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 POWER Onyx Deskside Owner's Guide
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POWER Onyx™ and Onyx™ Deskside Owner's Guide

Document Number: 007-1733-040

Front Matter

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Table of Contents

About This Guide
Conventions
Compliance Information

1. Introducing the Onyx Deskside Graphics Workstation
Features
The Onyx Board Set
I/O Interfaces
Extreme, RealityEngine2 and VTX Graphics Subsystems
System and SCSI Backplanes
SCSI I/O Devices
System Controller
Operating Considerations

2. Touring the Chassis
Onyx Deskside System I/O Panels and Connectors
System Controller
SCSI Drive Rack
Cooling System
Power Supplies

3. Getting Started
Chassis Components
Opening the Front Door
Connecting Your Monitor
Connecting Video Peripherals
Connecting Your Keyboard and Mouse
Internal Front-Loading Drives
SCSI Limitations
Connecting the System to an Ethernet
Powering On the Onyx Deskside System
Starting the Video Out Panel
A Practice Session
Powering Off the Onyx Deskside System
Rebooting Your System

4. Installing Optional Peripherals
SCSI Configuration
Installing and Configuring Additional FLDs
Installing and Using an Optional CD-ROM
Installing External SCSI Devices
Connecting a Serial Printer or an ASCII Terminal
Connecting a Modem
Connecting a Parallel Printer

5. Having Trouble?
Maintaining Your Hardware and Software
System Behavior
Physical Inspection Checklist
Using the System Controller
System Controller On Functions
Recovering From a System Crash

6. Safety and Comfort
Human Factors Guidelines for Setting Up Your Workstation
Tips for Setting Up and Using Your Workstation
Electrostatic Discharge

A. Hardware Specifications

B. Maintaining Drives
Cleaning the 4 mm DAT and 8 mm Tape Drives
Archive Python 4320 NT (4 mm DAT Drive)
Care and Cleaning of the Exabyte 8 mm Tape Drive
CD-ROM Care and Maintenance
150 MB Tape Drive Preventive Maintenance
Digital Linear Tape Maintenance

C. System Controller Messages
System Error Messages
System Event Messages
Internal System Controller Messages

D. Onyx IO4 PROM, Mezzanine, and Troubleshooting
PROM Graphical User Interface
Hardware Configuration Commands
Environment Variables
Known Bugs
Mezzanine Board Configurations
IO4 Troubleshooting

E. Onyx VMEbus Implementation
General Information
VME Board Dimensions
Deskside VME Power and Cooling
Exceeding the Normal VME Power Rating Per Slot
Special VME Considerations
VME Pins

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POWER Onyx Deskside Owner's Guide
(document number: 007-1733-040 / published: 1994-09-28)    table of contents  |  additional info  |  download

    Front Matter
    About This Guide
    Chapter 1. Introducing the Onyx Deskside Graphics Workstation
    Chapter 2. Touring the Chassis
    Chapter 3. Getting Started
    Chapter 4. Installing Optional Peripherals
    Chapter 5. Having Trouble?
    Chapter 6. Safety and Comfort
    Appendix A. Hardware Specifications
    Appendix B. Maintaining Drives
    Appendix C. System Controller Messages
    Appendix D. Onyx IO4 PROM, Mezzanine, and Troubleshooting
    Appendix E. Onyx VMEbus Implementation
    Index


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