VXI/VME-PCI8022 for Solaris Installation Guide
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in the first slot of a VXI chassis, or install the VME-MXI-2 in the first slot
of a VME chassis.
The VXI/VME-MXI-2 default configuration automatically detects whether
it should be the VXI/VMEbus system controller. The VXI/VMEbus system
controllers operate certain VXI/VMEbus lines as required for VXI/VME
systems. Verify that any other VXI/VME devices with system controller
capability in the same chassis are not configured as system controller.
Having more than one device configured as system controller will damage
the VXI/VME system.
Figure 2.
MXI-2 Cable Configuration Using a PCI-MXI-2
or PCI-MXI-2 Universal and a VXI-MXI-2
For VXI systems that include VME devices, ensure that the VME devices
are not configured in the upper 16 KB (starting from 0xC000) of the
A16 address space. This region is reserved for VXI device configuration
registers, which are used for initializing, configuring, and interacting with
VXI devices. The PCI-MXI-2, PCI-MXI-2 Universal, and VME-MXI-2
also use this region for this purpose.
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