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CPU-5TE Installation Guide
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Getting Started
1.1 Caution............................................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 Location Diagram of the SPARC CPU-5TE Board........................................................................ 1
1.3 Before Powering Up ....................................................................................................................... 4
1.3.1
Default Switch Settings ................................................................................................... 4
1.3.2
Memory Module MEM-5 ................................................................................................ 8
1.4 Powering Up ................................................................................................................................... 9
1.4.1
VME Slot-1 Device ......................................................................................................... 9
1.4.2
VMEbus SYSRESET ...................................................................................................... 9
1.4.2.1
SYSRESET Input ........................................................................................... 9
1.4.2.2
SYSRESET Output......................................................................................... 9
1.4.3
Serial Ports....................................................................................................................... 9
1.4.4
RESET and ABORT Key Enable .................................................................................. 10
1.4.5
Front Panel SCSI#1 Termination .................................................................................. 10
1.4.6
P2 SCSI Termination..................................................................................................... 10
1.4.7
Boot Flash EPROM Write Protection ........................................................................... 11
1.4.8
User Flash EPROM Write Protection............................................................................ 11
1.4.9
Reserved Switches ......................................................................................................... 11
1.4.10
Floppy Interface or SCSI#2 Availability on P2............................................................. 12
1.4.11
Network Interface Selection (NIS) for Ethernet............................................................ 13
1.4.12
Parallel Port ................................................................................................................... 13
1.5 OpenBoot Firmware ..................................................................................................................... 14
1.5.1
Boot the System............................................................................................................. 14
1.5.2
NVRAM Boot Parameters............................................................................................. 17
1.5.3
Diagnostics .................................................................................................................... 18
1.5.4
Display System Information .......................................................................................... 21
1.5.5
Reset the System............................................................................................................ 22
1.5.6
OpenBoot Help .............................................................................................................. 22
1.6 Front Panel .................................................................................................................................... 24
1.6.1
Features of the Front Panel ............................................................................................ 25
1.8 SPARC CPU-5TE Connectors...................................................................................................... 26
1.8.1
Twisted Pair Ethernet Connector Pinout ....................................................................... 27
1.8.2
Serial Port A and B Connector Pinout........................................................................... 28
1.8.3
Keyboard/Mouse Connector Pinout .............................................................................. 30
