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SPARC/CPU-5CE Installation Guide Table of Contents
Table of Contents
1. Introduction................................................................................................1
1.1. Caution.........................................................................................................1
1.2. Location Diagram of the SPARC CPU-5CE Board....................................2
1.3. SPARC CPU-5CE Technical Reference Manual Set..................................2
1.4. Before Powering Up....................................................................................5
1.4.1. Default Switch Settings .............................................................................. 5
1.5. Powering Up................................................................................................8
1.5.1. VME Slot-1 Device .................................................................................... 8
1.5.2. VMEbus SYSRESET Switches.................................................................. 8
1.5.3. Serial Ports.................................................................................................. 8
1.5.4. RESET and ABORT Key Enable............................................................... 9
1.5.5. SCSI Termination....................................................................................... 9
1.5.6. Boot Flash EPROM Write Protection......................................................... 9
1.5.7. User Flash EPROM Write Protection......................................................... 9
1.5.8. Reserved Switches...................................................................................... 9
1.5.9. Parallel Port or Floppy Interface via VME P2 Connector........................ 10
1.5.10. Ethernet via Front Panel or VME P2 Connector..................................... 11
1.6. OpenBoot Firmware ..................................................................................12
1.6.1. Boot the System........................................................................................ 12
1.6.2. NVRAM Boot Parameters........................................................................ 15
1.6.3. Diagnostics ............................................................................................... 16
1.6.4. Display System Information..................................................................... 19
1.6.5. Reset the System....................................................................................... 20
1.6.6. OpenBoot Help......................................................................................... 20
1.6.7. How to Install an OpenBoot ROM........................................................... 22
1.7. Front Panel.................................................................................................23
1.7.1. Features of the Front Panel....................................................................... 24
1.8. SPARC CPU-5CE Connectors..................................................................25
1.8.1. Ethernet Connector Pinout........................................................................ 26
1.8.2. Serial Ports A and B Connector Pinout .................................................... 27
1.8.3. Keyboard/Mouse Connector Pinout ......................................................... 28
1.8.4. VME P2 Connector Pinout....................................................................... 29
1.8.5. The IOBP-10 Connectors ......................................................................... 31
1.9. How to Determine the Ethernet Address and Host ID ..............................38
1.10. Publication History of the Manual.............................................................39