designed _ to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a resident...

Page 4: ...Unpacking the Sun 3 SOM 3 Chapter 2 Basic Component Set up 9 Chapter 3 Environmental and Electrical Specifications 51 Appendix A Computer Board Connector Pinouts 55 Appendix B Description of Serial P...

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Page 6: ...ting the Voltage Selectors 10 2 4 Voltage Selection on the Sun 3 50M Base Unit 10 2 5 Voltage Selection on the Monitor 12 Monitor Switch Setting 12 Monitor PC Board Setting 13 120 240 VAC Operation 14...

Page 7: ...Off 41 Selecting the Diagnostic Boot Device 41 Setting the Diagnostic Boot Path 42 2 10 Asynchronous Serial Ports 44 Connecting a Modem to the Sun 3 50M 45 Connecting a Terminal to the Sun 3 50M 45 Co...

Page 8: ...1 Table 3 2 Sun 3 50M Power Supply Specifications 52 Table 3 3 Sun 3 50M Power Supply DC Output Ratings 52 Table 3 4 Sun 3 50M PC Board Power Consumption 52 Table 3 5 Total System Power Consumption 52...

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Page 10: ...Thin Ethernet Connector Types 20 Figure 2 10 Example of Thin Ethernet Ethernet Topology 23 Figure 2 11 Removing the Single Board Computer 24 Figure 2 12 Thin Ethernet Dip Switch Setting 25 Figure 2 13...

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Page 12: ...hernet what the power up self test procedures mean connecting a modem terminal or printer to the serial ports and connecting a SCSI bus cable to the workstation Connector Pinouts describes the single...

Page 13: ...Preface Continued Table 1 Documentation Part Number 800 1150 800 1317 800 1173 813 1010 Description System Administration Installing UNIX System Interface Sun 3 Mass Storage Subsystem Installation xii...

Page 14: ...1 Unpacking the Sun 3 50M Unpacking the Sun 3 50M 3 1 1 Safety Precautions 3 1 2 Tools Needed for Unpacking 3 1 3 Unpacking Instructions for the Sun 3 SOM 3...

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Page 16: ...the foam along with various cables software tapes other docu mentation and a box that contains the mouse and mouse pad When you receive your shipment inspect the shipping carton immediately for evide...

Page 17: ...abling software tapes and documentation that are packed in the indentation in the Styrofoam 3 Carefully roll the carton first on one side then upside down keeping the flaps open 4 The open top of the...

Page 18: ...ve the plastic bag from around the worksta tion 8 The workstation should now be sitting upright and facing you in your working area with all packing material removed from it We recommend that you save...

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Page 20: ...3 Resetting the Voltage Selectors 10 2 4 Voltage Selection on the Sun 3 50M Base Unit 10 2 5 Voltage Selection on the Monitor 12 2 6 Keyboard Mouse Thin Ethernet Ethernet and Video Connections 16 2 7...

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Page 22: ...g o a 3 32 hex allen wrench to remove the computer board for Ethernet configuration Anything printed in typewriter font in this text is a reproduction of a display just as it will appear on your scree...

Page 23: ...s All servicing must be performed by qualified personnel Voltage select mechanisms are located in two places 1 on the back of the base unit of the Sun 3 50M and 2 on the rear of the monitor CRT The vo...

Page 24: ...ER AC POWER INPUT ON OFF SWITCH FUSE CAUTION The connector below the voltage selector is to be used for providing power to the monitor only Serious damage can occur if anything else is inadvertently p...

Page 25: ...red switch to the right rear side of the monitor chassis when facing from the rear One setting of the switch will display 115 V the other 230 V Use a flat blade screwdriver to push the switch either u...

Page 26: ...diagram below shows the location of the voltage select PCB AC Power Voltage Select and Fuse AC input To gain access to the voltage select PCB Fuse 1 tum the power to the base unit off press the OFF ON...

Page 27: ...d CHECK FUSE 120 on the left hand side and facing out towards you Figure 2 4 1201240 VAC Select contact pad CHECK FUSE contact pad 0 contact pad 120 0 i EXTRACTION HOLE contact pad OtZ contact pad For...

Page 28: ...0 0 t EXTRACTION HOLE contact pad ozz contact pad For 100 vAC operation position the board up so the legend CHECK FUSE 100 is on the left hand side and facing out towards you Slide the PCB into the fu...

Page 29: ...rranged like this Figure 2 6 Sun 3 50M Computer Board Connectors Bit 0 Bit 7 NORM DIAG llin switch llis section describes how cables will be connected from the rear edge of the CPU board to each of th...

Page 30: ..._ Chapter 2 Basic Component Set up 17 Figure 2 7 Rear View ofSun 3150 Set Up J MONITOR i AC FROM COMPUTER I BASE TO MONITOR I I I VIDEO CABLE Revision A of31January1986...

