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FRX6000 Maintenance G uide, Rev 03

Adding or Replacing Cards

When  a new or replacement  RLP  or  Line Interface  Card is shipped 
from Cabletron, it should include installation instructions. The infor-
mation in this section is for reference.

1. Make certain the device is powered off, then remove the cover. 

(See 

page 3-4

.)

2. Disconnect any cables from the rear of the card.

3. Remove the retaining screw that secures the card’s mounting 

bracket.

Figure 3-18    Installing a Card

Retaining Screw

Slot Cover

Card Guides

Gold-plated
Edge Connectors

Summary of Contents for SPECTRUM FRX6000

Page 1: ...0DLQWHQDQFH XLGH Document number 09 41 06 105 03 The Comp le te Net wo rking Solutio nTM...

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Page 3: ...er FRX6 MNT DOC Also see third party software copyrights in the Netlink FRX4000 FRX6000 User Guide Netlink is a trademark of Cabletron Systems Inc All other product desig nations are the property of t...

Page 4: ...re des Communications du Canada About This Manual This manual is intended for use by field service personnel either directly employed by or contracted by Cabletron Systems Inc The manualprovides infor...

Page 5: ...ter Press means press hit strike the key once Pressing the Enter key afterwards is not necessary Ctrl followed by one or two other key designations mustbe struck simultaneously with the other keys sho...

Page 6: ...vi FRX6000 Maintenance Guide Rev 03...

Page 7: ...omponent Voltages 3 4 Replacing the Power Supply 3 5 Replacing the Hard Disk Drive 3 7 Replacing the 3 5 Diskette Drive 3 11 Replacing the Fan Filter 3 13 Replacing a Fan 3 14 Adding or Replacing Card...

Page 8: ...emoving the Chassis Faceplate 3 8 3 9 Removing the Hard Drive 3 8 3 10 Hard Disk Drive Cables 3 9 3 11 BIOS Setup Menu 3 10 3 13 Removing the Diskette Drive 3 12 3 14 Diskette Drive Cables 3 12 3 15 R...

Page 9: ...ix List of Tables 2 1 BIOS Setup Parameters 2 18 B 1 RLP Addresses B 1...

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Page 11: ...vices for remote FRX4000s SmartSwitch 1800s and or 9W004s The FRX6000pro vides local and remote switching and on devices with video inter faces feature an intuitive menu based management structure tha...

Page 12: ...Rev 03 Cards RLP The RLP an i960 RISC based line processor provides serial inter faces on the FRX6000 Figure 1 2 RLP with I O Box and Cables RLP LIC 1 I O Box RLP Cables I O Cables to Modems and User...

Page 13: ...quire any operator intervention for normal operation However a keyboard and VGA monitor are necessary for local software installation and a local monitor or local remote asyn chronous terminal via the...

Page 14: ...A keyboard and video device can also be connected via one of these methods ASCII terminal keyboard or PC with terminal emulation connected to an async PAD port in the local FRX6000 ASCII terminal keyb...

Page 15: ...es for verifying correct configuration and operation of an FRX6000 It also provides some guidelines for pursuinga solution if there is a problem When an FRX6000 is switched on the following should occ...

Page 16: ...the Main Menu Figure 2 2 which is the starting point for configuration and oper ation procedures Node Name node 10 Port Status Display Page 1 L P Type PPS Conn State L P Type PPS Conn State 0 0 X25 6...

Page 17: ...thends and that there is power of the appropriate voltage at the receptacle If there is power but the hardware does not seem to be func tioning properly verify the correct setting of the AC voltage se...

Page 18: ...identified Can BIOS setup page 2 17 fix it Run BIOS setup see page 2 17 then reboot Yes Yes No Yes Monitor boot messages see page 2 5 Is FRX6000 software starting Yes No Is there still a problem Yes N...

Page 19: ...down then rebooted the existing BOOTRPT TXT filewillbe renamed BOOTBAK TXT anda new BOOTRPT TXT will be created BOOTRPT TXT and BOOTBAK TXT can be used as follows 1 Display and review the data from t...

Page 20: ...size n Rcv count n Rcv size n Meaning These values denote the numbers and sizes of the pre fetch buffers used by the LAN interface Action None Can t Initialize Memory NNN CMP Meaning There is not enou...

