InfoServer 100 Installation and Owner's Guide

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  CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      InfoServer 100 System

  System Highlights

  2      Installing Your System

  Choosing the Right Location

  Unpacking

  Setting Up Your System
    Identify the System Unit Ports and Connectors
    Install the SCSI Terminator
    Install the Connector Covers
    Attach the Ethernet Terminators
    Connect the System Unit Power Cord
    Connect a Console Terminal
    Connect External Expansion Boxes

  Starting Your System
    Loading A Compact Disc
    Unloading a Compact Disc

  Connecting to a Network

  How to Turn Off Your System

  If You Have Problems

  Bootstrapping the Server
    Bootstrapping the Server Automatically
    Subsequent Bootstraps
    If the InfoServer Fails to Boot Automatically

  3      Learning About Your System

  Storage Devices
    RZ23 Hard Disk
    RRD40 Compact Disc Drive(s)

  Console Terminal

  4      Expanding Your System

  Guidelines for Connecting Expansion Boxes

  Preparing Your System for an Expansion Box

  Unpacking An Expansion Box

  Connecting One Expansion Box

  Connecting Two Expansion Boxes

  RRD40 Compact Disc Expansion Box
    Selecting the Voltage on the RRD40 Expansion Box
    Verifying the SCSI ID on the RRD40 Expansion Box
    Resetting the SCSI ID on the Second RRD40 Expansion Box

  5      Connecting to a Network

  A Brief Introduction to Networks

  Connecting to a ThinWire Ethernet Network
    Check the Network Select Button
    Verify Your ThinWire Ethernet Network Installation
    Connect Your System to ThinWire Ethernet Cable

  Creating a ThinWire Ethernet Work Group
    Connecting Your System to a DECconnect Faceplate
    Troubleshooting the ThinWire Segment

  Connecting to a Standard Ethernet Network
    Check the Network Select Button
    Verify Your Standard Ethernet Network Installation
    Connect a Transceiver Cable to Your System
    Troubleshooting the Standard Ethernet Connection

  6      Solving Problems

  If a Problem Occurs . . .

  How to Use the Troubleshooting Table

  Power-Up Error Messages

  Self-Tests

  Configuration Display

  Displaying Device Information

  Using the System Exerciser

  Running Test Utilities
    RRD40 Test Disc Utility

  Restarting the System After Running Tests

  Command Summary

  Service Information

  A   SCSI IDs

  SCSI ID Default Settings

  Setting the SCSI ID

  Setting SCSI Switches

  B   System Specifications

  C   Related Documents

  D   Removable Storage Media

  Compact Discs
    How to Remove the Disc from the Caddy
    How to Insert a Compact Disc Into a Caddy

  Glossary

  FIGURES

  1-1        InfoServer 100 System Enclosure

  1-2        InfoServer 100 Front Panel

  2-1        Unpacking Your System

  4-1        Expansion Box and Accessories

  4-2        Connecting One RRD40 Expansion Box

  4-3        Connecting Two RRD40 Expansion Boxes

  4-4        RRD40 Voltage Selector and SCSI ID Switch Positions

  D-1        Compact Disc Caddy

  D-2        Inserting or Removing a Disc from the Housing

  TABLES

  1 Conventions

  4-1        SCSI Devices Self-Test Status Codes

  6-1        Troubleshooting Basic System Problems

  6-2        Power-Up and Self-Test Display Identifiers

  6-3        Definition of Mnemonics

  6-4        SET Command Summary

  6-5        TEST Command Summary

  6-6        SHOW Command Summary

  A-1        SCSI IDs for InfoServer 100 systems

  A-2        RRD40 Expansion Box SCSI IDs and Switch Positions

  C-1        Related Documents