Page 31: ...keyboard circuitry 1 Find your keyboard cable and plug it in now to the KEYBOARD connector on the back of the base unit refer to Figure 2 6 2 Find the mouse and its cable The mouse is a little rectan...

Page 32: ...ration may be used alone or linked with a standard Ethernet through the use of adapters described later in this section Dip Switch 0618 is factory setfor Thin Ethernet connection Ifyou connect up the...

Page 33: ...e N sceiver port male 2 TT M 10 50 ohm ter to terminate minator BNC a T male 3 TIC 10 BNC T to daisy F M F chain works tations on thin cable 4 TBC 10 barrel BNC to female to extend connect BNCfemale t...

Page 34: ...works Table 2 1 and the paragraphs thatfollow it explain these considerations To connect the Thin Ethernet Cable so called due to its size in comparison with the standard Ethernet cable referenced und...

Page 35: ...the maximum length of a standard Ethernet network is 2 5 Kilometers In other words Ifyou were combining a 200 meter standard Ethernet segment with a Thin Ethernet segment the Thin Ethernet segment mu...

Page 36: ...e 3 BNC T F M F 4 Barrel Connector BNC female to BNC female 5 BNC terminator 50 ohm female 6 Adapter Type N female to BNC female 2 To confirm that the dip switch on the computer board is set for Thin...

Page 37: ...nd then touch the board Before handling the board make sure that you have placed your hand on a conductive surface that is grounded to a common earth ground such as the metal screws on the AC receptac...

Page 38: ...ackage When all eight positions are ON the raised parts of the switch are ALL all the way over to the left toward the Thin Ethernet BNC connector as shown in Figure 2 12 Ifyou should need to change th...

Page 39: ...computer board is factory configured or connection to the Thin Ethernet BNC type connector which means that you will need to change the switch setting in order to connect up to a standard Ethernet Re...

Page 40: ...ore handling the board make sure that you have placed your hand on a conductive surface that is grounded to a common earth ground such as the metal screws on the AC receptacle cover to discharge any s...

Page 41: ...ge the switch setting use a pointed instrument to slide each switch into position There will either be a small indentation in the switches in which you may insert the pointed instrument or the switche...

Page 42: ...nd into the ETHERNET jack Push the slide lock over the studs to fasten the D connector securely in place 2 The female end of the cable has the slide lock assembly attached to it plug this end into the...

Page 43: ...ohm terminator attached This may be done either by attaching the 50 ohm terminator o to the transceiver s vacant N connector or to o the end of the coaxial cable using a barrel connector A barrel con...

Page 44: ...2 0 meters you could connect transceivers 7 5 meters apart but not 7 0 meters see figure below Ethernet Cabling Lengths Transceiver Transceiver t 1 Transceiver 5 meters 12 5 meters Sun Workstation Sun...

Page 45: ...self tests or whether a menu of special extended diagnostic tests will be offered instead Figure 2 6 shows the switch location o Ifyou do want to enable extended diagnostics when you power the system...

Page 46: ...sition 1 Tum the power switch of the monitor to ON 2 Find the AC power cord The AC power cord has a three slot female plug at one end and a three pronged wall or mains if European plug at the other Fo...

Page 47: ...Memory installed Serial Ethernet address Autoboot in progress For further information on how to bring up UNIX log on and choose your password please see Installing UNIX on the Sun Workstation part num...

Page 48: ...t Be Bad If When These LEDs Are Cycling This Indication Stays On 7 AndLED 7 Lights A reset sets LEDs to this state CPU or PROMs bad 0 0 Test 0 Checking CPU to SCC path CPU Board SCC 0 0 Test 1 checkin...

Page 49: ...ure is an exception class failure bus error trap address error trap unexpected interrupt etc 3 LED 5 is the heartbeat LED It starts blinking after the conclusion of self test to indicate that the CPU...

Page 50: ...ously press the Ll key upper left hand comer of the keyboard and the A key You have now aborted your present session and accessed the monitor program The monitor displays as its characteristic prompt...

Page 51: ...dify mode and receive the monitor prompt immediately following the entry of a new value into an EEPROM address enter a non hexadecimal char acter such as a period immediately following your entry and...

Page 52: ...escape EEPROM 0 lF 0 0 0 10 RETURN Ordinarily when the system boots with the diagnostic switch in NORM position BOOTSTRAP on early workstations and EEPROM address Ox18 contains the value OxOO the mon...

Page 53: ...address you entered and display some value OxOO for Sun Logo display which you must change to the hex value 12 EEPROM 020 00 12 RETURN You have just instructed the monitor program not to display the...

Page 54: ...tem may display an error message and drop into monitor mode displaying the prompt You can program the EEPROM so that when the diagnostic switch is in DIAG posi tion and you enter b with no arguments t...

Page 55: ...dresses locations Ox24 Ox25 and Ox26 respectively You do not need to use ASCII characters for these values Simply enter one hexadecimal value in each location and press RETURN If you have specified th...