Page 21: ...to use an async terminal for its video interface When the node boots the software looks for interrupts from the COM1 port Action If the test failed run a diagnostic utility to determine whetherthere i...

Page 22: ...t register with FRX6000 LAN driver Meaning There is a LAN card configuration error Action Check the CONFIG SYS and PROTOCOL INI files to make sure the informationshownin Appendix B is in the files If...

Page 23: ...t is missing Action Boot the node with a DOS diskette and copy ERRMSG TXT from the FRX6000 System Disk part of the installation set to the directory omni4000 on the hard disk Database Release n Matche...

Page 24: ...n the User Guide Disk Error cannot create new FILENAME Meaning There was an error in converting the file to the new release This is a severe errorin hard diskoperation Action Run a diagnostic utility...

Page 25: ...dresses of the RLPs see page B 1 for conflicts with other RLPs or other cards in the node Initialization Error Can t Create Line Record Status Table Meaning There is a severe memory error Action Check...

Page 26: ...or the installed LAN card s LAN Adapter n open opened successfully Meaning LAN card initialization was successful Action None LAN Adapter n was already open Meaning LAN card initialization was success...

Page 27: ...User Guide or copy the old database to the hard disk See Chapter 3 No remote subscribers for subID n Meaning No PU records existed in the database for the spec ified SNA subscriber subID Action Delete...

Page 28: ...sary changes to the old database to assure that it does not contain parameters that are invalid in the new release then reinstall the new FRX6000software see Appendix C andrepeat the migration procedu...

Page 29: ...ead Error System may not Boot Correctly Meaning There is an error in the database file SVCSUB DAT Action Boot the node with a DOS diskette and delete the file then reboot without the DOS disk and con...

Page 30: ...in an incident report to Cabletron Systems Technical Support VGA EGA Display Card Installed Meaning Self explanatory Action None Waitfmsg Received Unknown MSG n date n Meaning An unknown message type...

Page 31: ...om of the screen press simultaneously Ctrl Alt S After the system memory has been checked a screen similar to the fol lowing will be displayed Figure 2 3 Rackmount BIOS Setup Menu TexasMicrosystems In...

Page 32: ...oppy Controller Select Drive A Type Select Drive B Type Floppy Config Errors On 3 5 1 44MB Not Installed On Fixed Disks Onboard IDE Interface Set Hard Disk 1 Type Set Hard Disk 2 Type On Type 46 Size...

Page 33: ...boot the node Parallel Ports Select Par l Port Address Disabled Cache Internal 486 Cache C0000H to FFFFFH Cache Non Cacheable Mem Block Enable Non Cacheable Disabled DRAM Speeds Select DRAM Write Wai...

Page 34: ...finish output of the screen in progress then look at DSR if it is OFF no new output will occur The effect is that when DSR changes from ON to OFF serial output might produce a full screen of characte...

Page 35: ...the database before replacing a harddisk drive you will need a 3 5 1 44MB diskette for matted for MS DOS version 5 0 Static electricity can destroy the FRX6000 hardware Take the necessaryprecautions...

Page 36: ...and LAN Adapters might vary The VGA and COM1 ports are on a daughter card mounted on the CPU which also contains COM1 and LPT1 with a cable to the connector in the adjacent slot Power Switch COM2 VGA...

Page 37: ...Testing Replacing Components 3 3 Figure 3 3 Rackmount Chassis Interior View Motherboard Fans Disk Drives DC Power Connector Power Supply...

Page 38: ...Cover Testing Component Voltages Be careful These procedures are performed with exposed live AC and DC power To make sure certain components are transmitting receiving the proper voltages follow this...

Page 39: ...the control cable by substituting another connector or if necessary another cable If a spare is available test the disk controller card by sub stituting another one 5 If replacement of a component is...

Page 40: ...gure 3 5 Disk Drive Cables 3 Disconnect the power supply cables from the DC power con nector on the motherboard See Figure 3 3 Figure 3 6 Power Supply Cables Power Cables Diskette Drive Hard Disk Driv...

Page 41: ...Hard Disk Drive Location see Figure 3 3 on page 3 3 Cabletron part number 85202001 1 If you want to back up the database from the existing hard disk insert a DOS formatted 5 0 diskette into drive A a...

Page 42: ...s and the metal tabs under them that secure the drive as shown in the following figure Figure 3 9 Removing the Hard Drive Be careful when disconnecting the faceplate that the wires do not come unplugg...

