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Page ii Installation Instructions: Roadrunner 040 EAGLE 100/AM-3000M/VME Upgrade
CHAPTER 3 - AM-3000M/LC HARDWARE INSTALLATION
3.1 HARD DRIVE CONSIDERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.1.1 Roadrunner Boot PROM Routines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
3.1.2 Attaching Hard Drives to Opposite Bus Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.1.3 Upgrading a Standard AM-3000M System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
3.1.4 Upgrading an AM-540 Modified AM-3000M System . . . . . . . . 3-3
3.2 AM-3000M HARDWARE INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
3.2.1 AM-140 (AM-3000M CPU Board) Required Rework . . . . . . . . 3-5
3.2.2 AM-3000M Hardware Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
3.2.3 Installing the AM-987 on the AM-140 CPU Board . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
3.2.4 Installing the Roadrunner Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
3.3 34-PIN X-BUS CABLING PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
3.3.1 AM-987 to AM-174 34-Pin X-bus Cabling Instructions . . . . . . 3-14
3.3.2 Connecting the 50-Pin SCSI Interface Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
3.3.3 Connecting DC Power Cable to Roadrunner Board . . . . . . . . 3-16
CHAPTER 4 - AM-3000 VME HARDWARE INSTALLATION
4.1 HARD DRIVE CONSIDERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.1.1 Roadrunner Boot PROM Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.1.2 Attaching Hard Drives to Opposite Bus Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.1.3 AM-3000 VME Boot Drive Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.2 AM-3000 VME HARDWARE INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
4.2.1 Installing the AM-987 Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4.2.2 Installing the Roadrunner Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
4.2.3 AM-987 to AM-174 34-Pin X-bus Cabling Instructions . . . . . . 4-9
4.2.4 Connecting the 50-Pin SCSI Interface Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
4.2.5 Connecting DC Power Cable to Roadrunner Board . . . . . . . . 4-11
CHAPTER 5 - INITIAL OPERATION AND TESTING
5.1 BOOTING THE NEW ROADRUNNER HARDWARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.2 INITIAL SYSTEM TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.3 MAKING A ROADRUNNER COMPATIBLE WARM-BOOT TAPE . . . . . 5-2
5.4 ROADRUNNER LOGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
5.5 OPERATIONAL NOTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
5.6 ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
PDI-00172-60, Rev. A02