Page 56: ...ETURN for EEPROM 029 some value 75 RETURN for u EEPROM 02A some value 73 RETURN for s EEPROM 02B some value 72 RETURN for r EEPROM 02C some value 2f RETURN for I EEPROM 020 some value 73 RETURN for s...

Page 57: ...76 I 2F G 47 SF w 77 0 30 H 48 60 x 78 1 31 I 49 a 61 y 79 2 32 J 4A b 62 z 7A 3 33 K 4B c 63 7B 4 34 L 4C d 64 I 7C s 3S M 4D e 6S 7D 7E del 7F You may attach modems printers plotters or other seria...

Page 58: ...ble connecting your modem to the Sun 3 50M should be straight through the signals on pins 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and 20 at the output of the cable should be the same as those signals on corresponding pins of t...

Page 59: ...ng has a DB 25 connector and uses the RS 232 C standard Most serial printers do However it should be noted that you cannot connect a parallel inter face printer to a Sun 3 50M unless you also use a se...

Page 60: ...signal names and pin number arrangement for the con nector at the back of the workstation To connect a SCSI bus cable to the Sun 3 50M 1 Ensure that the cable pinout matches that of the workstation co...

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Page 62: ...Environmental and Electrical Specifications 3 Environmental and Electrical Specifications 51 3 1 Physical Environment 51 3 2 Electrical Specifications 52...

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Page 64: ...which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a commercial environment Operation ofthis equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interferenc...

Page 65: ...C 15 Amps Output 2 12 VDC 1 3 Amps Output 3 5 2VDC 2 0 Amps Table 3 4 Sun 3 50M PC Board Power Consumption Max Max Max Max Component Amps Amps Amps Total 5V 5 2V 12V Watts Single Board Computer 13 5 0...

Page 66: ...A Computer Board Connector Pinouts Computer Board Connector Pinouts 55 A l PinoutofConnectors atRearofWorkstation 56 A 2 SCSI Connector Pinout 58...

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Page 68: ...oard computer found at the rear of the workstation base The pinouts of these connectors are given on the pages that follow o Keyboard Mouse Connector o Serial Port s o Ethernet Connector o Video Conne...

Page 69: ...ND 9 GND 3 TXDO keyboard 10 vcc 4 GND 11 VCC 5 RXDl mouse 12 vcc 6 GND 14 vcc 7 TXDl mouse 15 vcc Table A 2 Pinout ofSerial Ports A and B Pin Signal Pin Signal 2 TXD 8 DCD 3 RXD 15 DB 4 RTS 17 DD 5 CT...

Page 70: ...57 Table A 4 Pinout ofVideo Connector Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VIDEO 6 VIDEO 3 HSYNC 7 GND 4 VSYNC 8 GND 9 GND Figure A 1 Typical DB 9 to DB 25 Pin Numbering PIN CONNECTOR TYPE 6 DB 9 9 DB 15 14 DB 25...

Page 71: ...0 2 08 1 4 08 2 6 08 3 8 08 4 10 08 5 12 08 6 14 08 7 16 D8 P 18 GND 20 22 24 GND 28 30 ATN 32 GND 34 8SY 36 ACK 38 RST 40 MSG 42 SEL 44 CID 46 REQ 48 1 0 50 Signal Pin GND 1 GND 3 GND 5 GND 7 GND 9 G...

Page 72: ...Figure A 2 SCSI Connector r I 490 460 480 soO 470 Appendix A Computer Board Connector Pinouts 59 Revision A of31January1986...

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Page 74: ...B Description of Serial Port Signals Description of Serial Port Signals 63...

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Page 76: ...ter a plotter a modem or any other device which uses an RS 232 C or and RS 423 interface A signal called output flows from the Sun 3 50 towards the peripheral device An input signal flows from the per...

Page 77: ...the local data set that is a peripheral connected to the Sun 3 7 GND Signal Ground none Signal Gound provides a reference level for the signal voltages c 8 DCD Data Carrier Detect input The data commu...

Page 78: ...or Description Output 24 DA Transmit Clock from DTE output Provides transmit clock from the Sun 3 This signal is usually not used for asynchronous devices most terminals printers modems etc 25 VERR r...

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Page 80: ...omments 1 11 November 1985 a Review of this Hardware Installation Manual so 22 November 1985 Release of this Hardware Installation Manual A 31 January 1986 PCS Release of this Hardware Installa tion M...

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Page 82: ...LEDS 35 switch 32 dip switch setting Ethernet 28 Thin Ethernet 25 69 E EEPROM options 37 thru 44 changing the banner 40 changing the console device 38 how to program theEEPROM 37 keyboard click 41 se...

Page 83: ...3 50M 9 thru 47 Sunlogo 33 40 Sun 3 50M electrical specifications 52 environmental specifications 51thru52 power up 33 serial port signals 63 thru 65 set up 9 thru 47 unpacking 3 thru 5 switches diagn...

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