Page 43: ...lacement drive are configured to match the removed one if the same type or per the accompa nying documentation if a different type 9 Install the drive by reversing the removal procedure 10 Whenthe new...

Page 44: ...up in Chapter 2 press Esc at the screeninFigure 3 11 tosave the setup and boot the node Installation is now complete Go to Appendix C for instructions on installing FRX6000 software TexasMicrosystems...

Page 45: ...emove the cover See page 3 4 2 Remove the three screws shown in the following figure then grasp the faceplate along the top edge and pull it forward and down to pop it out Figure 3 12 Removing the Cha...

Page 46: ...wires do not come unplugged 4 Disconnect the power and controller cables fromthe drive See the followingfigure If the mountingassemblythat contains the drive has a ground wire attached disconnect it...

Page 47: ...o cedure Replacing the Fan Filter Location see Figure 3 3 on page 3 3 Cabletron part number 81005002 1 If necessary remove the cover See page 3 4 2 Remove the three screws shown in the following figur...

Page 48: ...e 3 3 on page 3 3 Cabletron part number 81002005 1 If necessary remove the cover See page 3 4 2 You must remove any cards that block access to the four screws that secure the fan See the following fig...

Page 49: ...driver then pop the bottom out 5 Remove the four screws that secure the fan 6 The like colored wires from both fans are joined in connectors onthe motherboard Trace the wires from the removed fan pull...

Page 50: ...allation instructions The infor mation in this section is for reference 1 Make certain the device is powered off then remove the cover See page 3 4 2 Disconnect any cables from the rear of the card 3...

Page 51: ...static bag Save the bag for any future need 7 If installing an RLP set the switches to matchthe configuration of the removed card If installing a Line Interface Card LIC onto an RLP mount it as shown...

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Page 53: ...RLP Cable 60 conductors one to one Cabletron part numbers each LIC part number includes an RLP cable and four port I O box RLP FRX6000 RLP RS 232 LIC FRX6000 232 CRD RS 422 LIC FRX6000 422 CRD V 35 L...

Page 54: ...ppendix B Software configurable I O Base Address IRQ RAM Base Address UTP 10 Base T UI Thicknet 10 Base 5 Thinnet 10 Base 2 Cabletron number FRX6000 E CRD No ROM Address W1 W2 RJ45 DB15 BNC Software c...

Page 55: ...nable on board battery JP5 IDE LED JP6 7 8 N A JP10 486SX processor standard JP12 Disable watchdog timer JP14 N A JP15 leave in factory default position shown On Off 4 1 JP1 JP2 JP3 JP4 JP10 CPU JP15...

Page 56: ...d 1 FGnd 2 TD 2 TD 3 RD 3 RD 4 RTS 4 RTS 5 CTS 5 CTS 6 DSR 6 DSR 7 SGnd 7 SGnd 8 DCD 8 DCD 15 TC 15 TC 17 RC 17 RC 20 DTR 18 LL 22 RI 20 DTR 21 RL 22 RI 25 TM To FRX4000 Cabletron part numbers DCE FRX...

Page 57: ...AB D B B D Physical DCE Physical DTE Female Connector Male Connector AA C A A C AA Pin Signal Pin Signal A FGnd A FGnd B SGnd B SGnd C RTS C RTS D CTS D CTS E DSR E DSR F DCD F DCD H DTR H DTR P SDa K...

Page 58: ...Physical DCE Physical DTE Female Connector Male Connector 19 1 1 19 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 FGnd 1 FGnd 4 SDa 4 SDa 5 SCa 5 SCa 6 RDa 6 RDa 7 RTSa 7 RTSa 8 RCa 8 RCa 9 CTSa 10 LL 11 DMa 12 TRa 12 TRa...

Page 59: ...To FRX4000 Cabletron Part Numbers DCE FRX X21DCE CAB DTE FRX X21DTE CAB 15 9 9 15 Physical DCE Physical DTE Female Connector Male Connector 8 1 1 8 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 FGnd 1 FGnd 2 TDa 2 TDa 3 Ca...

Page 60: ...able Converter FRX6000 to Terminal To FRX6000 COM1 Cabletron Part Number FRX PC CAB 9 6 Female Connector 5 1 Pin Signal 1 DCD 2 RD 3 TD 4 DTR 5 SGnd 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI Cabletron Part Number FRX 9...

Page 61: ...Configuration Drawings A 9 Figure A 11 Auxiliary Console Cable FRX6000 to Modem To FRX6000 COM1 Cabletron Part Number FRX MOD CAB 14 25 Male Connector 1 13 Pin Signal 2 TD 3 RD 6 DSR 7 SGnd 20 DTR...

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Page 63: ...N card s See Appendix C Iftwo of the sametype of LAN card are tobe installed make sure only one is installed when the program is run the firsttime Then install the second card and run the program agai...

Page 64: ...stalled RLPs use four I O addresses e g 4308 430b SMC EtherCard Configuration 1 Make sure the card s jumpers are configured as shown in Figure A 2 2 Boot the unit with a DOS 5 0 system disk 3 At the A...

Page 65: ...in Figure A 3 2 Boot the unit with a DOS 5 0 system disk 3 At the A prompt insert the SMCSuperDisk Version 5 0 then type ezstart and press Enter The EZStart main menu will be displayed showing the cu...

Page 66: ...y Value Switch Card 0 or 1 c 1 or c 2 State Active a f 1 Autosense ON t 1 Data Rate 4 or 16 MB sec d 4 or d 16 RPL Disabled p 1 I O Base 1st card 0A20 hex i a20 2nd card 0A24 hex i a24 RAM Base 1st ca...

Page 67: ...r the node contains one or two SMC Ethernet cards CONFIG SYS will contain the following line DEVICE OMNI4000 SMCMAC8000 DOS The presence of Token Ring cards does not affect CONFIG SYS PROTOCOL INI PRO...

Page 68: ...ERNAME AMNET BINDINGS SMCMAC8001 LAN cards 0 and 1 SMC Ethernet SMC Ethernet Adapter SMCMAC8001 DriverName SMCMAC8000 IOBase 0x240 IRQ 10 RamAddress 0xc800 SMC Ethernet Adapter SMCMAC8002 DriverName S...

Page 69: ...card 0 SMC Ethernet card 1 SMC Token Ring SMC Ethernet Adapter SMCMAC8001 DriverName SMCMAC8000 IOBase 0x240 IRQ 10 RamAddress 0xc800 SMC TokenCard Elite SMC8100_NIF DriverName SMC8100 IOBase 0x280 N...

Page 70: ...ME AMNET BINDINGS NLK_TOK LAN cards 0 and 1 IBM Token Ring IBM Token Ring Adapter NLK_TOK DriverName NLK_TOK shared_ram 0xC800 bridge_bufsize 1072 bridge_use64k N IBM Token Ring Adapter NLK_TOK2 Drive...

Page 71: ...idge_bufsize 1072 bridge_use64k N SMC TokenCard Elite SMC8100_NIF DriverName SMC8100 IOBase 0x280 NETLINK NDIS Protocol Driver OMNI4000 DRIVERNAME AMNET BINDINGS NLK_TOK SMC8100_NIF LAN card 0 SMC Eth...

Page 72: ...d 1 IBM Token Ring SMC TokenCard Elite SMC8100_NIF DriverName SMC8100 IOBase 0x240 IBM Token Ring Adapter NLK_TOK DriverName NLK_TOK shared_ram 0xD800 bridge_bufsize 1072 bridge_use64k N NETLINK NDIS...

Page 73: ...oblem requires replacing the hard disk drive the software must be installed onto the new disk If the problem did not corrupt the database and if the hard disk is accessible the database can be backed...

Page 74: ...sked Are you changing only the Async console or LAN adapter configuration If this is a new installation press Enter to accept the default of N If youare simply changing the console or LAN card setup p...

Page 75: ...base diskette into drive A and at the DOS prompt type copy a dat c omni4000 Enter 15 Remove the diskette then press Ctrl Alt Del to reboot the node Watch the power up and boot messages for any sign of...

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Page 77: ...l interface controls on 2 20 Components replacing 3 1 CONFIG SYS B 5 Configuration drawings A 1 D Database backing up C 1 restoring C 3 Diskette drive 3 11 E Ethernet card SMC B 2 F Fan filter 3 13 Fa...

Page 78: ...upply 3 5 Product overview 1 1 R RLP 1 2 configuration A 1 S Screen displays v Self test hardware 2 1 Serial interface controls 2 20 SMC EtherCard software configuration B 2 SMC TokenCard software con...

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